At this point, Carter would be their go-to player, and that would be embarrassing for the franchise. For that reason alone I doubt it would happen. Though Carter was really mislead by management in his last few months here and sulked as a result, the only way a move like this would be made would be for a GM to save face with the fans. I want to see some direction with the team. When you look at championship team (ignore LA and Miami), compare each player on the Raps starting lineup to theirs, and you'll see that most of our players in the starting lineup are not championship calibre players. Right now the only player that I see as an absolute do not touch, is Valanchiunas. Second tier to him this season may be Lowry and DeRozan. After that, everyone else is absolutely tradable. I would argue that both Lowry and DeRozan could be on championship teams with solid starting lineups, but they both have to maintain their aggressiveness and consistency. I don't know if the Raps could deal a future 1st rounder considering the conditional 1st already out there for Lowry, but if they could deal a future 1st and Bargnani for a star slasher, that would be huge for the team going forward. This year they've lacked that clutch scoring star more than any other year and they definitely need it now.
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