Head coach Darko Rajakovic is putting on his foreman’s helmet as the Toronto Raptors lean into developing their young core this season.
TORONTO – Head coach Darko Rajakovic is putting on his foreman’s helmet as the Toronto Raptors lean into developing their young core this season.
Rajakovic thinks the Raptors have a “clean slate” in his second year in Toronto and team president Masai Ujiri called it a rebuild — a term he had previously avoided — on Monday. Rajakovic spoke in construction terms at Raptors media day at Scotiabank Arena, with the venue itself still in the midst of renovations.
“The first thing that you do when you’re building a house, you need to find land where you want to build your house,” said Rajakovic. “After that you need to dig a really big hole so you can make your basement and work on the foundation of the house.
“A lot of the time, from the street, you cannot see what’s going on. You cannot see the results very quickly. But those are the most important steps we’re going to be making right now.”