Toronto Raptors May Slump to League-Worst This Year

Let me preface this article by stating that these are purely potentialities, and are not predictions. The Toronto Raptors certainly had a busy offseason and coming off of that, their possible upside is certainly high. The Raptors solved their PG crisis, have more power down low, and their guard game is smooth—but with it all came a host of new potential problems. Let's take a glance at what could possibly pull the Raptors organization below their less-than-stellar .500 season half a year ago.   1. Jermaine O'Neal The gigantic elephant in the room is currently nestled on his knee. And stomping on it. I know it, you know, the entire sporting world knows it. Getting rid of Ford for O'Neal was pretty much trading equal possibilities for injury. The downswing, though, is that with Rasho Nesterovic gone, O'Neal is essentially our de facto big man.  If his knees give out—which is a very real possibility—we don't have another big man to fall back on. Chris ... (link)