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arrived for the first day of his rookie training camp early, keen to prove he was ready to work.stretching after a weight workout. He'd been there since 6.
VanVleet, who scored a career-high 19.6 points a night last season, said he can already see the example rubbing off on the younger players, including 20-year-old rookie Scottie Barnes. "Definitely at the beginning of the game, a little bit nervous, some butterflies, but soon as the ref throws the ball up, you are ready to go. But it's always exciting. It doesn’t matter how many years you are in the league. It's always fun," he said."Probably the arena is going to be sold out and you guys didn't play here last year so it's going to be a good opening night. Hopefully we get a W.
"It's a young team with a lot of versatility so I think that will make a lot of problems for the opponents," he said."It’s going to be tough to beat us, especially at home." "I already play big so that's not really an issue for me," he said."I'm telling you, I don't notice . I'm so crazy in my head, everybody is the same height. It hurts me sometimes but for the most part I don’t notice it.
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