Over the last week or so, as attention turned to whether the Toronto Raptors would be aggressive in the trade market, there was a lot of weighing in on the merits of the idea. Following Thursday’s big swing from the Raptors, trading three rotation guys for Marc Gasol of the Memphis Grizzlies, I gather from afar that a swath of Toronto fans worry that a big mistake has been made. The example of the Toronto Blue Jays has been cited, incredibly, as a reason to not get too frisky while trying to assemble a winner. The big trades of July and February may yet mean that the lean years, for the Toronto Raptors, come a bit sooner than once expected. The Blue Jays paid a price for that aggressiveness in the summer of 2015.

Source: National Post February 09, 2019 18:44 UTC