Toronto Raptors…Maybe

Now that Toronto Raptors president LeBron James Masai Ujiri has reacted to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ devastating sweep of the Canadian representatives by firing head coach Dwane Casey, the organization should go one of two ways. Anything in between would be potentially disastrous. cheap nike nfl jerseys china

The first option is realizing the system worked. DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry were brilliant throughout the regular season, while the bench mob torched one foe after another en route to the most successful campaign in franchise history. It was only a lack of adherence to the system in moments of adversity that prevented the Raptors from continuing to function as a juggernaut in the playoffs, despite what you might hear about the declining postseason habits of Toronto’s marquee figures. new nike nfl jerseys cheap

Realizing as much, the Raptors could look to promote an internal candidate and continue to hone the system that served them well—one that Lowry and DeRozan bought into throughout the year, even though it meant sacrificing touches and enjoying a more egalitarian offense. This is my preferred direction for the team, and Toronto seems to be at least considering it by granting interviews to assistants Nick Nurse and Rex Kalamian, as well as G League coach Jerry Stackhouse, according to Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports.

But if they bring in a new signal-caller who wants to shake things up, that’s when they can consider a full-on rebuild. buy nike nfl jerseys cheap

Trade DeRozan, who’s sure to bring back a substantial return. Doing so also makes sense from a personnel standpoint, as Bleacher Report’s Dan Favale wrote:

“Jettisoning DeRozan might [improve the organizational ceiling]. He’s working off a career year, but he still isn’t the ideal guard for how the Raptors want to play.cheap nfl nike jerseys china  A willingness to launch more threes has not translated to league-average efficiency. He canned 31.2 percent of his treys during the cheap nike nfl jersey regular season and shot 21.4 percent on triples in which he wasn’t completely wide-open for the playoffs.”

Moving the talented wing opens the door for further trades of Serge Ibaka, Jonas Valanciunas and anyone else who might suddenly be deemed expendable. So long as the Raptors change things up and extend their window to avoid running into the James juggernaut every year of their prime, they can justify anything. nfl nike jersey cheap