I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised by anything from the more reactionary side of Toronto Raptors Twitter anymore, but the way that our very online fanbase has turned on Fred VanVleet in recent weeks is pretty disappointing.
Sure, Fred is in a prolonged slump and his inability to connect on late game three-pointers have proven costly during the Raptors’ recent skid.
But a slump doesn’t mean a player is garbage and should be shipped out of town.
I don’t need to go through VanVleet’s rise from undrafted player to NBA champion to All-Star again — you know it all by now.