Gary Trent Jr. speaks ahead of final Raptors season game

The Toronto Raptors are taking part in their remaining recreation of the season Sunday afternoon in Miami. Tip-off is at 1 p.m. and you’ll watch it on Sportsnet.

The sport will cap off a singular season that noticed the crew commerce almost half of the roster, a participant being investigated in reference to a playing scandal, and the group being sued by the New York Knicks.

It was a season that was not wanting any storylines. however earlier than the Raptors tip-off of their remaining recreation CityNews spoke with Gary Trent Jr. His feedback come earlier than he enters unrestricted free company this summer time.

What are you hoping to get out of the final (Raptors season) recreation?

GTJ: Simply constructing habits for subsequent 12 months and preparing and simply making an attempt to proceed to maintain taking part in, and proceed to go exhausting as a gaggle. We’ve got a sure commonplace we have to meet and to try to clearly get a win.

You’ve got mentioned in a number of circumstances ‘management what you’ll be able to management.’ This summer time you’ll turn into an unrestricted free agent, and I do know you’ve gotten been requested about what you’re going to do all season lengthy, however … how tough is it generally so that you can really give attention to solely controlling what you’ll be able to particularly when a choice about your future is looming?

GTJ: It may very well be tremendous exhausting to handle generally. You’ll be able to work for one thing your entire life and if it’s not going a sure method, clearly you’re going to really feel some sort of method about it. However the one factor is the way you react to that and the way you bounce again from that and that basically reveals who you might be, and it actually reveals your work ethic that basically reveals that when every thing hits the fan, or every thing’s not going your method, or you might have a sure alternative and that chance is now gone after which it comes again once more. So it’s actually simply making an attempt to remain sane and proceed to work and imagine in what you imagine in. 

What a humble human being!! Made my daughter’s night time! Thanks Gary Trent Jr