<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/raptors-news-fans-torn-after-jakob-poeltl-surprise-tanking-admission');   ga('set', 'title', 'Fans torn after Jakob Poeltl’s surprise Raptors’ tanking admission');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Raptors-news-Fans-torn-after-Jakob-Poeltls-surprise-tanking-admission.jpg"></figure><h1>Fans torn after Jakob Poeltl’s surprise Raptors’ tanking admission</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-01T09:31:02-07:00">October 1st, 9:31am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-01T09:31:02-07:00">October 1st, 9:31am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-masai-ujiri-makes-rebuilding-admission-2024-25-season">Toronto Raptors</a> know the ultimate goal in the NBA is to win a championship and to do that, you have to win a lot of games and be a competitive team. There are some teams that are in a developmental process, which means growing young talent in the hopes of them blossoming and getting to the point of winning a lot of games. In that instance, there isn’t a lot of winning at the beginning, but teams don’t let their fans know that.</p><p>During Raptors Media Day, veteran center Jakob Poeltl had an <a href="https://x.com/ogchabzo/status/1840784094273405335" rel="noopener">interesting quote</a> about what direction the team is going in this season, and it left some people shocked.</p><p>“I think we all know we’re not going to go and attack the championship this year,” Poetlt said. “It makes no sense for us to try to win every single game as much as we can and sacrifice development.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">He can say that?😭 <a href="https://t.co/B3P8oalJax">pic.twitter.com/B3P8oalJax</a></p><p>— 𝙯𝙤 (@ogchabzo) <a href="https://twitter.com/ogchabzo/status/1840784094273405335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Even though Poeltl may have been being honest, teams don’t usually come out and let the fans know that they’re not trying to win.</p><p>Many people on X, formerly Twitter, had some things to say about Poeltl’s comments, and they weren’t all positive.</p><p>“He getting shipped out anyway i’m not trippin,” one user said.</p><p>“Jakob dude you’re not supposed to say that part out loud,” another user said.</p><p>“I love pure honesty and am a raptors fan but man i aint wanna hear that s–t jakob let that one go,” another user said.</p><h2>How will the Raptors perform this year?</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jakob-Poeltl.jpg"><figcaption>John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>There’s no doubt that the Raptors are trying to head into a new direction with their team after what they did last season. They traded away some of their best players, Pascal Siakam and OG Anunoby, and in return got some young talent. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-scottie-barnes-drops-pressure-truth-bomb-potential-270-million-contract-extension">Scottie Barnes is now the leader of the team</a>, and he has complimentary pieces like RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickly, and others to <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nba/scottie-barnes-on-embracing-a-leadership-role-with-raptors/ar-AA1ruq6p" rel="noopener">help him</a>.</p><p>“Just trying to step into that next role of growing into that leader. You gotta just take steps and I feel like I’ve been taking the right steps this summer,” Barnes said. “I’m usually accustomed to being that leader by example. I go out there and play hard.”</p><p>The Raptors aren’t expected to be a top team this season, but they do have an exciting roster that looks like they’ll be competing every night. The most important thing is seeing how the young players develop over the course of the season, which will be a step in the right direction for the future of the team.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Fans torn after Jakob Poeltl’s surprise Raptors’ tanking admission

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/raptors-news-get-another-injury-blow-scottie-barnes-jakob-poeltl-surgery');   ga('set', 'title', 'Raptors get another injury blow after Scottie Barnes with Jakob Poeltl surgery');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Toronto-gets-another-injury-blow-after-Scottie-Barnes-with-Jakob-Poeltl-surgery.webp"></figure><h1>Raptors get another injury blow after Scottie Barnes with Jakob Poeltl surgery</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-03-05T20:41:43-08:00">March 5th, 8:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-03-05T20:41:43-08:00">March 5th, 8:41pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It is not looking so good at the moment for the Toronto Raptors. After winning three games in a row in late February, the Raps have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-vs-raptors-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-3-3-2024" rel="noopener">lost three of four outings</a>. Making it worse for the team are the injuries to Jakob Poeltl and Scottie Barnes. On Tuesday, it’s been reported that Poeltl is <a href="https://twitter.com/JLew1050/status/1765226713787552085" rel="noopener">out for likely a considerable period</a> after going under the knife to repair a hand injury.</p><p>“Jakob Poeltl underwent surgery to repair a torn ligament in the pinky finger of his left hand. He’s out indefinitely,” wrote Josh Lewenberg of TSN.</p><p>Poeltl suffered the injury during the Raptors’ 111-106 win at home over the Charlotte Hornets. He hurt his hand late in the first half, forcing Toronto to start Kelly Olynk at center position in the second half. The former Utah Utes star big man left the Charlotte game with eight points, two rebounds, and three assists in 15 minutes of duty on the floor.</p><p>Olynk can be expected to assume the starting center slot for the Raptors as long as Poeltl is sidelined. On the season, Poeltl is averaging 11.1 points, 8.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.5 blocks per game, while shooting 63.1 percent from the field. With Olynk likely to get increased minutes and a heavier workload, the Raptors could space the floor more than they usually do with Poeltl, who has not taken a 3-point attempt since the 2022-23 season.</p><p>With <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-scottie-barnes-out-indefinitely-with-painful-hand-fracture" rel="noopener">both Barnes and Poeltl out</a>, the Raptors’ backs are pressed harder against the wall, as they continue their pursuit of at least a spot in the Play-in Tournament.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Raptors get another injury blow after Scottie Barnes with Jakob Poeltl surgery

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/hawks-news-referees-admit-mistake-on-jakob-poeltl-no-call-that-sparked-quin-snyders-anger-ejection');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks: Referees admit mistake on Jakob Poeltl no-call that sparked Quin Snyder’s anger, ejection');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Hawks-Referees-admit-mistake-on-Jakob-Poeltl-no-call-that-sparked-Quin-Snyders-anger-ejection.webp"></figure><h1>Hawks: Referees admit mistake on Jakob Poeltl no-call that sparked Quin Snyder’s anger, ejection</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-23T21:33:35-08:00">February 23rd, 9:33pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-23T21:33:35-08:00">February 23rd, 9:33pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Friday night was a source of frustrations aplenty for the Atlanta Hawks. Not only did they suffer a close 123-121 loss against the Toronto Raptors, one sequence in the first half pushed head coach Quin Snyder’s buttons to the point of ejection. In the second quarter, Jakob Poeltl set a bone-crunching screen on Trae Young that looked like an offensive foul. The officials, however, swallowed their whistle. This then triggered Snyder to the point where the Hawks head coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-quin-snyder-goes-ballistic-on-referee-gets-ejected-vs-raptors">racked up two technical fouls</a> in rapid succession.</p><p>However, Snyder may have been valid in his anger. In fact, the referees wasted no time in proving the Hawks head coach right in his belief that Poeltl should have been called for an offensive foul. In the referees’ Pool Report following the Hawks’ defeat against the Raptors, crew chief Karl Lane admitted that <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinKeneely1/status/1761236010174668939" rel="noopener">there was illegal contact</a> from Poeltl to Young on the screen.</p><p>“During the time on the court, we felt that Jakob Poeltl got to a legal guarding position, but when we looked at it at halftime, we did notice that it was illegal leg-to-leg contact and there should have been a foul called,” Lane told reporters, via Kevin Keneely of University of Georgia.</p><p>Nonetheless, Karl Lane was firm in his stance that the Hawks head coach warranted an ejection with his reaction to the errant non-call.</p><p>“He continued to charge toward the official and continued to use profane language,” Lane answered in response to the question of why Quin Snyder received an early trip to the locker room.</p><p>This season has simply been full of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-biggest-mistake-2024-nba-trade-deadline" rel="noopener">frustrations for the Hawks</a>; after putting up a good account of themselves in their first-round exit against the Boston Celtics in the 2023 NBA playoffs, which led many to believe that they’ll be in the running for a top-six finish in the Eastern Conference, they have fallen way short of expectations.</p><p>Thus, it becomes doubly infuriating when the seemingly small things during a ballgame, such as a missed offensive foul call, don’t go their way. Alas, the Hawks have to remain composed in the face of adversity.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks: Referees admit mistake on Jakob Poeltl no-call that sparked Quin Snyder’s anger, ejection

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/raptors-news-masai-ujiris-bizarre-answer-jakob-poeltl-trade-possibly-mistake');   ga('set', 'title', 'Raptors: Masai Ujiri’s bizarre answer on Jakob Poeltl trade possibly being a ‘mistake’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Masai-Ujiris-bizarre-answer-on-Jakob-Poeltl-trade-possibly-being-a-mistake_50.webp"></figure><h1>Raptors: Masai Ujiri’s bizarre answer on Jakob Poeltl trade possibly being a ‘mistake’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-18T15:01:53-08:00">January 18th, 3:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-18T15:01:53-08:00">January 18th, 3:01pm</time><address><a>Mike Cruz</a>Mike Cruz is an editorial writer at ClutchPoints, primarily covering the NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In the wake of the Toronto Raptors <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-raptors-pelicans-three-team-trade">trading Pascal Siakam</a> to the Indiana Pacers, the trade that sent Jakob Poeltl back to Canada once again became a topic of discussion. Many Raptors fans stand on the belief that trading for Poeltl was a wrong move on the part of Raptors president Masai Ujiri. During a <a href="https://twitter.com/jlew1050/status/1748048705653981566?s=46&amp;t=5oeHqtarPi8uQzODS5QrLA">press conference</a> on Thursday, Ujiri gave a rather bizarre answer to address those claims.</p><p>“When you trade a 1st-round pick for a starting center in the NBA, in our business &amp; for us, it’s good – for now &amp; for the future,” Ujiri said, per Josh Lewenberg of TSN. “I’m not going to sit here &amp; cry over spilled milk. If it was a mistake, it was a mistake but it was good value for us”</p><p>In connection, Masai Ujiri set things straight as to why he chose to trade for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-jakob-poeltl-ankle-sprain">Jakob Poeltl</a> last season. He said that he felt like last year’s group deserved the chance to see out the season. And he felt they needed a starting center like Poeltl to give the Raptors the best chance possible to compete.</p><p>On the flip side, plenty of Raps fans felt like the team needed to kickstart the rebuild last year. There were rumblings about potentially moving then-starting point guard Fred VanVleet at the deadline and Gary Trent Jr. However, instead of selling, the Raptors bought and acquired Poeltl from the Spurs and sent a 2024 1st round pick to San Antonio.</p><p>VanVleet wound up walking for nothing in free agency. Trent is still with the time, and Poeltl re-signed a four-year $78 million contract in the summer.</p><p>Fast-forward to the start of 2024, and the Raptors have finally kicked the tires on a rebuild and are welcoming a new chapter in Toronto basketball. But while the team is finally embracing this new era, there is a world where the Raptors could have gotten more value had they started the rebuild earlier.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Raptors: Masai Ujiri’s bizarre answer on Jakob Poeltl trade possibly being a ‘mistake’

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Prior to that, he hosted an NBA wrap-up show that aired immediately at the conclusion of every Trail Blazers game. Peter had previous stops at Blazer's Edge and XRAY.FM - where his show "Blazer's Edge Radio" was named "Portland's Best Sports Radio" in the 2017 Willamette Week reader's poll. When he's not telling the stories of your favorite sports team, Peter can be found recording the next garage rock classic in his basement studio, whipping up an authentic Italian meal in the kitchen, or trying to figure out the appeal of Minecraft with his 9-year-old son in the living room.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Toronto Raptors big man Jakob Poeltl is out indefinitely with a left ankle sprain.</p><p>Poeltl suffered the injury in the third quarter of Sunday night’s win over the Golden State Warriors.</p><p>The Raptors will reevaluate Poeltl’s injury<a href="https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1744808801314951202?s=20" rel="noopener"> in two weeks</a>, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic: “Raptors say Jakob Poeltl will be out indefinitely with a left ankle sprain. He will be re-evaluated in two weeks.”</p><p>Poeltl is averaging 10.6 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks in just over 26 minutes per game for the Raptors. It’s been a tough year for Poeltl after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-jakob-poeltl-four-year-80-million-contract-toronto-2023-free-agency" rel="noopener">signing a four-year deal</a> with Toronto this past summer. His points per game total is the lowest it’s been since 2020-21, when he was reserve for the San Antonio Spurs.</p><p>Jakob Poeltl was originally a lottery pick for the Raptors. The former Utah Utes center was selected ninth overall by Toronto in 2016. With the Raptors, Poeltl developed into an effective big man who can protect the rim and be a roll threat on the other end.</p><p>Poeltl was then packaged with DeMar DeRozan and sent to the Spurs in the fateful Kawhi Leonard trade. In San Antonio, Jakob Poeltl continued his development into an underrated big man in the league. The center worked on his offensive game while still continuing to be a menace on the defensive end and on the boards. Eventually, Poeltl was traded once again, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-trade-for-spurs-jakob-poeltl-in-blockbuster-ahead-of-deadline/" rel="noopener">ironically back to the Raptors.</a></p><p>Toronto will be forced to rely on Chris Boucher or Pascal Siakam at the center position until Poeltl or Christian Koloko are able to return.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2023-24 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
11.1	8.6	2.5	1.5	0.7

2023-24 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
11.1	8.6	2.5	1.5	0.7

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