If it wasn’t clear already, it should be by now: the Raptors are just playing out the string on their 2020-21 season. I realize I may have sounded a different alarm just this past Thursday, but now here we are. The Grizzlies are in Tampa, and Toronto is being cautious with a few of its players — three by my count — while dealing with a few more noteworthy, and apparently more serious, injuries. Let’s not dwell on that anymore.
Toronto’s opponent tonight, Memphis, is still in the mix. They’re ninth in the Western Conference, which is not bad for a team still searching for its identity — I mean, an identity beyond being the youngest team in the NBA.