Despite Raptors head coach Nick Nurse saying Monday that forward OG Anunoby was still about 10 days away from being able to play, the team is now surprisingly listing Anunoby as questionable for Game 1 of the NBA Finals tomorrow night, tweets Eric Koreen of The Athletic.
Anunoby, who has missed the entire 2018/19 postseason after undergoing an emergency appendectomy in early April, still didn’t have a timetable to return as recently as a week ago, when Nurse said as much. But now, it appears as though a timetable has appeared and shortened within the span on a few days, with Nurse’s 10-day prediction upgraded to a questionable designation for tomorrow evening.
Anunoby could provide some much needed depth for the Raptors against the Warriors after the team relied on an eight-man rotation against the Bucks. This is especially true if Kevin Durant returns from injury, as Anunoby would give teammate Kawhi Leonard some much needed breaks from defending the all-time great.
Given Nurse’s original estimate about Anunoby’s return, it still seems unlikely that we will see him in Game 1, but the questionable designation does breed hope for an earlier return, perhaps in Game 2 on Sunday.
OG and Kawhi could be deadly over the next 5 years, hopefully Kawhi sees that before bolting to the Lakers or Clippers.
Kawhi will be deadly to opponents, OG to the Raps offense.
OG is a 3-D specialist, they could be a minuature versión of Michael and Scottie.
Oh boy!!! HaHaHa! You made my day dude!
I said a miniature version not the next Scottie and Mike. OG has potential to be an all-nba defender, Kawhi can be like Jordan and just trust OG will be his sidekick in Toronto.
Whoa, slow down on the Mike and Scottie comparisons there bud.
Kawhi is every bit as good as mj
MJ was a great player but far from flawless, Pippen and Rodman were top 5 defenders in the 90’s. The amount of workload they took off MJ is very understated.