Raptors roster3/5/2023 ![]() It’d be a bit of an overachievement, but it should be in reach for a Raptors squad that’s hungry for a postseason return. In the last 82-game season back in 2018-19, a 41-41 year was enough to finish 8th in the East, with a 42-win season needed for 6th place. They’d actually need to finish 6th in the conference to avoid the play-in round entirely. The play-in tournament was introduced in 2019-20 and continued last year, a three-game event to decide the final two playoff spots. They’re projected to finish 11th in the East, one seed below the 10 that make the play-in tournament. Toronto tips off its season on Wednesday night against the Washington Wizards, with a clean slate, and nine new players on the roster.Īs it’s constructed, Toronto is not a championship-calibre team. Nobody with any credibility would argue otherwise. The championship Raptors might be long gone, but so is last year’s team, too. It’s a strong East once again, with the four other teams in the Raptors’ Atlantic Division all having managed spots in the playoffs last year. Two years removed from an NBA title, Toronto was forced to send a message to themselves that they were in the midst of a rebuild, finishing the year with a 27-45 record that finished 12th in the Eastern Conference. Norman Powell got traded, with Kyle Lowry leaving in the offseason for Miami. The Raptors were forced to play their entirety of their home schedule in Tampa, Florida, and suffered a COVID-19 outbreak that sidelined Nick Nurse and five players on the roster for nearly three weeks. Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka both left in the offseason in free agency. ![]() It was much different, wasn’t it? The Raptors went from six division titles in seven years to a year that featured a nine-game losing streak. The Toronto Raptors have been an NBA playoff staple for so long that the 2020-21 season felt like someone had hit the wrong button on the simulation.įrom 2013-14 to 2019-20, only the dynastic Golden State Warriors won more regular season games than the Raptors.Īnd then there was last season, one of six last-place divisional finishes in team history.
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