We are moments from beginning the process of erasing this season from our collective memories. Before we do so, however, we must learn, one last time, the lessons taught by this sad, bizarro season that reduced our beloved Toronto Raptors so severely. We had to recalibrate the value of the centre, remember the importance of two-way play from the bench, and dream of a true superstar on the roster.
Beyond that, here are the three biggest lessons I took from the 2020-21 season. Until next year.
1) The players miss Toronto as much as we want them to
We Torontonians — with our ever-persistent inferiority complex that we kind of have, but fight tooth-and-nail to say we don’t have, but that in itself kind of makes it look even more like we clearly do have one — had a fear that we were hardly willing to say out loud.