Report: Grizzlies, Raptors no longer swapping picks
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If you're a Toronto Raptors fan hoping for the team to pick up a second late first-round pick, you'll be disappointed.
Grizz, by all indications, took Jordan Adams to keep him. Two prime Raps targets (Gary Harris & Tyler Ennis) were gone before No. 22, so ...
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) June 27, 2014
So Toronto had no need for two picks in early 20s, scuttling Raps' potential trade of John Salmons and No. 37 for Tayshaun Prince and No. 22
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) June 27, 2014
The Raptors came oh-so-close to landing one of their two targets. They held the 20th overall pick, but to their chagrin, Tyler Ennis and Gary Harris were taken 18th and 19th overall by the Suns and Nuggets.
So, instead, the Raptors selected wholly unheralded Brazilian forward Bruno Caboclo. Who? Exactly.