Raptors’ rise hinges on toughness
“I’ve been on ‘em all preseason about rebounding, and in a way it’s good that we got hammered on the boards [against Real Madrid] because now they realize that’s something that we’ve really got to pay attention to,” Mitchell said after the team’s first practice since returning from Europe. “To me, toughness is not going out and throwing illegal picks and elbows. Toughness is standing in there, taking charges. It’s setting a pick even though you know the guy may try to run through the pick. Putting a body on people. Stopping the basketball.