Title: How Raptors’ cap, roster picture look after Ingram deadline acquisition
Date: February 7, 2025
Original Source: Sportsnet
Synopsis: In my latest at Sportsnet, I broke down the Raptors deadline moves and teed up the offseason ahead, with a focus on the salary cap/CBA implications of their moves.
The most difficult trades to evaluate are the ones that are contingent on the next move.
What does this deal set up? What is the contract after the acquisition? Do you evaluate a Pascal Siakam trade for the real-time asset return or based on what the Raptors can eventually turn those assets into? What if you clear cap space and can’t use it effectively? What if a cucumber is better pickled?
In the case of the Raptors, they’ve become big fans of the deal that sets up the next deal. Specifically, they’ve operated in “pre-agency,” acquiring players who have Bird rights prior to their free agency and then re-signing them. Thaddeus Young, Jakob Poeltl and Kelly Olynyk were each acquired and subsequently re-signed or extended.
And now, there’s Brandon Ingram.
Blake Murphy Sports Writing 