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Five Daily Thoughts: Spotlighting Scottie Barnes and Gary Trent

The Toronto Raptors have a plus-.500 record for the first time in ages, and it feel pretty good! Of course it’s early and yeah, the competition hasn’t been the highest calibre, but it’s been far too long since our team had any kind of a win streak. Let’s enjoy it!

1. Feasting on the weak

One of the hallmarks of the Kyle Lowry-era Toronto Raptors was the way they took care of business against bad teams. That evaporated last year as the Tampa Raptors became one of the bad teams themselves, so it was refreshing to see the Raptors defeat the Indiana Pacers (twice) and the Orlando Magic (combined record: 2-12) over the past few days.