Malachi Flynn will work on his basketball skills while he’s with the G League’s Raptors 905.
He will hopefully improve his defence and his ball handling and his decision-making, all skills that NBA rookies have to hone.
But Flynn will benefit as well from the life lessons imparted by 905 coach Patrick Mutombo, whose job goes far beyond developing on-court tricks and techniques.
“It’s my responsibility to be here beyond the X’s and O’s,” Mutombo said this week, before Flynn was sent down by the Raptors. “These are people, people with dreams and aspirations and goals, and I find myself in this leadership position to be able to help them with those goals and (to) achieve those goals.