The hope is that a healthy Ingram helps improve the Raptors’ tepid half-court offence, and the backline of Barnes and Poeltl and can make up for some defensive shortcomings on the perimeter. If Ingram plays his best basketball, the cost of the acquisition will seem reasonable.

The nightmare of all play-by-play commentators, Dick has had a phenomenal sophomore campaign. Taking the reigns after Toronto lost Gary Trent Jr., OG Anunoby and Dennis Schroder last season, Dick has shouldered a lot of the offensive burden, especially with the extended absence of Quickley (he's missed 39 games).

The Toronto Raptors were over a year into a slow, cautious rebuild where they traded off veterans and slowly accumulated draft picks. Wednesday, they completely reversed course to make a win-now trade.