SIMMONS SUNDAY: Raptors forward O.G. Anunoby continues to grow ... and surprise Via simmonssteve
Anunoby was considered a complimentary player to the Big Three. But he has become the straight line for the Raptors. There just about every night. The great defender. The offensive player with power and newfound confidence beneath the basket. The ability to make and take his own shot. The NBA leader in steals, and not by a small distance. This month, averaging almost 22 points a game, he has scored 26 in a game, 27 points three times, 32 points once.
Chris Pronger thought about it more than once — although not really seriously. The longer his career went, the less he skated, the less he needed to skate. Maybe more than anyone else who has played the last few decades, he intrinsically understood that less could be more on defence and positioning on the ice was paramount to his success as he got older.Article content
And, then, Jake Muzzin and TJ Brodie, and Morgan Rielly went down with substantive injuries, and coach Sheldon Keefe had no choice to hand the baton to Giordano, suddenly playing first-pairing minutes alongside the redoubtable Justin Holl. He isn’t playing badly for the Maple Leafs, but he isn’t playing Hart Trophy hockey either through the first 22 games.
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