
Raptors guard Fred VanVleet says contract negotiations were “easy”
Fred VanVleet did a pre-draft workout for one particular NBA team, who didn’t know who he was when he showed up.
He shot alone on a side basket with no coaches rebounding the ball. Nobody gave him a ride back to the airport.
“Those types of things will never leave me and I will never forget any of those moments,” VanVleet said.
Four years after he went undrafted — deciding that day to bet on himself if no-one else would — VanVleet marvelled at how far he’d come.