LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 04: Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)
When Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka left, the Toronto Raptors went from having a surplus of quality veterans to being conspicuously lacking, and this is a problem an uncharacteristic Raptors free agency spending spree can fix.
To put things in perspective, the Raptors were asking two rookies (Malachi Flynn and Jalen Harris), a rookie that just joined the team (Freddie Gillespie), and a second-year player (Yuta Watanabe) to play heavy minutes down the stretch against teams fighting for playoff spots.