The Raptors had a plan for what C.J. Miles would do for them as a shooter, a player who could help change the team’s offence a little bit and drag it deeper into the free-flowing, three-point shooting frenzy of the current era.
It will get to that eventually, and Miles’s skills are undeniable, but at the moment he is a decoy and a floor spacer who is the focal point of defences rather than a gunner who can change a game with his shooting the minute he gets on the floor.
The 31-year-old is averaging fewer field goal attempts per game (7.