Scottie Barnes will have $45 million on the line next season if he can take another step forward and lead the Toronto Raptors to the playoffs next year
It's a word that seems to almost frustrate him. It's a word that connotes losing and for Barnes that simply isn't an option.
Barnes has plenty of reason to feel that way too. If he can qualify for an All-NBA team next season his contract will jump from a $224 million max extension to a supermax worth $269 million. That's $45 million on the line for Barnes next season if he can prove he's one of the 15 or so best players in the world.Yes, he'll need to take another jump in his development, but that alone won't be good enough.
That means Toronto is looking at the best-case scenario being a play-in berth, needing an upset or two to sneak into the first round of the playoffs next season. Falling just outside of the playoffs would result in Toronto again landing in the NBA's middle class with a first-round pick toward the back end of the lottery.
It's a path Toronto is hoping it can avoid next season. If the organization's young core led by Barnes and Immanuel Quickley can take another step forward and the Raptors can stay relatively healthy, Toronto will be too good to compete among the league's worst teams.
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