Toronto Raptors reporter Doung Smith broke the latest news that the team will trade Bruce Brown within a month, and no later than the June 27 draft.
In fact, the Raptors' measure is not surprising, the Raptors have never considered keeping Bruce Brown since they traded him in February this year, and the team originally traded him from the Pacers to another draft pick, but after a round of peddling before the trade deadline and still did not find a home, the Raptors were also forced to keep Brown in their hands.
Bruce Brown played less in the second half of the season with the Raptors than with the Pacers, and although he was still able to deliver a high-quality bench record close to 10+4+3, the three-point shooting percentage as a bench player indicator was still sluggish (32%), which was lower than the previous two seasons, respectively, in the Nuggets' championship season (35.8%) and the 40.4% in the Nets' explosive year.
A player like Bruce Brown is a good piece of the puzzle at the top team, but it's very embarrassing for the Raptors, who have completely entered a rebuilding period after trading Siakam, and for the Raptors, a player like Brown is very embarrassing.
And Brown's only remaining bonus for the Raptors is that his contract next season will be a 23 million team option. Rather than leaving him at the end of his contract or with a player option, the team option allows them to at least exercise Brown's contract in exchange for some second-round picks in the draft, or a last-first-round pick.
When it comes to the draft, the Raptors are arguably one of the worst teams in the league, and at the end of the season, in order to keep their top-six draft picks, they rushed to empty their power before the trade deadline in order to be able to keep the top-six picks.
As a result, although they ended up in the top six, they fell to the eighth pick because the Hawks cut the team to become the top pick, and the Rockets cut the team to become the eighth pick, which also made their draft picks ceded to the Spurs, and the team's other two first-round picks were only 19 and 31 rounds, which are inconsequential non-lottery first rounds for rebuilding.
Not only that, but the saddest thing is that, according to an interview with Raptors president Dan Tolzeman, who participated in the lottery, the Hawks won the lottery 6-10-14-13 permutations on the day of the lottery, and the Raptors had a 6-10-14 permutation, but his last place was 4. (The picture below is the original text of the interview)
Lady Luck glanced at them, but chose Atlanta, the Raptors were the closest team to the top pick in the lottery other than the Hawks...
So back to the point, if the Raptors do draw the top pick, the trio of Quickley Barrett and Barnes may have completed the rebuilding structure at the speed of light, and Bruce Brown could become a deep bench option to stay with the team.
And the "loss" of the vague No. 1 pick, their rebuilding plan must be postponed for at least another year, and after a year, the team will be on the trade shelf except for Quickley and Barnes, and there is no need for Bruce Brown to stay.
Which team do you think is better for such a small player with a strategy and rebounds?