Best Case / Worst Case: Will Bruce Brown play himself back into being a trade asset for the Raptors? w/ Katie Heindl

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Bruce Brown Jr.'s tenure with the Toronto Raptors did not start of especially well after his arrival in the Pascal Siakam trade last season, but does he have the capacity to rehab his value as a meaningful contributor on a more healthy version of the team? In Episode 1702, Sean Woodley and Katie Heindl chat about Brown's best, worst and most likely case scenarios going into the 2024-25 season and whether or not he stands a chance of rehabbing his value enough to make him a viable trade asset going into the 2025 NBA Trade Deadline. Off the top, they chat about why a best-case outcome where Brown gels with a healthier version of the team, provides additive value to the on-court product, and plays himself back into being the type of guy contenders might offer up a low first-round pick for at the Trade Deadline is more on the table than some of the more doubtful corners of the fan base might think. Next, they dive into how things could go awry with Brown this season. Will the Raptors coaching staff find a way to optimize his interesting skill set? Will he fight off competition for minutes at the two-guard slot? And if not, will it serve as another failure to read the market on the part of Masai Ujiri and Bobby Webster? Lastly, they get into the most likely outcomes for Brown this year, why he'll probably net something less than a first-rounder but still net something of value around deadline time, and whether there's a world in which he plays himself in the team's longer-term plans going into free agency this coming summer.

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