Scottie Barnes

After a promising start to his career, Barnes dealt with injuries during the past two campaigns and experienced a drop in efficiency (45/27/76) last season. He also played a career-low 32.8 minutes per game, which led to reduced totals across the board. Despite the lack of significant improvements, Barnes remains a stat-stuffing machine when healthy and has finished as a top-55 player in eight-category leagues in each of his first four campaigns. He still has plenty of time to reach his peak and will be a go-to player in 2025-26, but the team around him remains a mystery. RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley have shown flashes since coming over from New York, but consistency has been lacking, plus they've also struggled to stay on the court. The Raptors made an aggressive mid-season trade for oft-injured Brandon Ingram, who still has yet to debut for Toronto but signed an extension that included a $42 million player option for 2027-28. Jakob Poeltl also signed an extension this summer and has been the most reliable piece for the Raptors since they traded Pascal Siakam and OG Anunoby. They also drafted Collin Murray-Boyles, who joins a group of solid wing prospects in Ochai Agbaji and Jonathan Mogbo. Team success should mean fantasy success for Barnes, who'll be the straw that stirs the drink if things break right. The Eastern Conference should be ripe for the taking after postseason Achilles injuries to Jayson Tatum, Damian Lillard and Tyrese Haliburton weakened teams at the top.