If you, like me, were hoping to see a full-strength Raptors roster come together and start establishing a championship-level chemistry at some point — any point! — this season, well, I invite you to join me in exclaiming the following:
This feeling of utter helplessness and despair comes from the news out of Raptorland that Fred VanVleet will need surgery on his injured thumb, and will miss five weeks:
Now, the Jermey Lin signing is imminent, so that’s good news on the backup front. But that’s about all the hopefulness that can be found in this situation.