Toronto Raptors Receive: G/F Dillon Brooks, F/C Brandon Clarke, 2025 First-Round Pick (CLE)
Cleveland Cavaliers Receive: F OG Anunoby
Memphis Grizzlies Receive: G/F Caris LeVert, 2027 First-Round Pick (CLE)
Realistically, most will perceive this as an OG Anunoby trade before they look at it as a LeVert deal.
After all, the Raptors forward is comfortably the best player getting exchanged here. In all likelihood, the Raptors will only be interested if rumors of his discontent north of the border hold weight.
If they do, this is a good return for Toronto. They’re getting a comparable (albeit, lesser) player in Brooks, a solid, defensively stout combo big in Clarke and a first-round pick.
Clarke feels like an especially good fit. For a team that was light in their center rotation last year, adding one of the league’s best small-ball 5s makes sense.
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Meanwhile, the Grizzlies recognize 2022-23 as a gap year with this trade. They’re probably as invested in the first-round pick they’re getting as they are LeVert. This deal, again is all about setting themselves up for 2023-24.
With Jaren Jackson Jr. absent, that might be the best they can do this summer.
