It’s the penultimate edition of The Rap-Up! With only seven games remaining, and the likelihood of additional games dwindling with each passing day, it’s time to take stock of what the Raptors have to look forward to.
Pick your obstacle — global pandemic, social injustice issues, the perpetual road trip — and it grows increasingly obvious these Raptors were doomed to fail. But while the losses became larger in number than the wins, something special was happening with the team. A changing of the guard has taken place before our eyes!
In 2017-18, Fred VanVleet showed early signs of his outstanding two-way ability.