Fred VanVleet is an All-Star, Pascal Siakam is the player of the week, and the Toronto Raptors have won six straight games, all against solid Eastern Conference competition, to move them into sole possession of sixth place with a 29-23 record.
The job isn’t done yet – there are still 30 games to go, and there’s a very important trade deadline just a couple of days away. But it’s worth pausing for a moment to reflect on all of the things that went wrong for this team and consider how impressive it is that they are where they are.