It hasn’t been easy for Malachi Flynn, not in November when he wasn’t playing, or December or January or most of February.
But not once did he complain, not once did he slack off, not once did he lose faith that when a chance came he would take advantage of it and the happiness his coaches and teammates feel for him this week is real.
“I’m proud of Malachi,” Pascal Siakam said Tuesday after Flynn’s second straight impressive outing against the Brooklyn Nets.
That is the prevailing attitude the Raptors have these days for the second-year guard who has filled in admirably for the injured Fred VanVleet in Toronto’s consecutive wins.