Title: Raptors NBA trade deadline 2025 primer: Rules, assets, future outlook and more
Date: January 28 2025
Original Source: Sportsnet
Synopsis: In my latest at Sportsnet, I provided my annual trade deadline primer, explaining what the Raptors can do, and how, during peak trade season.
If you are a fan of the trade machine, then for the next 10 days, you are a fan of the Toronto Raptors.
While last year’s deadline was headlined by early, big-picture changes in the franchise’s direction, this year’s deadline is more straightforward: They’re rebuilding, they have useful players on expiring deals of various sizes, and they have an enviable cap sheet to play facilitator with in larger, multi-team deals.
It’s extremely unlikely that there’s a return of three first-round picks or a pair of young rotation pieces like in 2024 — get ready to power-rank your favourite newly acquired second-round picks — but there’s something to be said to knowing your place on the development cycle and making the most out of it. This probably won’t be a deadline with big, sexy deals; instead, the Raptors can leverage some of the “optionality” they’ve prioritized the last 18 months to bring in a few extra assets for the future, whether as future players or a stockpile to trade from later.
Blake Murphy Sports Writing 