Precious Achiuwa's emergence could affect Raptors' trade deadline level of activity Via Mike_Ganter
Achiuwa, who came over in the Lowry deal along with the short-lived stint of Goran Dragic, has always had the potential to join that core and made a strong case for it in the latter stages of last season and into the playoffs.
Only 23 years old, Achiuwa is in his third year in the NBA and he has found his preferred pace. He doesn’t let the game speed him up anymore. He’s more in control and when he makes his move to the basket, there are few in the league who can keep him from getting where he wants to go.But starting or not, he has led the Raptors in rebounding in four of those five games, and led them in scoring Saturday in Portland with a career high 27 points.
Anunoby is currently out of the lineup with a sprained left wrist. He had an X-Ray in San Francisco where the injury occurred and the results came back negative. He then had an MRI in Portland, but the results of that procedure have yet to be made public.We apologize, but this video has failed to load.Only Anunoby’s representatives, Anunoby himself and Raptors management would know whether any of the discontent talk is real, and as yet none of that trio has said anything publicly.
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