The Raptors are facing an off-season like no other. They have a handful of free agents to decide on, an uncertain financial picture and a first-round pick in the Nov. 18 draft. This begins a six-part series on the decisions and options that lie ahead:
There are priorities for the Raptors this off-season. And then there are priorities.
Put Fred VanVleet in the second category.
Keeping the 26-year-old guard, an integral part of a championship team and seemingly a foundational piece of the roster right now, has to be job No.