BOSTON—There is a decided pecking order in the structure of the Toronto Raptors roster. Not all players are treated, or created, equally.
It’s the same all over the star-driven NBA and quite pronounced in Toronto, where things stop and start with all-star guards Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan. The fans know it, the players and coaches know it; it’s just the way it is.
But that doesn’t mean the other players are bit actors in a season-long drama. For as much as it is The Lowry and DeRozan Show, if the supporting cast can’t help, the Raptors can’t win.