The Toronto Raptors are mired in just about the stinkiest funk you can imagine, losers of 15 of their past 19 games, stuck with a 16-23 record and sitting in 12th place in the Eastern Conference.
It’s easy to blame the players: Fred VanVleet is slumping, Scottie Barnes hasn’t progressed, Chris Boucher can’t shoot, etc. And yeah, they do deserve some of the blame… but so does Nick Nurse, and so do Masai Ujiri and Bobby Webster.
I was speaking to Roger Lajoie and Nick Liard on the FAN590 this morning, and towards the end of our conversation, Roger asked me if Nurse and Ujiri (and VanVleet too) are above reproach — or if they should shoulder some of the blame for this wayward season.