You’d be forgiven for thinking the NBA season was over. It is not over. In fact, there are times when it feels like it will never be over. Remember when we were lazing about in January, snowed in and cold, and thinking about the inevitable post-season run by the Raptors? That was months ago. Entire empires have risen and fallen in that time. (Just look at the poor dumb Indiana Pacers, former sixth seed, for example. Or the decaying Atlanta Hawks.)
The Raptors, meanwhile, actually did need more time to get their shit together.