The Raptors are continuing a period of strategic management with Fred VanVleet.
Managing strategy during games. Managing minutes in those games. Managing the need to get work in, but not overdo it.
Delicate, vital management for the heartbeat of a team that’s making one last push to get as far up the NBA’s Eastern Conference standings as possible in the final two weeks of the season.
“It’s still a process of where I’m at with my body physically,” VanVleet, who has been battling a knee injury, said Friday. “Still got to manage that, manage the pain, manage the flow of the game and also get back in shape.