Ujiri said that regardless of whether Morais makes the team, a precedent has been set. An Angolan player has walked the NBA hardwood.
“Kids from that country can aspire to the NBA,” he said. “They say ‘if Carlos can get an invite, if I work hard, if I’m talented, maybe there is somebody watching me.’”
Morais said he tries not to think about what happens if he fails to make the team but he also recognizes that he has already won his battle. He has played in the NBA. He can pursue the rest of his career, wherever that takes him, in peace.
“This has been a blessing for me, just for the fact that I’m here with all these great players in this great organization,” he said. “If this doesn’t work out, I’ll still able to teach someone else what I learned here.”
“If I’m cut, maybe the dream will be over but at the end of the day, I really won’t have lost anything.”
http://blog.raptors.com/raptor-hopef...s-already-won/
“Kids from that country can aspire to the NBA,” he said. “They say ‘if Carlos can get an invite, if I work hard, if I’m talented, maybe there is somebody watching me.’”
Morais said he tries not to think about what happens if he fails to make the team but he also recognizes that he has already won his battle. He has played in the NBA. He can pursue the rest of his career, wherever that takes him, in peace.
“This has been a blessing for me, just for the fact that I’m here with all these great players in this great organization,” he said. “If this doesn’t work out, I’ll still able to teach someone else what I learned here.”
“If I’m cut, maybe the dream will be over but at the end of the day, I really won’t have lost anything.”
http://blog.raptors.com/raptor-hopef...s-already-won/
Best of luck to him.
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