Do you remember when House of Cards was released on Netflix? Do you even remember the show? I never watched a single episode but, according to a quick Google search, the critically acclaimed drama was released in 2013.
Do you know what else happened in 2013? It was the last calendar year where the Toronto Raptors finished below .500. Below is Toronto’s regular-season win-loss record (playoff records in brackets) by calendar year since 2013.
2013: 37-43
2014: 58-27 (3-4)
2015: 45-38 (0-4)
2016: 58-23 (10-10)
2017: 53-31 (4-6)
2018: 62-24 (4-6)
2019: 54-24 (16-8)
2020: 31-11 (7-4)
2021: 40-58
Considering most of last season (all but 4 games) plus one-third of this season has occurred in 2021, it’s quite astonishing that the Toronto Raptors have spent a grand total of 16 days above .