Toronto Raptors: 3 big questions following 2019 NBA All-Star break

2. Can they embrace postseason success?

If you can’t remember the Raptors having a bad regular season record, you’re not to blame. They’ve won 48-plus games since the 2013-14 season. It might not seem like that long ago, but it does once you remember seeing Tyler Hansbroughas a member of that roster.

The Raptors have used all of their resources to obtain an impressive regular season record, but they’ve just fallen apart when the playoffs begin. You would at least expect them to have made the Finals at least once during this period of time, right?

During their last five playoff campaigns, Toronto has a postseason record of 21-30, which converts into an even more embarrassing 5-16 record past the first round.

There is no easy way to put it: The Toronto Raptors have become a recurring playoff joke among the NBA world.

The front office rightfully decided that they’d had enough during the 2018 offseason. After getting swept in the second round of the playoffs despite being the first seed in the Eastern Conference, the Raptors decided to (selectively) blow it up.

They fired the reigning Coach of the Year, Dwane Casey, and traded away their franchise player, DeMar DeRozan, in exchange for a superstar in Kawhi Leonard and sharpshooter Danny Green. These two were set to bring some championship mentality to a squad that desperately needed it. Now we’ll see if the new additions make a difference when it really matters.