Where Are We Going? Toronto Raptors
In the series finale of one of my favorite TV shows of all time, the network that airs the fictional TV show "Sports Night" is being sold to an unknown bidder. At the same time, the show's executive producer has been drinking in a bar and talking with a character played by Clark Gregg, who can seemingly predict the future. (Mostly because he is secretly the guy who is bidding to buy the network, and he knows who she is and what she's worried about and why.) As they talk about the company and her problems and the future, he decides to give her a piece of advice.
Every so often, I like to ask myself this question as it relates to teams in the NBA. I feel like it's a good exercise to check in on what, exactly, certain teams are doing and, well, where they think they're going in the near- and long-term future.
All of which is to say, let's talk about the Toronto Raptors, shall we? To me, there is no more confounding team in the NBA right now. I just have no idea what kind of team they want to be, how the players on their roster are supposed to fit together, or how they even got to the position they're currently in — with an expensive roster that is currently set to exceed the luxury tax but that is not even remotely a lock for a play-in spot. So I want to dig in on that latter question in order to shed some light on the former two.
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