Halfway through another NBA season, and the Toronto Raptors find themselves in the worst place in pro sports. Heading into Tuesday night’s games, the Raptors were a game over .500, good for ninth place in the Eastern Conference and 15th in the league. Give the Raptors this: They won’t bow to anyone who isn’t committed to the program. (As measured by true shooting percentage, which takes into account both two- and three-point field goals, not to mention free-throw shooting, the Raptors are the fourth-worst shooting team in the NBA. But when you’re an ambitious franchise with a well-documented disdain for residing in the NBA’s go-nowhere middle, nobody said it would be.

Source: thestar January 19, 2022 02:26 UTC