Report: Raptors searching for Center upgrade

After receiving a huge payday last summer, Jakob Poeltl had an injury-riddled season that saw him play in only 46 regular-season games while averaging 10.7 points,7 rebounds, 2 assists and 0.9 blocks in just 25 minutes per game (lowest outputs since returning to Toronto in the 2022-23 season).

A surprising name that has come up as a potential addition to the frontcourt is current New York Knicks big man Mitchell Robinson.

They share similar playstyles in the sense that they are both old-school big men who don’t shoot the three-ball, but what Robinson brings is a much better presence in the paint on the defensive end. In fact, that’s pretty much all that he’s known for, but he is among the best at it as the 8-year pro hasn’t had a season of less than 1.1 blocks per game in his long career. He’s also a great rebounder, an area in which Toronto was weak, especially when Poeltl was out due to injury, as Robinson averages an impressive 8 rebounds on a career average of 23.4 minutes per game.

After being in the market for Anthony Davis and Domantas Sabonis during the regular season, maybe Toronto can go back to hunting for those two, as Washington has stated that they are open to trading the former champion even after acquiring him, and the Sacramento Kings just had the fourth worst record in the NBA (tied with Utah on 22 wins for last place in Western Conference), so they should be open to kick-starting yet another rebuild.