If you wanted to be pessimistic about the Toronto-based future of Collin Murray-Boyles, the Raptors’ first-round draft pick, you could point out to Canada’s considerable history with negative draft-night reactions, and how they have a history of being difficult to defy.
Bruno Caboclo was famously labelled “two years away from being two years away” by ESPN’s Fran Fraschilla after Masai Ujiri picked the obscure Brazilian 20th overall in 2014. It proved a generous timeline for a player who never really arrived.
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