Raptors roster cracks are showing and it's on Ujiri, Webster to shore them up

were the replacements for Green, who also went on to win his third career title with the Lakers last season.

In retrospect, the Raptors absolutely could have kept Ibaka without being a tax team or otherwise altering their off-season plans now or in the future. The Raptors’ new centres – Aron Baynes and Alex Len, veteran journeymen with minimal upside signed to one-year deals – offer little in the way of offensive punch and Toronto’s 28th-ranked attack is a reflection.

“Right now we have nothing, you know, there's nothing to us, right? We're just like that team that teams are looking at us like ‘alright let's go eat.’” said Lowry. “We have to use that to fuel us.”

Raptors michaelgrange They’ll bounce back and make the playoffs

Raptors michaelgrange Oh! Here comes the Toronto media knives! That didn't take long. Just a few weeks ago Masai walked on water in your eyes. Glad to see you haven't changed a bit in 2021!

Raptors michaelgrange 30 win season coming up

Raptors michaelgrange Absolutely not. They won a championship 2 years ago! Top talent wasn’t locked up and left. These two guys can build teams. I’d expect moves if things don’t turn. Sell now and get what you can to kick start the turnover.

Raptors michaelgrange I disagree. It's on the players. VanVleet said it already, they have enough to turn this around. A championship, probably not, but a playoff berth in the middle of the pack, absolutely.

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Ujiri, Webster misses over the years have led Raptors to struggles we see nowMasai Ujiri and Bobby Webster deserve heaps of credit for maneuvering the Raptors into championship status. But it’s fair to point out that in the years since there have been more misses than hits. (michaelgrange) michaelgrange Same thing happens to every good team. Eventually you gotta rebuild. They have no lottery picks because they have been a contending/playoff team for so long. They’d probably have more then 1 Championship if LBJ didn’t exist. A great run. Give Lowry another shot somewhere else. michaelgrange They went all in to win a championship and it worked. They have no lottery picks or upper echelon talent other than an older lowry on the team. They will struggle for at least 2-3 years and everyone should be ok with it. Trade lowry for assets at the deadline, rebuild. michaelgrange Not sure when that photo (bobby, coach, masai) was taken but that is not good or positive body language for management supposed to be working together... it's clear there are issues this year and this photo illustrates that too
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