It was a key missing piece for the team to make sense.īlew us away that the Trade Machine fantasy came true. Calderón’s time here was expiring, and we had a young batch of players who not only needed someone closer to their timeline, but also a PG who attacked and defended more aggressively. The sixth-year guard was finally being utilized effectively and having a career year in Houston, and he fit the profile of the type of hard-nosed, no-nonsense point guard we wanted in Toronto.
Leading up to the summer of 2012, Lowry was one of those guys we were all salivating over, and constructing scenarios hoping Colangelo would see and take action on. The State of The Raptors Heading Into The DraftĪny NBA fan worth their salt has generated at least one mock trade on Trade Machine then posted it to Twitter with some variation of the caption “ Who says no?” It’s cutting your teeth as a fan. You can find all the pieces in this draft history project here. Each day we will examine the Raptors significant pick(s) and additions in each draft, and frame it in the context of what was going on during that year. With the 2022 NBA draft approaching on June 23rd, we want to take a look back at the Raptors draft history giving a bit of an accounting of the state of the Raptors, what we thought of the pick in the moment and in retrospect.
