I'd like another four-game sweep.
"When I started, we were one of the bottom four teams in [B1 - Japan's top division]. The other three were relegated to second and third division, and we have become a solid program that's in a playoff hunt and has tons of runway ahead of us for the future."
"A lot of knee braces. Got that bone-on-bone, no cartilage -- you gotta do it," Mayfield said as he assessed the group. "The bandanas are accurate. The effort's all there, so I appreciate this."
"It's just about trying to get him better, to be a healthier player and getting him on the field a little more," Bowles said Wednesday. "That's kind of where I'm at right now. He's working at it and we're working with him and that's all you can ask right now."
At each of the past four trade deadlines, the Raptors have dealt a first-round pick despite not being a playoff team in three of those years and not having home-court advantage in the fourth.