But the Greek Freak's decision also blindsided several teams who were laying the groundwork to make a run at him in free agency this summer — including the Toronto Raptors. So even though Giannis is off the market now, the Raptors can still be players in free agency. It was just kind of assumed the Raptors would let him go to free up cap space for a run at Giannis. That's part of the reason why the Raptors have never lured a top-shelf free agent away from his team. Now that the Giannis dream is dead, they might want to focus their considerable resources on retaining their most important employee.

Source: CBC News December 17, 2020 22:30 UTC