The Toronto Raptors are back! They’re back in Toronto, playing in front of full-capacity crowds at Scotiabank Arena. They’re back for a full 82-game regular season, not a shortened one like the previous two have been. And after a disastrous campaign abroad in which they went 27-45 and finished 12th in the Eastern Conference, they hope to be back in the playoffs.
But with a youthful roster averaging 25 years of age and 3.1 years of NBA experience, with the fourth fewest minutes played in the league, a lot has to go right for the Raptors to bounce back.