Raptors head into playoffs arguably a stronger team than last season
TORONTO — When Masai Ujiri shook up the Toronto Raptors roster at February’s trade deadline, he talked about how the players, coaches and fans deserved a chance.
“Hey, let’s do it ’till we fail,” Toronto’s team president said then. “And you know what, if we gave it our best shot, we gave it our best shot.”
Two months after Ujiri acquired Serge Ibaka and P.J. Tucker to add another level of toughness to his team, the Raptors roar into the post-season playing their best basketball of the season, and are poised for what could be another long playoff run.
Did that shot pay off? The Raptors are about to find out. Ujiri has a pretty good feeling it has.