For years there were only reasons to doubt the Raptors, no matter how much success they enjoyed during the regular season. With each win, the Raptors are proving last year’s success wasn’t because of one man. Siakam was locked up as the cornerstone of the franchise, a building block for the next era of Raptors basketball. “They’re a good team,” Sixers star Joel Embiid said after being held scoreless for the first time in his career on Monday night. Then there was Monday’s dominating performance against the oversized Sixers, despite Toronto not having one of its best post defenders in Ibaka.
Source: thestar November 27, 2019 00:22 UTC