The hope is that a healthy Ingram helps improve the Raptors’ tepid half-court offence, and the backline of Barnes and Poeltl and can make up for some defensive shortcomings on the perimeter. If Ingram plays his best basketball, the cost of the acquisition will seem reasonable.

The nightmare of all play-by-play commentators, Dick has had a phenomenal sophomore campaign. Taking the reigns after Toronto lost Gary Trent Jr., OG Anunoby and Dennis Schroder last season, Dick has shouldered a lot of the offensive burden, especially with the extended absence of Quickley (he's missed 39 games).

The Toronto Raptors were reportedly thinking beyond the rest of this season when they traded for Brandon Ingram. Toronto acquired Ingram from the New

Eric Koreen and Will Guillory break down the trade between the Pelicans and Raptors that sent Ingram to Toronto.

The Toronto Raptors faithful is thanking their lucky stars after Masai Ujiri pulled off a trade to acquire former All-Star forward Brandon Ingram.

It's not the type of trade rebuilding teams generally make. Yet the Toronto Raptors flipped the script on Thursday, sending the New Orleans Pelicans a 2026 first-round pick from Indiana, their own 2031 second-round pick and veterans Bruce Brown and Kelly Olynyk for pending free agent Brandon Ingram.