The Toronto Raptors have added themselves to the countless factions that will be thrilled to see 2020 come to an end. No, the losses aren’t erased as soon as the calendar flips from December to January, but the symbolic nature of a new beginning can bring about an important perspective shift for a Raptors team that has some mental hurdles to clear. It is an opportunity for Nick Nurse to incessantly spew coaching clichés about leaving the past behind them and instead looking forward, and the fact that the planet has — in what feels somewhat miraculous given the state of the world — completed yet another rotation gives the players reason to actually buy in and move on from this disastrous start.
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