The Raptors are playing games for this season and also laying the foundation for coming years, and central to both of those themes is young point guard Malachi Flynn.
He has been pressed into a significant role of late, a happenstance that dovetails with the team’s objectives as it heads into the final quarter of the regular season.
Flynn is playing more, he’s being asked to do more and, for the most part, he is giving them just what they need.
The Raptors remain at least in touch with the final slot in the newfangled process that will determine the final two Eastern Conference playoff spots, and having a true third point guard is a necessity.