With the Raptors’ playoff hopes in the rearview mirror, it’s officially Tank Season; unfortunately, this declaration comes a bit too late. Instead of making a decisive, concerted effort early in the season to flail spectacularly throughout the year and secure the best possible draft lottery odds, the team finds itself in an uncertain position. With just four games left in the schedule, odds are, the season ends unceremoniously and Raptors management lands itself a middling lottery pick.
Truth be told though, the Raptors’ roster this season was likely too good to have had any chance of tanking properly, save for the options of trading away, or consistently resting, our best players throughout the year.