We’re six games into the NBA regular season. The Raptors are 6-0, so things seem to be going well. It is way too early to look too closely at advanced stats and draw any concrete conclusions about this Toronto team.
So, let’s do that! Without the concrete part, that is.
A Note on Small Samples
Everything here will be presented with a minutes total to make sure we’re all clear on the sample size. This really is too soon to be particularly confident in any numbers holding up throughout the year (I like the 20 game point as a good benchmark), but there are still Raptors trends worth keeping an eye on, and we’ll try to touch on a few of those.