10:40 am: Scottie Barnes is up! We have had coverage throughout, including on Rajakovic’s own offseason program and his excitement for Kawhi Leonard.
10:10 am: We’ve been waiting around 30 minutes for Kawhi Leonard to come to the podium. Some things never change!
9:25 am: We’re live! Darko Rajakovic is first. He’s looking dapper and acting excited. Understandable. And Samson asks a question! About Kawhi Leonard’s longevity. A good question. Some excitement for Collin Murray-Boyles, for Allen Graves. Darko lost weight too! Whaddayaknow.
Hello! Welcome back to the Raptors, kind of. Media Day is about to begin. Jamison Battle is running the team’s twitter account, and everyone is gathered at Hotel X, including our own Samson Folk.
You can watch media day live here:
And of course you can follow along with us, as well. Stay and hang!
Kawhi Leonard is up next.
“I don’t like to pass judgement before I meet people. I know what type of player he is on the court. Meeting him in person and meeting with him, I think he’s gonna surprise a lot of people. It starts with his love for this city and this team. I think he’s an amazing person, and our guys have had a chance to be around him this week, and everyone is loving what they’re seeing.” – Darko on Kawhi
“He’s gonna be on the first all defense team. That’s the first goal that he has for himself and that we also have for Scottie. Every part of his game offensively, you can’t point out to one thing, he does everything for us. He pushes the ball in transition. He can post up, he can playmake. He is an elite finisher at the rim. His 3-point ball is improving, there is room for improvement there. There are so many things that he does, that it’s hard to point at just one thing.” – Darko on Scottie
