Notes:

• Portland is not getting more than 2 1sts if they’re able to get OG and Ayton in a package. Those two alone are arguably more valuable than the entire Miami package so expecting more is delusional.

• Toronto won’t trade Barnes even though OG would be the better win now fit with Dame. Hard to make the money work without including OG anyway. Doesn’t make sense to trade Siakam if you’re getting Dame and GTJ wouldn’t have enough value.

• Market for Ayton is also incredibly weak. Nurkic has been a health liability over the last few years but Eubanks, Bol Bol, Metu and Boucher could eat up regular season minutes in an effort to have Nurkic ready for the playoffs. His play-making would be super valuable to this team that is in dire need of such skill sets.

• Raptors could win the East with this lineup. A top 8 of Dame, GTJ, Barnes, Siakam (🏆), Poeltl, Precious, Schroder (FIBA champ) and OPJ (🏆) has enough winning pedigree to go all the way and give the Lakers / Nuggets / Suns a good run for their money.

• How fun is Scoot, Simons, Sharpe, OG, Grant & Ayton?! Portland would become a league pass favourite for me.

Raptors potential lineup:

Dame, GTJ, Barnes, Siakam, Poeltl

Schroder, Dick, McDaniels, OPJ, Precious

Portlands potential lineup:

Simons, Scoot, OG, Grant, Ayton

Sharpe, Thybulle, Little, Murray, Wilson/ Young

Phoenix’s potential lineup:

Booker, Beal, Durant, KBD, Nurkic

Goodwin, Gordon, Okogie, Boucher, Eubanks

Lee, Wainright, Watanabe, Metu, Bol Bol