I am happy with how the Gasol situation played out. Did not want him back and Baynes was the best available big. Baynes replaces Gasol. No replacement for Ibaka off the bench, which is what's going to hurt us the most this season.
Our bench is looking very unproven, especially with Davis' uncertainty. Nurse always rides his starters hard but it'll even more the case this year imo.
Likely counting on Boucher stepping up to replace Ibaka. He was averaging 13 minutes a night last year and this year, it will likely go up to the 20's or something.
I guess the one good thing is that while the bench is unproven, it is at least promising. It is not full of guys who sucked even in sheltered minutes, and a few of them have shown they may be able to handle more minutes next year.
I think they should still look for someone cheap who can come off of the bench in case Johnson, Brissett, Hernandez, etc. are not capable of handling any kind of serious minutes so they have a fourth somewhat reliable frontcourt guy to put with Siakam, Baynes, and Boucher. I don't know who the Raptors would want and can get for the minimum, but I imagine they will still try to find someone.
Lowry, FVV, Anunoby, Siakam, Baynes are the starters; Boucher, Powell, Flynn, McCaw, Thomas, another C/PF UFA, Johnson, and maybe Davis on the bench. Harris, Brissett, Hernandez, and any other young guys can compete for any left over jobs, but will likely play on the 905 for more development time.