There’s always a hugely subjective nature to exercises like this: assigning grades to NBA players at the midpoint of a season.
Mark them against their best selves? Grade them against the rest of the league? Figure out how they’ve done relative to what’s been asked of them?
All fun endeavours, all open to discussion and debate, which is the fun part.
For the Raptors, who begin the second half of the season Thursday night at home against the Atlanta Hawks, this is the context: Overall, with a 17-19 record that’s firmly in the muddled middle of the Eastern Conference, the season has been below average — a C-minus at best, more likely a D-plus.