Adon Moss
Today commences the new era of the Toronto Raptors. They're young, spicy, primed with potential, happy, and home. Whatever happens in the standings, there's going to be a lot to enjoy about this team.
It's 28 days till the 2021/22 NBA season, so before all the shemozzle begins, let's chat 10 things I dig and don't dig about the Toronto Raptors' offseason.
We all have no idea what the future of the Toronto Raptors beholds, and, for us fans, that's a good thing.
Whatever the infliction - Draft Frenzy or Failure Impulsion or Old-Toy-New-Toy Syndrome - Raptors fans are suddenly hot to trot for a Pascal Siakam trade. Nuh uh.
If you ask me - you didn't, but I don't care - Raptors Management committed some major blunders this year making the season's ruin even harder to accept.
Toronto heads to Dallas for it's final back-to-back of the season to thwart the Mavs' claim for 5th in the Western Conference.
The Raps are officially "done" for the year. Half the roster in socks and Birkenstocks for the remainder. The rest get to prove they deserve to be in the NBA, somewhere.
This round on 10 Raptors things, we talk fourth quarters, dunk finishers, rookies, and Raptors love.
After a season's worth of misery on back-to-backs and with most of the Raptor crew sidelined, Kyle Lowry and Pascal Siakam took it upon themselves to thump the ailing Los Angeles Lakers.
A Toronto Raptors win. A Washington Wizards loss (the spirit of DeMar DeRozan lives on). Consider the push for the Play[offs]-In jumpstarted! Next up: the Brooklyn Nets.
Cleveland arrives in Tampa for the latter end of a back-to-back just in time to jumpstart Toronto's push to the Play[offs]-In.
With two hulking, agile bigs finally filling the centre position, the Toronto Raptors are poised to make a little noise in the Play[offs]-In.