TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors had two picks heading into the 2024 NBA Draft, one late in the first round and then the first pick in the second. Somehow, they ended up netting six young players, adding significant depth in a 24-hour span.
TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors had two picks heading into the 2024 NBA Draft, one late in the first round and then the first pick in the second."We need to add some more young core pieces," said Raptors general manager Bobby Webster after the draft was completed."They're not all going to hit but we need to start having those in the pipeline."
That deal sent small forward Jalen McDaniels to the Kings for point guard Davion Mitchell and power forward Sasha Vezenkov, the 45th overall pick in this year's draft and the Portland Trailblazers' second-round selection in the 2025 draft. Neither deal was official on Thursday, pending trade calls to the NBA's head office. Those calls would be made on Friday at the earliest.
"We made some other moves that we'll not talk about here, but just the flexibility, I think, helped us out tonight," said Webster, assessing Toronto's draft haul. Webster said that drafting Mogbo instead of potentially dealing the 31st overall pick made sense because the six-foot-six 225-pound centre is exactly the type of player the Raptors love.
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