"Dwane Casey's night was pretty much laid out for him.

His next competition was playing the Dallas Mavericks in the Lone Star State and having already put his own charges through film and a two-hour practice in the dessert, what better way for a coach to prepare for his next assignment than to plant himself in front of the hotel television and scout his next opponent.

Were that all that was on Casey's plate it might be considered a relatively easy night in a season where very little has come easy for anyone associated with the Raptors, the head coach least of all.

But while Casey and his staff took in the Suns, on the backburner or perhaps the front was the question of what to do with his own starting lineup."