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Draft Day Diary: Day 1 Reaction — Ja’Kobeeee!

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A shooter.

We’re really adding shooters around Scottie Barnes. And importantly, the Raptors didn’t pick up a mystery box that will be a project for a few years, showing our commitment to finding the right pieces to add to this new core. I can’t believe it’s happening, but for the past two drafts, the Raptors front office has actually used their “lessons learned” on not how to build around Pascal Siakam.

Walter falling out of the lottery was possible, but I had him around the 12-18 range. He would’ve been a good fit in Miami or Philadelphia.