CALGARY — At the end of the Toronto Raptors‘ first day of training camp, a little competition took place that didn’t mean much but represented a lot of what the team hopes will be true when the regular season rolls around.
Raptors assistant coach Pat Delaney was feeding Brandon Ingram at the free-throw line extended, while Ochai Agbaji did his best to get low and use his leverage to move the long-limbed Ingram further out on the floor than he wanted to be.
Three straight times Ingram — who has averaged 23 points a game over the past six seasons — made the catch and tried to get an open look against Agbaji, who is one of a large pool of young players scrapping for minutes in head coach Darko Rajakovic’s rotation this season, and three times Agbaji did a credible job forcing the former all