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After two and a half seasons in Portland, Trent was dealt ultimately 12 months’s commerce deadline to the Raptors. With Toronto, Trent began 15 of 17 video games and posted 16.2 factors, 3.6 rebounds, 1.1 steals and a pair of.6 made threes over 31.8 minutes per recreation. With Kyle Lowry transferring on to Miami, the Raptors rapidly determined Trent needs to be their new beginning capturing guard and signed him to a three-year deal. Fred VanVleet will slide over from capturing guard to level guard. Trent is especially interesting when you think about 2021-22 shall be solely his age-22 season. With solely 47 profession begins beneath Trent’s belt, there’s clearly room for development. And with Pascal Siakam affected by shoulder surgical procedure and rumored to be on the buying and selling block, there’s a good probability that Trent shall be pressured to shoot extra. Talking of trades, one should marvel concerning the newly-acquired Goran Dragic’s future. Dragic got here to Toronto as a part of the Lowry sign-and-trade deal. He has expressed an curiosity in enjoying elsewhere and his age (35) would not match properly with Toronto’s younger core. Ought to Dragic stick round and keep wholesome, he’ll definitely eat into Trent’s minutes. But when Dragic is dealt, Trent shall be additional entrenched in Toronto’s core lineup. A much bigger fear with Trent is that outdoors of factors and three-pointers, he affords little manufacturing. That is very true if he once more shoots 40.8 % from the sector as he did final 12 months versus the 44.4 % he shot in 2019-20. In nine-category leagues, Trent’s profession common of solely 0.5 turnovers per recreation is interesting. Trent has solely averaged 23.9 minutes per recreation throughout his three-year profession. He’ll most probably play considerably extra throughout his first full season with the Raptors.
Trent loved a giant spike in enjoying time throughout his sophomore NBA marketing campaign, however that wasn’t sufficient for him to make a fantasy impression. He averaged 8.9 factors, pushed largely by his spectacular 41.8 % capturing from past the arc (good for 1.8 threes per recreation), and he blended in 0.8 steals per recreation, however that was just about the top of his statistical contributions. With the Blazers sporting a pair of stars at guard in Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum, Trent’s path to fantasy worth is sort of fully depending on how a lot time he can carve out at small ahead, the place the staff is far thinner. There’s some alternative there, although the 6-foot-5, 209-pound Trent is just a little undersized for a beginning ahead. In the perfect case that does not contain an harm to certainly one of Portland’s stars, Trent’s minutes leap from final 12 months’s 21.8 into the mid-20s or greater and he clears double-digit factors with upward of two threes and a steal per recreation, which might be sufficient to present him some fantasy worth. The Blazers must decide on a contract extension for Trent forward of this season, and their selection in that matter will communicate volumes about his projected utilization.
A second-round decide of the Kings this previous June, Trent was subsequently traded to the Path Blazers for a pair of second-round picks. The 19-year-old’s recreation is essentially thought of one-dimensional at current, as his stellar offensive abilities are countered by a subpar defensive profile. The previous Blue Satan shot a powerful 40.2 % from three-point vary throughout his one season at Duke, and he adopted that up with a median of 11.4 factors over seven video games in Las Vegas this summer time. Trent is essentially seen as a long-term challenge given his age and one 12 months of school expertise, making him a possible G-League or end-of-bench candidate for the approaching season. His above-average athleticism and capturing prowess does make him an intriguing keeper and dynasty league prospect, nonetheless.
