3 Thunder Takeaways: Thunder Outduel Raptors In Battle For The Draft Lottery
Oklahoma City’s roster revamp has been well-documented here and elsewhere, but the overhaul of the Toronto Raptors has been nothing short of stunning.
For years, the Raptors were seen as a franchise for the future. This culminated in the team’s winning of the 2019 NBA title thanks in large part to claw machine Kawhi Leonard and a seemingly capable cast of thousands.
Plucked from relative basketball obscurity, then-rookie NBA head coach Nick Nurse became a shining example for future NBA coaches to come. Even as Leonard departed for sunny Southern California to link with former Thunder forward Paul George, the Raptors kept moving right along. They finished second in the Eastern Conference with 53 wins and lost a second-round seven-game series to Boston last summer in the Orlando bubble.
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