It’s now the middle of the 2015-2016 NBA season and the Toronto Raptors haven’t played that badly – They’re actually second in the Eastern Conference with a record of 35-17 and head coach Dwayne Casey has made it clear they are chasing LeBron James and the Cavaliers for first place.
The trade moves that general manager Masai Ujiri made this past summer have clearly paid off. Last season’s Raptors look like a former shell compared to the new look, defensive, grind out version of today. The disastrous first round blow-out by Washington exposed the would-be contenders for pretenders.