Norman Powell and Serge Ibaka have played so well that the Raptors will be hard pressed to find upgrades for them on the trade market. (michaelgrange)
One is that fantasy trade target Bradley Beal of the Washington Wizards is ineligible to be moved until next summer because he signed a two-year contract extension this past October that took him off the market for six months, or past the Feb. 6 deadline.
As one Eastern Conference executive told me – and I’m paraphrasing – “the Raptors might be big-game hunting, but there simply aren’t many targets out there.” So as you scan around the league trying to imagine players that might make the Raptors better, a lot of deals – on paper anyway – require Powell’s $11-million salary somewhere in the mix.
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