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RSS FeedsScratching and clawing, Raptors will have season of change
(The Star Toronto Raptors)

 
 

19 october 2017 14:55:05

 
Scratching and clawing, Raptors will have season of change
(The Star Toronto Raptors)
 


Two teams, one goal.At its essence, that’s what the NBA season comes down to for the Raptors, who once again are trying to strike a tenuous balance between immediate success and longer-term development, relying not only on a core of seasoned veterans but a group of young neophytes who must learn quickly for any immediate success.It was all part of president Masai Ujiri’s grand planned: give a good group a chance to stay together, but have a backup plan ready should things go awry.Read more: 50 wins or so and we`ll see where it lands the Raptors: SmithSpacing, the final frontier for Raptors offence: ArthurThursday season opener preview: Chicago Bulls at Toronto RaptorsWhile many teams around them were losing their minds in a dizzying array of franchise-changing off-season moves, the Raptors basically stood pat and put a finite timeline on the core group.By retaining Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka and adding C.J. Miles, all on three-year deals, Ujiri clearly marked the timeline they would have to join DeMar DeRozan and Jonas Valanciunas as the main fivesome.By keeping a backup group of youngsters featuring Delon Wright, Norm Powell, Fred VanVleet, Jakob Poeltl and OG Anunoby, Ujiri hedged for the future as well.But the future doesn’t matter to fans or players. It is the present that they worry about and while the veteran group has had some success, if the kids don’t pan out, trouble lurks.“I’m excited to see what that young group does, because by this time next year it’s gonna pay huge dividends for the future,” coach Dwane Casey said. “It may be ugly a little bit early in the year, but I think as the year goes on this group will obtain a personality, a playing personality, an identity, an air of confidence that will win in the NBA.”That youth came at the expense of a trio of veterans who were allowed to leave in the summer. The loss of Cory Joseph, Patrick Patterson and P.J. Tucker robbed the Raptors of som ...


 
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