Raptors' hands full as decision on home looms amid condensed off-season

They are the busiest and most intense periods of the year for an NBA executive: the trade deadline, the draft, the opening of free agency and the start of training camp.

But while all this is going on, consuming data plans across the NBA, the Raptors have an issue unique to them that looms over everything: where will they be when they open training camp – a pressing issue given players have to be in market on Nov. 30 to begin COVID testing – and where will they be when the regular season tips off Dec. 22?

Agents for several Raptors players contacted by Sportsnet have all said they are in the dark regarding where their clients will report on Nov. 30, with a cascade of issues beginning to pile up – from where to rent an apartment, to what needs to be done regarding kids in schools and everything in between.

“…There’s been stops and starts in different cities and I think that’s just the nature with trying to button everything up. You close one door and another one opens. You’re just trying to find the right place and not go on a wild goose chase of leading people here, then the next day it’s here, then the third day it’s here and that kind of thing.”

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