I think you’re well aware of my infatuation with theplayerstribune.com, which has drummed out another excellent article. This time it’s Delon Wright giving some advice to younger brother Dorell, and making parallels with his own early career.
First, he believes that, unlike himself in Miami, Delon Wright will get his playing time in Toronto:
The guys ahead of me were better, and a month after I was drafted in Miami, we traded for Shaq, so now we were championship contenders. I went from coming into a young team where I thought I’d play 20-30 minutes a game to playing 159 total minutes over my first two seasons. I had to wait my turn.
You’re in position to play right away as a rookie on a team with serious postseason aspirations. That’s a lot of responsibility, and there will be ups and downs. At times you’ll play well, at others you won’t. You might catch a few DNP-CDs for whatever reason. No matter what, just continue believing and keeping your head, because it can always come back around.
Looking at the Raptors PG spot, you have Kyle Lowry and Cory Joseph who will take up a big chunk of the minutes at PG, but given Wright being a Casey-type player on defense, the coach will find him time for him. It might mean backing up DeRozan at the two, which is entirely possible if Ross struggles (a very distinct possibility).
He also mentioned how Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan reached out to the older Wright after Delon was drafted:
You’ll also be taken care of in Toronto. I’m close with Kyle Lowry, going back to those four-star camps, ABCD and AAU. DeMar DeRozan is somebody who looked up to me in high school, and he played on my team at the Drew League when he was still in eighth and ninth grade. Those are two great dudes, and I know they’re going to look out for you. I didn’t even have to ask. They reached out to me and let me know you’re in great hands.
Collective awwwww…
So, how many minutes do you think Wright will be getting this year:
