These Toronto Raptors haven’t been together for very long.
Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green were added to the roster over the summer. Nick Nurse was handed his very first head coaching job in the NBA over the summer. Marc Gasol was traded for, halfway through the season. In total, the Raptors returned less than half of last year’s playoff roster.
Even Pascal Siakam, who was a bench player last year, essentially transformed himself into a different player, blossoming into the team’s second-leading scorer.
History tells us that teams like this usually take a while to gel and that new teams must fail together before they can succeed together.