Toronto Raptors: Trade Value Rankings on Deadline Day

15. Aron Baynes

There is little doubt that Norm Powell will decline his $11.6 million player option and get set to cash in on a breakthrough 2020-21 campaign this summer, but that still might not be the most no-brainer option decision on the Raptors’ roster.

The club’s attempt to replace some of Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka’s production with Aron Baynes has been a big miss, making his $7.3 million team option for next year all but unthinkable.

If not for the recent slide, Baynes’ contract might have been a useful salary-matching piece in hopes of bringing in help.

Now, apart from ownership having to pay nearly $7 million for a guy who played just three minutes against Denver on a team with literally no other options up front, the 34-year-old Aussie is more likely to ride out the season here. Toronto would probably have to attach an asset to unload him, which makes zero sense.

14. Patrick McCaw

Like Baynes, Patrick McCaw is bound for free agency this off-season and unlikely to extend his tenure with the Raptors beyond that (unless head coach Nick Nurse just can’t quit him). McCaw, who didn’t see the floor on Wednesday night, is still fairly young (25) and might see a bigger role emerge if Lowry and Powell are traded.

Still, few Raptor fans will be sad to see the three-time NBA champ go. I mean, imagine the Twitter reaction if he gets a new contract!

13. Stanley Johnson

It’s been quite a ride already this season with Stanley Johnson, hasn’t it? Coming into the season as a contract that the team was saddled with, the 24-year-old flashed some of his athletic two-way potential that made him the eighth overall pick of the 2015 NBA Draft.

Since then, however, he’s gone back to being a poor-shooting, mistake-prone liability who has lost the trust of Nurse (although he did start on Monday against Houston due to OG Anunoby’s load management-related absence). In the same vein as Baynes and McCaw, there’s little reason to believe the pending free agent will be back next season.

12. Terrence Davis

A year ago, it wouldn’t have seemed unreasonable to think that Terrence Davis could rank near the top of this list by now. At the time, the then-22-year-old was producing in a limited role as an undrafted rookie on the 53-win Raps, another feel-good development story in an organization full of them. This year, Davis was expected to grow into a bigger role and continue to thrive.

Then came off-season domestic assault charges, which have since been dropped but still cast a cloud over the point guard.

Terence Davis has struggled this year for the Raptors

Far less significantly, although perhaps connected, Davis has seen a sharp drop in on-court performance, struggling with shot selection and general decision making while seeing a drop in shooting percentage and, as a result, getting fewer minutes than a year ago.

A decision on Davis’ future in Toronto will likely not be made until the off-season, when he will be a restricted free agent. While it’s hard to know what his reputation is around the league, it’s probably safe to say that no team is willing to sacrifice a meaningful asset to acquire TD2.

11. Paul Watson Jr.

As a result of Toronto’s health and safety protocols-related woes, Watson got something of an extended look in the rotation, even topping 20 minutes on six occasions in recent weeks. The results were fine, but not particularly impressive.

Apart from 12-point efforts against Charlotte and Denver, Watson failed to make his mark on any appearance over the course of the nine-game skid.

The small forward out of Fresno State may still prove to be a late bloomer, but any potential upside might be mitigated by the fact that he’s already 26, three years older than Anunoby and just eight months younger than Pascal Siakam.