Circumstances have changed for the Raptors, whose younger players could use some big-game experience.
It was a jocular line, a bit derisive and a bit dismissive, and it spoke to the realities facing aMasai Ujiri is sure to be reminded of it in this seven-week sprint to the end of the NBA season, and be asked if he still lives by the throwaway line he offered back then:Ujiri was referring to what was then a newfangled NBA post-pandemic post-season plan that had the seventh- through 10th-place teams in each conference hold a mini-tournament to determine the final two post-season slots.
As much as they would never admit publicly that they bailed on Tampa, they are just as adamant that this group gets some post-season experience. One game wouldn’t be great but none would be horrible. Two would be marginally better than one but six or seven or 10 or 12 or more is their goal. They need the intensity of the preparation and the stifling pressure of every post-season possession. They need to experience the chase to a playoff spot.
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