Three unanswered questions from the Toronto Raptors’ season

Would there be any individual accolades?

The Raptors search for individual accolades has been a little laborious since the franchise’s inception into the NBA 25 years ago. Obviously, every player in the league would likely prefer a title over an MVP award, but that doesn’ mean the acknowledge meant of one’s greatness isn’t valued.

Over the last few seasons, though, the Raptors have been ticking away nicely, becoming one of the NBA’s most consistent franchises before winning a title at the end of the 2018-19 NBA season – their first-ever.

That rise in success hasn’t gone unnoticed, either. For the last four seasons, the Raptors have at least one player voted into an All-NBA team. In the 2015-16 season, it was Kyle Lowry and then for the next two season’s DeMar DeRozan was voted into an All-NBA Second and Third team before Kawhi Leonard was voted in last season.

Before the NBA was indefinitely suspended almost a month ago, the Raptors sat in second place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 46-18, having already secured a place in the playoffs. The team had a litany of players who were performing at the peak of their talents – with everyone from Kyle Lowry to Serge Ibaka playing some of their best basketball.

The NBA is flushed with talent at the moment, but its increasingly likely that the Raptors could have ended the year with some more individual accolades. Pascal Siakam seemed a good bet to make an All-NBA team, while Kyle Lowry has operated as one of the league’s best guards this season, combining stats with winning.

Even the likes of Norman Powell, who was having a career-year, could have been in the running for the Sixth Man of the Year, while Terence Davis had the chance to make an All-NBA Rookie team. If the season goes to pot, we’ll never know.