Toronto Raptors: crushing bad Aussie team didn’t prove much

The Toronto Raptors allowed a touring Australian team to hang around early, but pulled away as the game wore on. A bunch of training-camp hopefuls got major minutes, but not all used them well.

The Toronto Raptors made their first and only pre-season appearance at the Scotiabank Arena last night. The result was a foregone conclusion. Even while a bunch of the Raptors rotation sat and watched, the opponent, Australia’s Melbourne United, wasn’t capable of providing an interesting match. The final score was 120 – 82.

I’ve long held the belief that pre-season games don’t help the team, but they can help individuals. In that sense, the game was highly beneficial to Norman Powell (at least until he…