Would you rather have a competitive team that falls just short, or a team that hits the reset button in hopes of building a championship core?

That’s the question Toronto Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri will likely have to answer this off-season, with his club on the brink of elimination following Friday’s loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 3 of their second-round series.

Ujiri will have decisions to make on Kyle Lowry, Serge Ibaka, P.J. Tucker, Patrick Patterson and more as the direction of the Raptors has become ever unclear with a disheartening three games against the LeBron James & Co.

The Sportsnet Hot Stove Time For The Raptors To Hit The Reset Button? May 06 2017 Your browser does not support the audio element.



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“No matter what kind of magic you pull in the off-season, it’s just very hard to see them going from Good Team, to Team That’s Better Than Cleveland,” said Ryan Dixon on The Sportsnet Hot Stove. “But the alternative is however many steps back in the hopes that on the rebuild you’re going to get lottery luck and you’re going to draft in a year where a great player’s available, and five years from now, you’re going to be a great outfit.”

The Raptors aren’t finished yet (they’ll play Game 4 on Sunday), but it’s hard to see them beating this Cleveland team four times in a row.

So if you’re Ujiri, what do you do?