Lucas Nogueira, Bruno Caboclo, Greg Stiemsma, Landry Fields and Chuck Hayes were more fun to watch on the bench than during games—whenever they actually saw the floor, that is.
Every freight train needs a caboose. Every M. Night Shyamalan film needs a twist ending. Every NBA team needs its share of towel wavers and cheerleaders at the end of the bench.
It's just how this crazy world of ours operates.
Not everyone on the Raptors was fortunate enough to bask in the glow of Dwane Casey's ever-so-popular rotation. The "Forgotten Souls," as I've so eloquently dubbed them, got left out in the cold to fend for whatever scraps and minutes they could find on the pine.