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Originally Posted by Da_Chief
You don't trade Scottie. Portland doesn't make a good partner.
The only good partner I can think of is Utah. If they bounce out in the first round again they can either look to move Mitchell or Gobert, those two don't get along anyways. If it's Mitchell - package around Fred. If it's Gobert - package around Siakam. Gives Raptors a star player and gives Utah a good replacement and keeps their window to win open.
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IMO trading Siakam for Gobert would be a huge mistake.
Gobert is older, and I don't think he's better than Siakam at all. He's not a superstar that's for sure.
I'm not sure chasing a superstar is the right move for the Raptors this offseason, personally I think trying to sign Nurkic in free agency would be the better move. The team needs a real C and it's the slotting and not being able to match up against Embiid that is killing them in this series.
FVF
Trent
Barnes
Siakam
Nurkic
With OG as your 6th man, and Precious and Boucher on the bench.
That would be a much better look for the Raptors next year, and allows the entire lineup to slot properly. The Raptors strengh is having a lot of athletic long players that can play in the 2/3/4 spots, but if you don't have an actual center it messes up the slotting for the whole group when playing against a team with a legitimate big like Embiid.