DALLAS It’s one of the questions of the early days of the Raptors season: What, precisely, has gotten into OG Anunoby?
Eight games into the 82-game grind, the sixth-year forward has been playing with a nimble ferocity that is producing outsized results. Heading into Friday’s game, Anunoby was leading the NBA in steals with 2.9 a game while averaging one blocked shot a game, rates nearly triple and exactly double his career averages in those categories, respectively.
It’s early, sure, and those numbers probably aren’t sustainable. But what’s undeniable is that Anunoby has emerged from the 82-game season’s starting blocks in a full sprint.