VICTORIA—It’s not like they’re Statler and Waldorf of Muppets fame, grumpy old men sitting on the sidelines mocking what goes on around them.
But there is something about their experience, in life and in basketball, that will give Thad Young and Otto Porter Jr. a significant say in most things Raptors this coming NBA season.
They will dispense knowledge gained from years in the game, they should be able to help young players through predictable difficult times, and their wisdom will be appreciated. And needed.
“We were teammates once before (in Chicago in 2019-20), so he's a great person, extremely professional and he knows how to play basketball,” Young said of his new Raptors teammate after the season’s first official workout at the University of Victoria.