Following Raptors practice on Friday, we heard from Nick Nurse, Chris Boucher and Malcolm Miller; we also got Fred VanVleet and Bobby Webster making media appearances as well. Let’s get right into what everyone had to say:
1. Bobby Webster: “The NBA wants it to look and feel like a normal game... this is not summer league”
That’s Raptors GM Bobby Webster speaking with Sid Seixeiro and Donnovan Bennett, about what the three upcoming scrimmages are going to look like. Webster described it as a trial run for everything — for the teams, certainly, as they get back into shape, rebuild chemistry and re-establish their playbooks, but also for the Bubble employees, from the stat keepers to the equipment managers, to the TV crews, camera operators, broadcast teams and so on.