Last Thursday, it was announced that Marc Gasol, Pascal Siakam, and Norman Powell would be sitting out indefinitely as a result of injuries that they sustained the night before against the Detroit Pistons. Upon hearing the news, Raptors fans reacted like nine-year-olds finding out Santa wasn’t real, not wanting to believe their ears initially before breaking down in a mess of tears and sniffles.
In fairness, the reaction is justified as the Raptors had finally gotten healthy from the last swath of injuries and was really starting to gel.