All eyes on Raptors boss Masai Ujiri as NBA trade speculation hits fever pitch on Twitter

The eyes of the NBA world are on the Raptors with the NBA commerce deadline simply days away, and hypothesis over attainable offers that might reshape the franchise hit a fever pitch late Monday afternoon.

Senior NBA insiders fed the fireplace because the league awaited affirmation of the blockbuster commerce first reported Sunday afternoon that despatched Kyrie Irving from the Nets to the Mavericks for Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith, a 2029 first-round decide and two second-round decisions.

ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted simply after 4:30 p.m. ET that the deal hadn’t been finalized as a result of the Nets have been making an attempt to usher in a 3rd workforce to broaden the commerce. Then got here the “Woj bomb” that had all Raptors followers furiously refreshing their Twitter feed for the following few hours.

A couple of minutes later, senior NBA correspondent Marc Stein added this:

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He adopted that jaw-dropper with extra inside info on one other Raptors star.

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Ultimately, it was simply lots of smoke with the Nets-Mavericks deal finalized by 7 p.m.

Go away it to the Star’s Doug Smith to sum it up succinctly:

The Raptors, 25-30 and at the moment out of the playoff image, have been seen across the league because the workforce with probably the most engaging potential commerce items in VanVleet, Siakam, O.G. Anunoby and Gary Trent Jr.

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Now the NBA world is ready to see whether or not the Raptors entrance workplace of vice-chairman Masai Ujiri and common supervisor Bobby Webster will pull off a commerce that might reshape the franchise — or stand pat with a roster that was anticipated to enhance on final season’s 48-34 file.

“Ujiri being Ujiri, who has at all times performed poker at his personal tempo, figures to be very happy to make the remainder of the NBA wait till their costs meet his calls for,” the Star’s Dave Feschuk wrote.

The NBA commerce deadline is Thursday at 3 p.m.

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