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Anderson twice nearly landed in Toronto and can be an important piece.
βKyle Anderson nearly signed with Toronto in 2022. The team almost traded for him 3 years later. Slo Mo was destined to be a Raptor. Now that he is, the veteran forward can be an important piece, on and off the courtβ
Kawhi went through live 5-on-5 contact and looked great feeling out his teammates.
βWe did a lot of contact, a lot of live 5-on-5. He did a great job of going out there and trying to feel out his teammates, when to attack, when to pass. I thought he was great today.β
Other Raptors take on more creating duty when Kawhi is off the floor.
βWhen he's not on the floor... It's going to be different players creating. It should be, you know, situations that, you know, other guys can take over more as a creator.β
Kawhi was a full practice participant for the first time since camp began.
βThis was the first time that he was a full participant in practice since the start of training camp.β
Kawhi cleared a notable ramp-up step but his Raptors debut waits until next week at the earliest.
βKawhi Leonard took an important step in his preseason ramp-up today, but don't expect him to make his Raptors (re-) debut until next week (at the earliest)β
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