One door closed on the Raptors but another may have been left slightly ajar as the NBA’s wild free agency ride continued unabated Saturday.
LaMarcus Aldridge, who had met with the Raptors early in the process, decided to take his prodigious talents to San Antonio on a contract that could be worth $80 million (U.S.) over four years.
But the decision may have opened an avenue for Toronto to glom on to a home-grown product who would fill a serious roster need.
The salary cap machinations are still to be worked out — teams don’t even know officially what the cap and tax levels will be for the 2015-16 season yet — but if the Spurs need to jettison Ajax product Cory Joseph to make room for Aldridge, there is no doubt the Raptors will try to pounce on him.