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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
So...can the Raptors win the Atlantic? I know its still early, but goodness that division is a piece of crap. The Knicks are just awful, the Nets are totally lost at this point and the Celtics and Sixers are playing decent but shouldn't really be a threat. The window is wide open for the Raptors, they just need to dump Rudy (or DeMar, or both) for whatever they can get and make a run.
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Of course they could. In a year where there will be so many teams tanking for the likes of Wiggins and Parker the Raps could stupidly win some games. Not because they have any semblance of talent or coaching or a bench or anything else you care to name. But just because other teams will out think them yet again.
Toronto is NOT a destination for NBA elite players. Therefore they have only trades and the draft to get those top players. They have crappy assets to trade so that ain't an option. Leaving the draft where they at least managed to grab JV who fell to them.
They should have Gay, Derozan and Lowry heading out the door as soon as possible. But they likely will just continue to be the dumbo franchise they have been for decades.
So yeah this would be the year they would win the Atlantic.