There’s been a little bit of chaos since the last instalment of Build-A-Raptor. The Raptors drafted Malachi Flynn and Jalen Harris; saw the departure of Serge Ibaka and Marc Gasol; re-signed Fred VanVleet and Chris Boucher and saw the arrival of fresh faces in Aron Baynes, Alex Len and DeAndre’ Bembry. Will any of those moves affect our proto-Raptor?
While that remains to be seen, we’re definitely going to be mentioning a couple of the aforementioned players within the next two components that we’re breaking down.
Athleticism
There are a handful of Raptors who fit the bill as the ideal candidate for our mash-up athlete, but before we get to them, it’s only right to locate the two extremes of the core of athleticism: running and jumping.