The Toronto Raptors just finished a three-game road trip and have completed almost 25 percent of their 2017-18 regular-season schedule. A few in the local media reviewed the Raptors' progress so far and one of the topics regarded the possible need for head coach Dwane Casey to break up the starting center-power forward combo of Jonas Valanciunas and Serge Ibaka.
Mike Ganter of the Toronto Sun writes: "The metrics all confirm Valanciunas at center with Ibaka at power forward is sub-optimal. Ibaka, the numbers back up, is far more effective as the center, which leaves Casey to either leave Valanciunas on the bench for lengthy periods, which he did on Friday in Indianapolis, or play a less-efficient lineup.