To be perfectly honest, I love Lance Stephenson. I’d make a plea to Raptors fans by offering up some equivalent beloved Raptors’ role player, someone who they could look at to see why Stephenson is so universally beloved by Pacers fans, but Lance has no equivalent. Not among former Raptors, not anywhere in the league. Stephenson is totally unique.
He’s not the kind of player Torontonians love: we love the grit and grind guy who’ll pour their hearts on the court for the team every night, the Bismack Biyombos, the P.