SAN FRANCISCO–Fred VanVleet is sitting on a chair outside the visiting team locker room at the Chase Center winding up a wide-ranging conversation when the chat turns to his young Raptors teammate, Dalano Banton.
VanVleet’s eyebrows raise a bit, he’s a bit animated as he says:
“The kid is really talented. He doesn’t make a ton of mistakes and he plays really hard. He’s fearless and I like him.”
About 15 minutes later, as his team goes through its warm-up work before practice, Nick Nurse is standing at courtside when the same topic, Banton, is broached.