It’s still with us. That’s the sobering reality. The news Thursday evening that Toronto Raptors vice-chairman and president Masai Ujiri had tested positive for COVID-19 drove that message home. Raptors’ statement on GOA/Raptors COVID situation pic.twitter.com/U04TTKPaOy — Blake Murphy (@BlakeMurphyODC) December 10, 2021 It feels like the pandemic is accelerating again, and once more the NBA is shining a light on something coming that we’ll all likely have no choice but to acknowledge sooner than later, whether we like it or not. The echoes are there, right down to the venue, Hotel X on Lake Shore Blvd., in the Exhibition grounds. That was where Raptors coach Nick Nurse was holding his event on behalf of his charitable foundation on the night of March 11, 2020 when news came that Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz had tested positive for COVID and the NBA was putting the 2019-20 season on hold. This time the event was hosted by Ujiri on behalf of his Giants of Africa charitable fou...