The Raptors are off to a great start (7-2 in their first 9 games), very similar to last season when they started 7-3. Most everything is going very, very well. Still, just like last season, the Raptors have had a few injury issues. And just like last season, there are some early concerns with the rotation (although what seems like even better depth than last year is smoothing those over pretty well early on). Small sample warning still applies to everything that follows — we’ll stop with that after 20 games or so.
This was a point of contention all season long last year: the starting PF situation.