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Toronto Raptors: Ranking Raptors players in 2018-19

By Jordan Fleguel

TORONTO, CANADA - JANUARY 30: Kyle Lowry #7 and Fred VanVleet #23 of the Toronto Raptors high five during the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves January 30, 2018 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Mark Blinch/NBAE via Getty Images)
TORONTO, CANADA - JANUARY 30: Kyle Lowry #7 and Fred VanVleet #23 of the Toronto Raptors high five during the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves January 30, 2018 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Mark Blinch/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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How does each Toronto Raptor stack-up against their teammates? After a busy off-season, here’s a ranking of all the Raptors players heading into the 2018-2019 season.

Each year national publications release ranks of the top players in the NBA. It’s far from a perfect process. However, it does provide a valuable snapshot of the league’s best talent at a certain point in time.

Comparing players against the rest of the league is important. But perhaps just as important is judging players against their contemporaries. Players on their own team. With that in mind, we take a look at every (guaranteed) Raptor on the training camp roster and rank them from 13 to one.

#13 Malachi Richardson

Malachi Richardson hasn’t been a Raptor for very long.  He was traded from Sacramento in February for the Brazilian fan-favourite Bruno Caboclo.

Richardson went back and forth between the Raptors’ bench and the G-League this past season, and never got any significant playing time during the regular season or the playoffs.

This season will be his third in the league, which is typically when teams become less forgiving of young players and start to expect results.

Richardson will have to make the most of any minutes he is given, and getting any minutes at all will be a struggle on this Raptors team that is loaded on the wings.

Richardson will need to impress head-coach Nick Nurse at the Raptors’ training camp, and he is certainly capable of doing so.  At 6’6, 205 lbs, he has the size needed to be an effective swing-man in the NBA.

During his time at Syracuse, he showed that he can score the ball in a variety of ways.  Though his percentages don’t reflect it (simply because of the low-volume of shots he’s put up in his young career), he’s a good outside shooter and a capable defender.

Richardson won’t play a significant role with the Raptors this year, but he certainly adds depth to the team, and will likely be called upon at some point.

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