ToT-cast: DeMar DeRozan's Great Month and Are the Raptors Sacrificing Defence for Offence?

Natey Adjei rejoins the show to talk everything Toronto Raptors. We first dive into their recent stretch of play (1:50) where we discuss DeMarre Carroll's health and how the Raptors will defend the perimeter in his absence (3:20). Natey also gives us his three big takeaways from this recent stretch of play (8:00) From there we discuss DeMar DeRozan's fantastic month of December and if the Raptors can build around him going forward (13:02). That leads us into the discussion of what the Raptors need to do to take that "next step" to become an elite team in the Eastern Conference? (20:20) We then sink our teeth into a few analytical issues plaguing the Raptors, including whether they are sacrificing defence for offence, (21:45) and their issues defending the three. (24:11) We close out the show by discussing the Raptors upcoming stretch of games and which one worries us as a potential "trap game"(26:22). We also encourage Toronto fans to go check out the 56th annual St. Michael's/Nike Basketball tournament taking place from January 7-10 at St. Michael's College (1515 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5P 3H4). You can listen to every episode of the ToT-cast on iTunes, Soundcloud, or stream it from our website. Make sure you not only subscribe to the show so you don't miss any new episodes, but leave us a nice review -- if you think we've earned it! Thanks for listening and be sure to follow us on Twitter @TipoftheTower, and like our Facebook page @Tipof the Tower.