Player Preview 2016-17: DeMar DeRozan, Toronto’s $139 Million Man: raptorshq

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Player Preview 2016-17: DeMar DeRozan, Toronto's $139 Million Man

Player Preview 2016-17: DeMar DeRozan, Toronto's $139 Million Man

A popular perspective in the NBA universe is that there is nothing worse than being stuck on the mediocrity treadmill, a place of limbo of being too good for the lottery, but not good enough to be real contenders.The problem with this understanding of the NBA landscape, and using it as a pillar of team building is that it's black and white categorization of teams neglects the existence of teams like the Raptors that find themselves thickly in the in-between, the grey.A stage of limbo in its own right, this tier is reserved for teams that are clearly a cut above those that have their season ceiling set at first round exits and below, but are also unable to call themselves true contenders.Coming into this past season, the looming question was what the Raptors should do with soon-to-be free agent DeMar DeRozan.
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Player Preview 2016-17: What to expect from Norman Powell's encore

Player Preview 2016-17: What to expect from Norman Powell's encore

There's a reason why the 2016 NBA Finals were so thrilling.Golden State had been in line for the belt all season long.A second-straight championship for the Warriors wouldn't have exactly been a ho hum accomplishment, but it would have been a hell of a lot less enthralling than dramatically blowing a 3-1 lead in the Finals.LeBron's coronation was captivating in part because it was so unexpected.
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Player Preview 2016-17: Bruno Caboclo, Now Only Two Years Away

Player Preview 2016-17: Bruno Caboclo, Now Only Two Years Away

If you're keeping count, Bruno Caboclo is now only two years away.When Raptors GM Masai Ujiri shocked everyone by taking the unknown Brazilian with the 20th pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, Fran Fraschilla dropped the now infamous line that Caboclo was, "two years away from being two years away."Fast-forward two years and we've supposedly cut the time on Bruno's clock to NBA readiness in half.Are we any closer to seeing what this kid can do?