As the great baseball manager Earl Weaver once said, when his Baltimore Orioles were playing at a championship level, “I could stay at the hotel. They don’t need me.” Yes, being a manager or a basketball coach can be a simple job when you’re running a talented and healthy team. While the Toronto Raptors have some talent, after long years in the wilderness, their health has been a concern of late. When a team is wobbling, leadership is called for.
Coach Dwane Casey took the bold decision to rest his All-Star shooting guard, DeMar DeRozan, last night against the also-ran Milwaukee Bucks.