Good teams need players who are self-assured, self-confident but they also need them to be self-aware and that might be the most important character trait of many possessed by Raptors guard Fred VanVleet. He knows what he doesn’t know and that’s an important attribute for any young athlete on any team in any sport. “I know what he knows and he also knows what he doesn’t know and he doesn’t try to do what he can’t do, and you trust that,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said Sunday afternoon. “He understands the offence inside and out, he goes and talks to the other players, even the starters. He can’t take over games, he can’t take away from what Lowry and DeRozan do, but he knows enough to augment it.

Source: thestar December 04, 2017 01:18 UTC