Barrett is a former No. 3 pick who was selected after Zion Williamson and Ja Morant in the 2019 NBA draft. Quickley averaged 17.1 points and 5.8 assists last season for the Raptors.

Poeltl made 16 of 19 field goals, tying him with Kawhi Leonard for the second-fewest misses for any Raptors player to ever hit 16 buckets in a game (Gary Trent Jr. went 17 of 19 in a game once.

Poeltl doesn’t believe it’s fair to put the world’s biggest prospects “in a box like that” (by assuming that because they are 7-foot-2 or larger they won’t be able to defend in the NBA.

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Scottie Barnes led Toronto with 16 points and 13 rebounds. Jakob Poeltl grabbed 13 rebounds for the Raptors, who went 2-11 in the month of December.

RJ Barrett dropped 39 points, and Jakob Poeltl added a 30-point, 15-rebound double-double as the Toronto Raptors ended their seven-game skid with a 130-119 win over the Indiana Pacers.

We saw some of that in the Grizzlies’ loss to Toronto on Wednesday. Midway through the third quarter, Morant snaked a pick and roll and had Jakob Poeltl engaged on the right side of the lane.

Not just: “I was wrong.” No, those are low bars, and he skied over them like they were Jakob Poeltl. Ja Morant went farther. He went higher. He said: “I need help.” And look how we reacted.

When Morant sits, backup Tyus Jones comes in and handles the offense just fine. Memphis outscores teams by 3.6 points per 100 possessions when Brooks plays without the All-Star point guard.