One more sleep, Toronto Raptors fans! Not only that, we have real (non-Raptor) games tonight! Let’s bounce around and see what’s up as the season begins:
1. Mr. “I Am Toronto” speaks
We’ve heard DeMar DeRozan tell the story of the night he was traded before, but there’s something a little more raw in the way he talks about it here with Draymond Green, on Green’s Bleacher Report show “Chips.” I highly recommend watching the whole thing (20 minutes):
What’s also cool is just how DeMar talks about wanting to transform the perception of Toronto around the league, to take the Raptors from a joke of a franchise to a team that had to be respected.