The Toronto Raptors may have fired Nick Nurse, hired a coach with a history in player development in Darko Rajakovic, and saw Fred VanVleet leave the team to join the Houston Rockets, but Masai Ujiri is still trying to put together a team who could make it to the postseason.
In an Eastern Conference that is much deeper than it has been in years, the Raptors are not expected to move the needle. After crashing out of the play-in last year at the hands of Diar DeRozan, her father DeMar, and the Chicago Bulls, the general vibes surrounding this team have been off.