After reading Zach Lowe's latest column on the Raptors, let's take the temperature of the room.
If you haven't already, go read Zach Lowe on the state of the Raptors, DeMar DeRozan and Masai Ujiri's potential plans for the future. It's basically a perfect piece that gets at the enviable crossroads at which the team finds itself (assuming you can set aside a Toronto fans' natural state of depression and doom to see it). The Raptors are competing right now and also have numerous potential moves to make to set them up for an exciting and even better future.