Scottie Barnes hasn’t played in the postseason since his rookie year in 2021-22, and he has his eyes set on playoff basketball for the Toronto Raptors next season.
Considering where the Toronto Raptors are at this point, many fans wonder if the team plans to tank next season, and Barnes called them out on social media.
“it’s a lot of people on this app that don’t watch ball man🤦🏽♂️just be chattin. it’s coo we got a lot to prove this yr. let’s get back to the playoffs,” Barnes posted on X (formerly known as Twitter).
The Toronto Raptors finished as the 11th seed in the Eastern Conference last season with a 30-52 record. This offseason, they re-signed Garrett Temple and Jakob Poeltl to new deals while adding free agent Sandro Mamukelashvili.
Toronto Raptors ripped by analyst for “overpaying” Immanuel Quickley
Josh Giddey, Cam Thomas, and Jonathan Kuminga are having standoffs against the Chicago Bulls, Brooklyn Nets, and Golden State Warriors, and ESPN’s Bobby Marks believes the Toronto Raptors may be partly to blame.
“The Immanuel Quickley contract, that five for $150 (million), in bonuses it almost gets to $160 (million), has totally screwed up restricted free agents. Because that’s where agents are looking at like the benchmark. Certainly, Josh Giddey’s like, ‘I want that contract.’ That number has screwed up a lot of things,” Marks detailed on ESPN’s YouTube channel.
“It’s a rich contract. I don’t think Toronto got enough heat for that number because Immanuel Quickley is not a $32, $33 million guy,” he added.
