Bruno Caboclo’s tenure for the Toronto Raptors is one of the least glamorous for someone who’s considered a “fan favourite”.
In the three and a half years Caboclo was in Toronto, he appeared in a total of 25 games racking up 113 minutes played per Basketball-Reference. That’s an average of four and a half minutes per appearance. Just about all of them were in garbage time.
Coming into the 2014 NBA Draft, Caboclo was rarely featured on draft boards as a second-round pick, let alone a late first-round selection. What was known about him was that he had a raw skill set and that he was going to be a project for whoever picked him up.