New Raptors forward Anunoby says "everything happens for a reason"
TORONTO — The moment seemed innocuous enough.
OG Anunoby sprinted into the paint to grab a rebound against Penn State back in January, and when he planted his right foot, his long right leg buckled under him like a bent rubber boot.
The torn ACL ended Anunoby’s college career with the Indiana Hoosiers, and sent his draft stock plummeting. But the morning after the Toronto Raptors nabbed Anunoby 23rd overall, the 19-year-old preferred to look at the tumultuous last few months as if “everything happens for a reason.”
The six-foot-eight combo forward made his first appearance in Toronto on Friday before departing for Los Angeles to continuing to rehabilitate his knee with Raptors sports science guru Alex McKechnie.