The Toronto Raptors don’t have the greatest track record in the playoffs. In the franchise’s history, they’ve made it to the conference finals just once and have a combined record of 27-50. They haven’t beaten a higher seeded team in 18 seasons.
But do those failures have anything to do with the Raptors current roster? Yes. Toronto is destined to playoff failure for the rest of the franchise’s history, and this season is no different. There are plenty of reasons why this team won’t accomplish anything.
They brought back the same roster
Despite losing to the Cavaliers last year in the second round of the playoffs, Masai Ujiri decided to bring back nearly the entire Raptors roster unchanged.