Relevance is a funny thing. I went into this column wanting to address the Raptors’ power forward position, for the two reasons we’re all aware of.
The Situation
First, it’s been the most fluid position on the Raptors roster for three seasons. While Patrick Patterson has become more of a bedrock, playing 28-30 minutes a night in the backup role, there’s been a turnstile of starters ahead of him — none of them doing much better than “dragging the team down”. Last season, we dealt with Luis Scola. This year, it’s rookie Pascal Siakam.