In 2015-16, “Skinny Kyle Lowry” helped lead the Raptors to their first 50-win season. Could a “skinny,' and healthy, Marc Gasol provide a similar boost if and when Toronto returns to action? (Via loung_s)
Is this an indication that two of the defending champions’ best players are primed to have a monster bubble season?
Relieving news to hear for any who may have been concerned that multi-million-dollar professional athletes would somehow let themselves go completely in just the three-month span since the season suspension. With that said, getting back into proper basketball shape still shouldn’t prove to be very difficult for professional players who take their jobs as seriously as the Raptors appear to do.
A better-conditioned, better-rested Gasol certainly can’t hurt things for the Raptors with the season on the verge of resuming. “I think he’s a huge like pillar on both ends,” Nurse said. “He’s back there on defence directing traffic, protecting the rim, talking, getting guys through screens. He just does everything back there defensively and most of its with his experience and his IQ.
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