The cavalry is coming for the Raptors, so how will they look once there’s a sustained run of complete health? (By michaelgrange)
, the Eastern Conference, or even the NBA if they weren’t one of the most injured teams in the league?It’s a relevant question as the season shifts gears from “early” to “mid” with the second half rapidly coming up on the horizon.
Pretending the injury plague hadn’t descended on the club from the last day of pre-season when Patrick McCaw’s knee became an issue and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson had a groin pull to now, when the Raptors have played the past two games minus four of their top seven players, is a fool’s errand.As the always colourful Sam Mitchell used to say, “if wishes and buts were candies and nuts, we’d all have a Merry Christmas” .
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