Going into the season, throughout the season, and at the end, the main concern about the Raptors was the same — how good could a team be with this young of a rotation? After the departures of Patrick Patterson, DeMarre Carroll, and Corey Joseph, there was a mass thrust into the spotlight for Pascal Siakam, Jakob Poeltl, Delon Wright, and Fred VanVleet — previously unknown quantities in the NBA.
All year, the answer was resounding. The Raptors were fun and good. The two best lineups were the starters — no longer a holdover unit with the move of rookie OG Anunoby into the first five — and their bench, made up of the four guys above and C.