You and I have the same player pool a lot of the time. Something about great minds
But yeah, VanVleet has been on my radar for awhile now. He took an absolute monster leap this year and became one of the Raptors most important players. He's just an absolute quality PG; great shooter, gets his teammates involved, doesn't turn the ball over, runs the offense extremely well. I think he's a dynamite fit next to Fox too offensively; he's great at everything Fox isn't, so there's room for him to see 25+MPG with us. Really, he'd make any of our wing combos a lot better. Everything in the statistical profile just screams "break-out" player:
-Pretty much every advanced stat loves him in a significant sample of minutes. Some of that is playing for a great team, but the On/Off rating and RPM are really eye-popping for a reserve player
-19% USG, 11% TOV, 22% AST, 56% TS, 41% from 3.
To me, these splits show a guy who knows how to effectively play off other ball dominant guys and still find ways to contribute and not hurt the team. Someone you can just plug and not worry about fit is really enticing. There should be room for offensive growth too if he gets a bigger leash and doesn't have to worry about playing next to two massive USG guards.
And the best part is the Raptors are already in the luxury tax without signing him back. If we offer him 7 or 8 mil a year for 4 years (he's a guy we'd want for 4 years), there's just not feasible way they can or would really want to pay that with how much money they have tied into Derozan and Lowry. Everyone else too is going to be looking at bigger fish to fry to start FA off.
I'd be more than down to start FA off making offers to FVV and Kyle Anderson. Just bring in 2 quality young players who absolutely are going to make us better next season, fit with the core, and fit with developmental timeline. And both guys are actually realistic targets for us.