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We run through all 15 players on the Raptors at season's end, discuss the good and bad, and assign a letter grade for the year.
With the 2016-17 now in the books, the HQ staff goes back through the year and reflects on each player for the Raptors. How did each fare? What were the good things in their season? How about the bad? And finally: what grade does each Raptor deserve?
All this, and more, is discussed within. Here's your headquarters for the 2016-17 batch of Raptors' player reviews.
Is this the new norm for one of the most exciting players on the Raptors’ roster?
Don’t let his ill-timed injury fool you: Kyle Lowry was incredible this season.
After hitting a few road bumps to start his NBA career, Delon Wright was a pleasant surprise for the Raptors in 2016-17
Brought in as a piece to challenge the King, Tucker did just as much off the court as he did on it.
Toronto’s power forward prayers were finally answered this year with the mid-season Ibaka acquisition. Was he worth it as a rental? Should the team re-sign him?
After another disappointing season, is Masai’s faith in DeMarre misplaced?
Jakob Poeltl’s rookie season was exciting in a totally boring kind of way.
Joseph’s role with the Raptors varied wildly this season, and his future may be uncertain, but he’s proven his worth anyway.
Take a look back at DeRozan’s recent rise to super-stardom, and the best season in his career.
The undrafted rookie cracked an NBA squad, but he still has a ways to go.
The late first-round pick had a great chance to prove himself, and while he didn’t quite manage it, he also didn’t suck.
Looking back at the season of Lucas Nogueira, the one-time backup centre who lost his spot in the Raptors’ rotation.
When the Raptors needed the Patterson they know and love most, he was nowhere to be found.
The fifth-year centre undoubtedly has skill, but is the modern NBA turning him into a relic?