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It’s readily apparent, talking to players and people around the Raptors through this first month and a half or so that they have been together, that new head coach Darko Rajakovic firmly has their attention and their respect.Maybe he wasn’t the best known candidate among those interviewed to take over from Nick Nurse, who has taken his clipboard to Philadelphia, but early indications are that Masai Ujiri, Bobby Webster and the rest of the management team have chosen wisely.
Buy-in only comes if the respect is there first and despite this being his first NBA head-coaching job, Rajakovic has already earned that as far as Young is concerned. There are certain non-negotiables with Rajakovic, too, and No. 1 sounds very much like it’s something akin to this: Don’t hold the ball on offence.
As for picking up Rajakovic’s new offensive and defensive schemes, Young is quick to point out that while they may be new compared to what the Raptors ran a year ago, the concepts are still basketball concepts that everyone in a Raptors uniform grew up playing. And before anyone suggests Young is a party of one in terms of getting on board with the new head coach, listen to these other voices on the roster.
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