“I don’t even know how to put that into words,” Rautins says back in his familiar spot courtside before Friday’s Raptors/Phoenix Suns tilt. “It feels like you cheated. Somehow you had this life that you shouldn’t have had. It’s pretty bizarre. There’s a lot of emotion right now.” Unbelievably this whole awakening begins with a rather simple hernia procedure conducted five or six months ago. Rautins got through the minor surgery uneventfully but upon discharge was reminded no core exercises for the next six weeks to avoid any tearing.