Johnson was mostly a non-factor this week, but things may be happening to the Raptors anyway.
This is not the starting point I envisioned for this column today, but time is of the essence so here we are. Let's talk about a matter of grave importance: the weather.
For Torontonians, the weather here is an endless source of, let's gingerly call it, emotion. When the NBA season starts, at the tail end of October, the entire city is bracing for what's coming: winter. You've seen the memes. As the basketball gets good -- and, make no mistake, this year it has been very good for Toronto -- the citizenry is usually found in various states of distress.
