The year 2024 was not kind to the Toronto Raptors, who revamped their roster and lost a whole lot of games along the way. In Episode 1776, Sean Woodley and Vivek Jacob (Raptors in 7, Sportsnet, Sportscasting) review the year that was in Raptors hoops and run through their biggest takeaways, best and worst things, and their biggest surprises and disappointments from the last 12 months. Off the top, they get this year being one of transformation for the Raptors, how they executed their retooling around Scottie Barnes, and how they got back to their roots as a development-first franchise. Next, they run through the best and worst things from the year, with talk of Vince Carter night, Day 2 of the NBA Draft, untimely injuries and having to watch Jordan Nwora and Malik Williams play basketball. Lastly, they close out with their biggest surprises and disappointments from the year, including the Pascal Siakam trade return not looking terrible, RJ Barrett's transformation into an efficient scorer, the way things ended between the franchise and Siakam, and the abrupt end to the IQ-RJ-Pascal-Scottie-Jak version of the team that served up the best week of basketball the team played all year in the first week of the year. 

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