3 Moves the Toronto Raptors need to be preparing for in 2025 offseason

The Toronto Raptors have not played a minute of basketball in the 2024-25 season. In fact, the 2024 offseason is technically not over, with a handful of players still unsigned in free agency and a few teams with open roster spots.

Even so, the Raptors cannot solely fix their gaze on the season to come. The front office also needs to be looking ahead to the future, thinking through the signings, extensions, draft picks and trades awaiting them in the future.

The 2025 offseason is less than a year away, and the decisions the Raptors make then need to be prepared for now, and will influence decisions like in-season trades or even rotations and player development.

What awaits the Raptors next year? Let's look at three moves Toronto needs to be thinking about now.

No. 3: Answering the backup point guard question

Immanuel Quickley is now under contract for the next five seasons, so the question of who will start at point guard has been answered. Shy of a catastrophic injury or a completely unexpected trade, Quickley will be the team's starting point guard both this season and the next.

Who will back him up? Davion Mitchell was acquired via trade and will likely get the first shot in training camp and into this upcoming season. He didn't exactly prove up to the task in Sacramento, who replaced him in that role and eventually on the roster entirely. He will be a restricted free agent next summer, and how he plays will dictate if he is someone the Raptors want to bring back.

If not, they will hopefully know whether Jamal Shead is ready for the role or if they need to pursue another option in free agency or in the draft. Between Mitchell and Shead they hope to have an answer already on the roster.