While fireworks will be popping off from Golden State to Brooklyn, Phoenix to Miami, and everywhere in between throughout the country today, north of the border, it’s business as usual. While Toronto and the rest of Canada won’t be observing the July 4th holiday, the Raptors organization woke up Monday morning with a reason to at the very least set off some sparklers to wave around.
Masai Ujiri’s team has shot up the odds board with the power of any Texas rocket, triple whistler, or roman candle on the market. Toronto’s opening odds (+3500) to land Kevin Durant were about as exciting as the old Burning Schoolhouse, which traditionally concluded family firework shows with a dud.