It’s the familiar denunciation of the Toronto Raptors bench that you’re about to hear. But it remains relevant: the Toronto Raptors bench is not good this season. It has struggled all year and looks set to continue on that path until April.
The bench ranks in the bottom third for most categories, including points, three-point percentage, field goal percentage and plus-minus. Basically, there’s not a lot of scoring going on with this unit. A lot of that could be down to the stop-start nature of the line-up.
The constant reshuffling and tinkering mean consistency hasn’t been something the Raptors can tick off their list of completed tasks, and while it may haunt them for now, it’s the price to pay if the Raptors want to make a deep run in the playoffs.