And the Raptors are not close to being one of them. It's how the NBA works, if you're a playoff bubble team or lower this is not the NHL where you could get hot and all of a sudden you've got a chance at a cup.
You're not comparing apples to apples in terms of people speaking to the Raptors chances. Las year their chances were not the best in the league (they were anywhere from 4-5 best to start the year by most accounts), but they were the favourites to get out of the east as they did.
What you're thinking of was people saying they had no chance to win the finals. And if Durant and others didn't get hurt we likely would have been swept or won one game. That's the NBA.
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