Year 31 for the Toronto Raptors kicked off a little differently than what we’ve grown accustomed to for more than a decade now. Article content

Instead of Masai Ujiri taking the stage to give his thoughts on the coming season and banter with the Toronto media, it was Ujiri’s long-time lieutenant, Bobby Webster, who now heads basketball operations. Article content Article content

Webster looked confident and typically calm, and spoke optimistically, but still somewhat cautiously about what’s to come.

Here’s our take on the most important areas Webster covered Friday morning, with the team’s full media day set for Monday in Toronto before everybody heads to Calgary for training camp:

FINALLY READY TO LAUNCH

The first question was simple: “Is everybody healthy?”

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