Coming into the new decade the Toronto Raptors are ailing and right in the middle of what is a competitive Eastern Conference. They managed to get through December despite having injuries the three of their top seven players. Now that it is the new year, the hope is that the Raptors can leave the injury bug back in 2019 and begin to get healthy for what is going to be an important month for the team.
January is what is the beginning of what many call the "dog days" of the NBA season. The excitement of the NBA season has faded away and the All-Star break is still far away.