The Raptors hear the chatter and their families and friends and agents keep them up to date on the ever-churning rumour mill.
They see and feel the losses mount in a season that was filled with promise but that’s now circling the drain and they can sense that change may be coming.
No one wants to get traded in the middle of an NBA season and they also know the best way to assure that doesn’t happen is to somehow turnaround the team’s fading fortunes.
If not? Well, something’s likely to happen, if not in the next three weeks than definitely in the summer.