You think the NBA has this Raptors team figured out, and then they surprise you again. Over the last month, we’ve seen opponents take different tactics to suppress Toronto’s youthful, super fun bench — ballhawk Fred VanVleet and C.J. Miles, collapse on their skinny bigs, dare Norman Powell to make shots. It worked!
Yet, the Raptors have found balance through this. After a rocky 1-2 week, Toronto ripped off three straight — beating Atlanta, Milwaukee, and Chicago in some of the season’s most satisfying games.
The key? Well, besides DeMar DeRozan learning to shoot threes (which is good) — it’s the human knuckleball Delon Wright.