The Raptors finally have a healthy roster this season after rebuilding through trades and acquisitions in the past few seasons, and currently find themselves as the #4 seed in the East.
They have the assets to aquire a player before the upcoming trade deadline, and it's been reported that they are eying Kings' center Domantas Sabonis.
However, they are really only willing to part with three specific rotational players.
What three players would Toronto trade for Sabonis?
NBA insider Jake Fischer reported, "to my understanding, [Toronto] is really just trying to look at what they can get for a combination of Immanuel Quickley, RJ Barrett, and Jakob Poeltl and the Kings do not want long-term salary on their books right now."
By no means are any of those three players not desireable, but Sabonis is one of the top centers in the NBA, and other teams could put together equally as good hauls if they went after Sabonis.
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Other Raptors players could be available in a potential trade, but what this means is we won't likely see players such as Brandon Ingram and Scottie Barnes become available, which is understandable.
The Kings are currently the #14 seed in the West and are a team looking to sell right now.
That doesn't mean they'll necessarily trade Sabonis, but if they did, I doubt they'd want to take on the type of players Toronto has to offer since Sacramento is trying to offload those types of players from their own team right now.
If the Raptors could add in draft compensation to a package for Sabonis, I'm sure the Kings might be willing to take on a couple of contracts if that makes a deal worth it, but for now, it appears that a deal is unlikely to occur unless one team gives in to what the other side finds appealing in a trade.
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