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The potential that led Toronto to gamble the No. 20 pick in last year's draft is displayed by a drill that Caboclo runs with several teammates during a recent Summer League practice in Las Vegas. They circulate into the corner one after the other to catch and shoot three-pointers as fed to them by their coaches. No one shoots faster than Caboclo. The ball is in and out of his hands and up and down through the net with a mechanically rhythmical confidence.
"He's always been able to shoot the ball from the corner,'' says Raptors coach Dwane Casey. "But now he's understanding how to get there more efficiently, get to his spot, relocate quicker and understand spacing. Defensively he's still missing an assignment five out of 10 times; offensively he's getting to the right place seven out of 10 times. So you see all of those things coming together for him.''
The immediate focus for Raptors 905 will be to develop Caboclo. His hope is to play as many minutes as possible in the D-League, while spending as much time as possible around the Raptors when they're at home.
"I am so excited about it because we get to really put Bruno's big-picture growth first, as the priority,'' says Mermuys, who is leaving Casey's staff to become head coach of the D-League team. "And I don't have to worry about winning every single game and sacrificing long-term growth at any players' expense. So I am really excited about getting him a solid opportunity to be able to play through mistakes and learn on-the-fly.''
"I am so excited about it because we get to really put Bruno's big-picture growth first, as the priority,'' says Mermuys, who is leaving Casey's staff to become head coach of the D-League team. "And I don't have to worry about winning every single game and sacrificing long-term growth at any players' expense. So I am really excited about getting him a solid opportunity to be able to play through mistakes and learn on-the-fly.''
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