NBA Free Agency 2018: 5 offseason targets for the Toronto Raptors

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1. LeBron James

Why not? Hope springs eternal. Hope does not spring eternal. Both are reasons to try the impossible.

Here’s a possible first line (provided by Drake’s ghostwriter) when pitching the idea to James:

Picture last year’s Raptors . . . but as a super team, eh? How ‘bout it, LeBron? How ‘bout it?

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And, because awful jokes are free, here’s one more pitch:

The GOAT argument would be over once and for all if you played for free. We really can’t pay you, but we would love to have you on board out of sheer love for the game of basketball.

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