The Toronto Raptors are 32-23 at the All-Star break, but they are in need of making some improvements, especially on the offensive side of the ball.
The Raptors are gaining some insurance by adding Jakob Poeltl back to the lineup after missing 25 games with a back injury. Poeltl returned to the court in the team’s latest game against the Detroit Pistons. The Raptors also acquired Trayce Jackson-Davis from the Golden State Warriors at the trade deadline, and he should give the team some depth at the centre position as well.
“We still have to see how the chemistry between those guys is going to develop. I want everybody to understand that everything starts with us on the defensive end before we talk about offence,” Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic said of Poeltl and Jackson-Davis via Sportsnet reporter Blake Murphy.
“And from there, we’re going to be learning how to best use those guys on the offensive end and what it’s going to do to our spacing. Experience has taught me that a lot of times what you have planned, and what you’ve based on the film, it’s not necessarily what works in real life.”