NBA draft asset rankings shows how dire Raptors situation is

The Toronto Raptors have pushed their chips into the center of the table in the last few offseasons, as they have refused to shop some of their best players while simultaneously pulling off a trade that netted them Jakob Poeltl at the cost of a lightly protected first-round pick.

Between the fact the Spurs own Toronto’s first-round pick this year unless it falls in the top six and the Raptors’ refusal to get more ancillary capital for some of their impending free agent studs, the Raptors are not as well equipped to build through the draft or ship picks away for stars as other fringe playoff teams in the NBA.

Bleacher Report ranks Toronto 18th in the league in terms of future draft assets at their disposal. That doesn’t sound too alarming at first, but it paints a very gloomy picture when compared to the rest of Toronto’s contemporaries in the league.

Of the 12 teams ranked…