The paradoxes of Scottie Barnes and the Toronto Raptors
The Toronto Raptors started off too nice. And not in a good way. You take it. No you. It was the first time the team has started its ostensible starting lineup of the future (for now), with Immanuel Quickley, Gradey Dick, RJ Barrett, Scottie Barnes, and Jakob Poeltl. All are now healthy. And the meat and potatoes of the offence were on the plate, with ghost screens and handoffs and drives, oh my. But a funny thing happened as Toronto probed and deferred, each trying to let someone else play hero
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