Having spent a large portion of the season trying to figure out which players were capable of taking on larger roles and greater responsibility, the Raptors find themselves in an entirely different predicament these days.
They need to find out who can do more with less.
With the Core Four — Fred VanVleet, Kyle Lowry, OG Anunoby and Pascal Siakam — cast in stone for the final push this season, guys who were starters or major contributors while the big guns were out of the lineup will now have their minutes scaled back while being asked to maintain their productivity.