The Toronto Raptors made a pivotal decision to win at last year's trade deadline and it's proven to be a mistake following a loss to the Portland Trail Blazers
The Toronto Raptors and Portland Trail Blazers found themselves at a crossroads at last year’s trade deadline.
In reality, the Raptors couldn’t really shut down their star players the way the Trail Blazers did, but any step toward selling would have drastically changed Toronto’s fortunes. Maybe O.G.
“In our league, really any league, confidence is the thing that will take you over,” said Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups on the value of Portland’s developmental focus. “For young guys trying to find themselves in our league, they have to find that confidence somewhere and if they are able to develop, play through mistakes and play through tough times, it just gives you the confidence to learn the game, learn who you are.
For Toronto, Barnes showed the merits of his developmental path as he continued his torrid start to the season with another 20-point showing. He nailed a pull-up three midway through the third quarter to recapture the lead for Toronto as the two teams went back and forth trading buckets. In the fourth, he poked the ball loose from Sharpe before flushing a wide-open layup in transition to pull the Raptors to within two midway through the frame.
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