Kyle Lowry knows it. DeMar DeRozan knows it. The rest of the league knows it. The Raptors’ artfully named mascot, The Raptor, knows it. Toronto’s got a hole in the roster at power forward, and it needs to be filled. And as the trade deadline approaches, it needs to be filled quickly. That was evident in Sunday night’s brutal loss to the Pistons, which saw the Raptors drop a 16-point fourth-quarter lead and fall to 32-23, just a half-game ahead of Atlanta for fourth place in the East. It was the Raptors’ 10th loss in their past 14 games, and afterward both Lowry and DeRozan hinted that the team needed to make changes. “I’ve got to look at it,” coach Dwane Casey said. “It’s not one player. It’s coaching staff, it’s all of us in this together. Some of our bench guys are now starting, our second group are in the first group, their chemistry is off a little bit. There’s no excuse. We’ve got to dig ourselves out. We’ve put ourselves in this situation, we’ve got to dig ourselves out.” The Raptors have been actively pursuing power forwards all season, well before the knee injury that has kept Patrick Patterson out for the past four games. They were considered among the favorites to land Paul Millsap before the Hawks pulled back and decided not to keep Millsap on the market. - See more at: http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/new...ri-taj-gibson-stats/77uet0ywj2my1jrfceg7wguqd
