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The Toronto Raptors are one of the luckiest draft teams in recent memory. In 2021, Scottie Barnes falls to 4 because of a very clearly defined top 3. He'd easily have gone top 3 in most drafts. In 2024, Collin Murray-Boyles who was projected to go top 4 goes back to school.. comes out a year later in a stronger draft and falls to 9 after concerns about his combine results... Ja'Kobe Walter in 2024 gets mocked from 3-14 range for the whole year only to fall ass backwards to 19 and gets drafted by a team that didn't even work him out. And then there's 2026. Allen Graves, an analytics darling from Santa Clara University decides to reject a mega NIL offer from Duke and enters the draft without a single top 20 promise because..."faith". Him coming off the bench for SC was due to an injury which pushed him into the backup 5 role instead of the starting 4. If he starts all year at a more natural position instead of coming off the bench out of position he probably goes top 15. IF* he'd gone to Duke, he probably goes top 10 next year in a weaker draft. Not even kidding. So now Toronto has 4 foundational building block pieces for their young core to pair with Kawhi. All under 25. All of them draft steals at their position. Luck matters.