TORONTO - The difficulty of decreasing Fred VanVleet’s minutes continues to be on display as the season wears on.
After tying for the league lead in minutes (37.9) per night last season — alongside Toronto Raptors teammate Pascal Siakam — VanVleet vowed he’d be more conscientious of his minutes and smarter with his body back in training camp.
However, as Toronto head coach Nick Nurse put it in September, it’s easier said than done.
Toronto’s all-star guard played his second consecutive and ninth 40-plus minute game of the season in Friday night’s 112-108 loss to the New York Knicks.