I’ve stayed away from a lot of chatter about the Toronto Raptors’ acquisition of Cory Joseph. Naturally I was pleased one of the NBA’s up and coming Canadian players signed on as a free agent, but I didn’t know enough about his skills to render an intelligent opinion about whether his presence would be helpful or irrelevant. I’ve now done enough review to take a position.
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Just the facts, ma’am: Cory Joseph is 6’3″ tall, and weighs a well-proportioned 190 lbs. He recently turned 24 years old, and was born and raised in Pickering, ON (that’s a bedroom community of 86,ooo about 40 minutes east of Toronto, for all you non-locals).