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For Raptors and rivals, NBA free-agent circus is serious business

It’s lunacy, this NBA free-agency frenzy is.

Delightful, head-spinning lunacy driven by “well-placed sources” and speculation and trying to connect the dots, where something that’s true at 4 p.m. one day might not be true at 4 a.m. the next.

It’s lunacy where meetings are scheduled on a moment’s notice or not at all, where the bells and whistles clang and blow as teams try to find quick-fix ways of adding superstars or taking superstars away from rivals.

It’s lunacy that’s unique to the sport, keeping basketball on the front pages and leading the sportscasts at a time when some should be catching their breath and moving on to summer relaxation.