You can put any dreams of an exhilarating Raptors off-season to rest, but that doesn't mean Masai Ujiri is done yet.
Off-season splashes in the NBA, unless you're the Warriors, are made in an effort to catch up to the pack. Entering this summer, the Raptors weren't exactly bringing up the rear. Winning 56 games, running away with the East's second seed and advancing to the Conference Finals comfortably has Toronto as one of the league's pace-setters for the first time in franchise history.
With Kevin Durant's landscape-altering move to Oakland, and a handful of teams in the East making plays to improve, the sense of dejection that seems rampant among Raptors fans is understandable.