It’s been said that one of the biggest advantages an NBA team can have is their ability to not have to play any players who, relative to the standards of the league, suck.
For many years now, Toronto has been able to rely on a bench filled with NBA quality players. Even in years when some idiots didn’t think they could, Masai Ujiri, Bobby Webster and the rest of the Raptors organization have consistently stocked the organization with guys who do not, in point of fact, suck.
It’s one of the reasons Toronto continues to overachieve relative to expectations — pundits get caught up on the lack of “superstar” names and forget that being able to play all 48 minutes with competent players on the floor keeps you from spitting up a bad loss on a Tuesday night in February in Atlanta.