Hopefully this is an early-season wakeup call for the Raptors. Minnesota is a really good team and they didn't have Kawhi, but they're gonna need to beat really good teams without Kawhi (or at least compete harder/better than that). Starts with Scottie and extends to the rest.
No bs I think they should just rest Kawhi Wednesday and play him Friday.
Scottie will have a better game and the whole team should. No reason they can’t beat the Magic without Kawhi.
Kawhi's shooting will help and his gravity should create better looks for everybody else, but I'm still skeptical about the Raptors' 'take more 3s' plan. Just not enough shooting on this roster.
Kawhi Leonard played 28 minutes on Friday w no issue, practiced on Saturday w no issues & went through his normal pre-game in Minnesota before he was a late scratch with swelling in his left knee. Good news? The last time Leonard missed time with his left knee was 2019.