Raptors writers roundtable: Thoughts on the first half of 2020-21
By Mike Luciano
Question No. 3: What is one adjustment the Raptors need to make?
ML: Bring up some players from the G League. The likes of Alize Johnson, Henry Ellenson, and Gary Payton II have been dominating down in the Gubble, and one or more of them should get some burn in a very inconsistent rotation.
JL: Paul Watson should play more. I don’t know know why this guy doesn’t get more playing time. Third on the team in FG% and first in 3PT% up to this point.
AS: Trade Aron Baynes. For all his lovable qualities he has been embarrassingly bad this season. Shop him for someone who can rebound and finish, that’s all we want.
BF: Find a way to better balance out the first and second units. Lowry and bench hasn’t worked as well as in past years. Now that Powell is seemingly entrenched with the first unit, it frees up a Siakam or maybe even Fred to get more run with the backups. That could ease some of the pressure on a unit without much scoring output to offer.
PG: I’m going to get a lot of hate on this one but Kyle Lowry should come off the bench on some nights. Fred VanVleet and Norman Powell are killing it in the starting lineup in the last couple of games that Lowry hasn’t play. They can do the small ball lineup for the starting five. Lowry’s numbers wont go down and he would elevate the bench, which is another issue they need to fix.