More like raptures. OK, it's not the end of times for a Raptors team that's set franchise records for wins the past two seasons, but after two straight first-round playoff exits and another dormant — if not degenerative — offseason, Toronto faces a crossroads in 2015-16. [ Yahoo Fantasy Basketball: Sign up for a league today ] On one hand, the Raptors only had Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan for 48 games last season, won two-thirds of them and outscored opponents by almost four points per 100 possessions with that All-Star backcourt tandem on the floor. Now, Lowry looks to be in the best shape of his career, and DeRozan is entering a contract year. Add DeMarre Carroll to a mix that includes fellow versatile shooters Terrence Ross and Patrick Patterson spacing the floor around freshly extended Lithuanian 7-footer Jonas Valanciunas, and Toronto may have modernized a roster whose fatal flaw was exposed by the Wizards' small-ball lineup in their first-round sweep last season. On the other hand, they lost Sixth Man of the Year Lou Williams from a bench that ranked among the league's five best and beloved dirty worker Amir Johnson from a defense that was already sliding into...