Toronto Raptors · 4 notes
Jamison Battle practiced and will be available Oct. 15, Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic said. Battle, Allen Graves and Kyle Anderson are in an open race for the 9th through 11th rotation spots, and Rajakovic said he is "not gonna shy away from throwing different guys in the fire."
Darko Rajakovic told Kyle Anderson to be ready to play center and power forward for Toronto, and "maybe handle the ball." Anderson, comfortable as a small-ball center, once told his agent the Raptors had "7 or 8 guys that are 6'9 with long arms. Like, where do I fit in here?"
Kawhi Leonard and Kyle Anderson didn't play in the Raptors' first preseason game. "We watched a lot of film on him, and he's watched a lot of film on us and how he could be implemented into our offense," Collin Murray-Boyles said of Leonard at practice.
Kyle Anderson and Alijah Martin are "just still returning from injury," Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic said at practice. He sees Anderson as the veteran voice Garrett Temple once was: "I'm having same conversations now with him like I had with Garrett Temple... 2 or 3 years ago."