Kawhi Leonard’s Jersey Should NEVER be Retired by the Raptors
Such a weak move would disrespect their championship legacy
The Toronto Raptors are the 2019 National Basketball Association champions. If you live in the United States, you could be excused for forgetting this well-documented fact.
The team’s coverage south of the 49th parallel is blatantly disrespectful to the defending champs. Despite sitting in third place overall in the league standings, they are barely discussed when top contenders for the 2020 title are analyzed by American media outlets like Sports Illustrated, FS1, TNT, and (especially) ESPN.
The departure of 2019 Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard in free agency inspired Vegas oddsmakers to predict a Toronto win total of 47 games this season. Some otherwise intelligent sports analysts publicly predicted the Raptors would miss the playoffs altogether.
Toronto is the only team that looks capable of challenging the Bucks in the playoffs
American armchair critics spent the summer condemning the Raptors to irrelevance. They are currently so irrelevant that they’ve already won 40 games prior to the NBA’s All-Star Game, where they were represented in the starting lineup (Pascal Siakum), reserves (Kyle…
