Coachspeak · TOR

TORKyle AndersonRole & RotationPresser1d

Anderson must be ready to play the five and the four and maybe handle the ball.

“I spoke to Darko about that. He said yeah I need you to be ready to play the five the four maybe handle the ball.”

TORScottie Barnes · Kawhi LeonardRole & RotationPresser1d

Barnes starts at the four then moves to the one and the five in interchangeable lineups.

“Scottie starts at four, but then he moves to one, then he becomes a five, and Kawhi is three, but a different lineup, he becomes a four. It's very interchangeable.”

TORKawhi LeonardGameplanPresser1d

Toronto is deliberately funneling the ball to Kawhi so teammates learn where he wants to be.

“Intentionally we're focusing right now more to get, get, get a ball to him so other guys can get used to him, where, where he needs to be on the board, what he's going to be doing, how he's going to be finding his teammates.”

TORJamal Shead · Ja'Kobe Walter · Collin Murray-BoylesGameplanPresser2d

Toronto wants a defensive team that plays with pace and Shead and Walter fit.

“Defensive, and with pace, and with running. And I think all of those guys, they fit that mold. They fit Jamal and Jacoby and CMB in particular.”

TORMinutes & UsagePresser2d

The rotation might reach eleven players with the tenth man getting limited minutes.

“that tenth guy, it's going to be limited minutes... might be 11 guys in rotation, but what I told all the guys, like, we count on all of you guys”