Masai Ujiri said it was one of his biggest failures this season. The Toronto Raptors started the 2020-21 campaign without the centre talent needed to compete at a high level — and it cost them.
“I think on my part, I failed to see what we were looking for,” said Ujiri in his season wrap-up press conference. “Maybe the type of bigs we were looking for should have maybe been a different type of player. That’s on me.”
Starting the season 12-15 with a big man rotation of Aron Baynes and Alex Len, the numbers speak to just how harshly Toronto was getting beat on the glass with those two tasked to finish possessions.