So who should the Raptors pair Scottie Barnes with, anyway? 

First he used platinum. It worked poorly. Later, fishing line. Hair, both human and coconut. Eventually, Thomas Edison settled on carbonized bamboo to use as the wire inside of his light bulb. He later said, (and I’m paraphrasing because I can’t find the exact quote, thanks AI): “I’ve not failed 1000 times in making a lightbulb. I’ve succeeded in proving 1000 ways not to make one.

The Toronto Raptors have something of a lightbulb situation on their hands. Teams don’t get 1000 chances to build rosters around one player.