In the come down from the Raptors’ miraculous run to the Eastern Conference Finals, it’s easy to forget selected events from the past season and summer. Some of us are still pretty buzzed.
Toronto spent last season with a full third of its roster tied up in development projects. Now, some of that group played their way into the rotation (hello Norman Powell!), and others played their way out (sad trombone Anthony Bennett). But the baseline effect here was a Raptors team trying to contend and develop at the same time.