NBA Trade Deadline Recap: Raptors add Poeltl, hold on to core players

Kevin Michie and Eric Smith react to the Raptors lone move to acquire Jakob Poeltl before the NBA Trade Deadline, what the ceiling of this team is heading into the final stretch of the season, and what looms ahead in the offseason.

After months of anticipation about Fred VanVleet, O.G. Anunoby and Gary Trent Jr. possibly being on the move, the Toronto Raptors didn’t become sellers. In the end, their biggest move was adding Jakob Poeltl.

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