With the beginning of the Raptors season mere hours away, there are still questions that linger and could take all year to answer.
Can the Raptors avoid the play-in?
Two of these teams are going to be in the play-in: Nets, Celtics, Bucks, Cavaliers, Raptors, Heat, 76ers and Hawks. Boston was in the Finals last year, Miami was one shot away from the Finals, Milwaukee has Giannis Antetokounmpo, Cleveland and Atlanta made win-now trades and Brooklyn has Kevin Durant, Ben Simmons and Kyrie Irving in a year without vaccine requirements.