Even in this strangest of sports years, it happens fast: You go from the thick of the post-season drama to the thin gruel of off-season what-ifs.
In honour of that jarring transition in Raptorland, in the aftermath of Friday’s Game 7 loss to the Celtics, here’s a barroom hypothetical for the Toronto hoops fan in your life. To wit: Now that the championship defence is finished, who’s still worth rooting for in the run to the Bubble O’Brien?
If you’re Canadian, surely it’s Kitchener’s magnificent Jamal Murray, whose Denver Nuggets, down 3-2 in their second-round series against the L.