The Toronto Raptors will be overlooked heading into the NBA season’s completion at Walt Disney World in Orlando. As defending champions, much of the league doesn’t view them as having a typical tenable stance that defending champions do.
After all, their best player Kawhi Leonard up and left this offseason.
But the Raptors should be feared. There's a legitamite chance they can repeat as NBA champions this year.
Going into Orlando, the team has the third-best record in the NBA at 46-18. That’s slightly behind the Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks and just ahead of the LA Clippers (who admittedly would have had a better record had they been healthy all season).