O.G. Anunoby reportedly desires commerce out of Toronto

Longtime radio host Bob McCown said Tuesday that O.G. Anunoby
Longtime radio host Bob McCown stated Tuesday that O.G. Anunoby “desires to be traded” away from the Raptors. (Getty Pictures)

Regardless of his quiet disposition on the court docket, the commerce noise round O.G. Anunoby retains crescendoing.

Only a day after a Toronto Star report claimed the Toronto Raptors had been supplied three first-round picks for the 25-year-old ahead, one other hearsay a couple of doable departure from the one NBA crew Anunoby’s ever recognized has come ahead.

Longtime Toronto radio persona Bob McCown stated Tuesday on his podcast that Anunoby not desires to be a Raptor.

“I talked to an insider contained in the NBA yesterday on the cellphone,” McCown stated. “Simply accidentally he referred to as me. He’s a man I’ve recognized for a number of years. He tells me that Anunoby desires out of Toronto. Anunoby desires out. He desires to be traded. I don’t know in the event that they’re making an attempt to do one thing. He’s a reputation that’s been on the market for fairly a while.”

This isn’t the primary time rumours have unfold about Anunoby being sad in Toronto. Jake Fischer, then of Bleacher Report, reported in Could that the ahead was “sad together with his position” and had groups circling round with the hopes of touchdown the allegedly disgruntled participant.

Anunoby told TSN’s Kate Beirness in November that he was “shocked” to listen to the information and admitted he “cannot do something” about his title showing in headlines.

Anunoby is within the midst of a profession 12 months, averaging 17.4 factors and 5.7 rebounds per recreation whereas taking pictures 36.4 p.c from three-point vary on greater than 5 makes an attempt per contest. Moreover, he leads the league in steals (90) and steals per recreation (2.1).

The Indiana College product is below contract for at the very least another season and has a participant possibility for the 2024-25 season. He’s making simply over $17-million this 12 months.

Given the best way the Raptors have underperformed this season, there’s been a lot hypothesis about Toronto promoting on the deadline, with Anunoby among the many prime candidates due to the assumed excessive return he would get in any commerce.

The NBA Commerce Deadline is Feb. 9.

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