"Talk about a warm welcome. If by warm we mean being thrown right into the flames. The principles of a "trial by fire," which originated during medieval times, were simple: if a person was innocent or righteous, then divine intervention would seemingly protect them through the ordeal. Unfortunately for Murray-Boyles, the basketball gods won't be steping in to help, no matter how many times he gets burned by an NBA megastar during his rookie campaign."
"To figure that out, it'll help to understand why the Raptors have integrated Murray-Boyles with little-to-no cossetting. Simply put, it's because "he's a very talented basketball player," as head coach Darko Rajakovic explained. "He has such a good feel for the game, he just does a good job of being in the right place and he competes on a really high level.""
"What do Anthony Davis, Victor Wembanyama, Alperen Sengun, Evan Mobley, Jaren Jackson Jr., Giannis Antetokounmpo and Joel Embiid all have in common? Easy ... they're all considered premier bigs in today's NBA. We're talking MVPs, DPOYs, all-star nods - the cream of the crop. The less obvious commonality between them is they're all players Collin Murray-Boyles has been asked to go through during his first steps as a pro."
Collin Murray-Boyles has been matched repeatedly with elite NBA bigs — Anthony Davis, Victor Wembanyama, Alperen Sengun, Evan Mobley, Jaren Jackson Jr., Giannis Antetokounmpo and Joel Embiid — during his early career. The Toronto Raptors have purposefully avoided cosseting the 20-year-old, integrating him into lineups and exposing him to high-level competition. Head coach Darko Rajakovic praises his feel for the game, positioning and competitiveness. Murray-Boyles has logged near-400 possessions at NBA speed, showing an uncommon ability among rookies to read and react. Early nine-game perspective suggests accelerated development through this trial-by-fire approach.
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