The Toronto Raptors have a rather quality assortment of players.
The one place their depth has been a bit lacking, and it's showed, has been center. That's become more obvious as Jakob Poeltl has battled injury after injury all season.
There are multiple potential trade solutions to this problem, though.
"Toronto has a pretty deep roster already," ESPN's Tim Bontemps wrote on Tuesday. "But it really needs to find a way to duck the luxury tax, which the Raptors have exceeded by just over $2 million. But if the Raptors look to make moves, they should target another big man, given Jakob Poeltl's ongoing health issues that have regularly kept him off the court over the past few weeks."
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One unheralded name has already come up multiple times this winter: Nick Richards.
ESPN's Zach Kram is the latest to pitch the idea of Richards to the Raptors.
"Nick Richards is a perfectly acceptable backup big who has been passed into Phoenix's center rotation," Kram writes. "But he'd fill a hole in Toronto and, with a mere $5 million salary that expires after this season, likely help with the Raptors' finances."
As of the time of those ESPN writers' takes, the Raptors were 22-15, in fourth place in the Eastern Conference. They had started the season a tad bumpy, but they're on a bit of a roll now.
For a team in good position, the best thing to be done is to often prevent against bad scenarios.
If Poeltl keeps getting hurt, that's a painful thing for Toronto to deal with. Acquiring a guy like Richards could ease some of the concern surrounding that and allow the Raptors to stay competitive all season.
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