Once a team built on rigidity and knowing exactly what to expect during the flow of a given game, the Raptors are exploring the uncharted lands of rotational fluidity and equal-opportunity offense this season. It’s brand new ground, even for the team’s most experienced travelers, let alone the troop of wide-eyed youths getting their first extended tastes of NBA life. Combine stars adjusting to a new system with a lengthy cast of unproven players — most of whom possess their own quirky on-court ticks — and you have an invitation for zaniness to creep into any game.
The Raptors embraced their inherent weirdness to beat the Pelicans; it was fun
