Although it’s early, it’s looking like the Raptors made the right choice drafting Scottie Barnes over Jalen Suggs, but a key indicator will be their first head-to-head meeting Friday when the Orlando Magic visit Toronto. (By loung_s)
was still available on the board and the Raptors, instead, opted to go with the rawer-looking prospect whom, let’s be honest, unless you specifically went out of your way to watch Florida State basketball, not a whole lot of people knew much about.and a great Toronto sports “what if” scenario was born.
“I think it makes sense that it is a thing,” Raptors head coach Nick Nurse said about the Barnes-Suggs matchup after the team practised Thursday. “It was probably the one spot in the draft that people really focused in on. For a long time, everybody thought it would go the opposite way, probably, and it went the way it went.
Barnes and Suggs have known each other since they were around 14 and 15 years old, Barnes said. They’ve, essentially, grown up as young basketball players linked to each other both as opponents and teammates — most notably when they won a gold medal together with Team USA at the 2019 FIBA U19 World Cup — and on Friday this connection they have will now transition to the game’s highest level.
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