Three days into training camp, players are praising the positive energy of new Toronto Raptors assistant coach Rico Hines.
VICTORIA - Rico Hines can't remember the last time he took a vacation. But he wouldn't have it any other way.
While Hines worked for the Sacramento Kings for the past three years, the development coach had a strong connection to the Raptors through his summer runs, particularly with Pascal Siakam, who's worked with Hines since his pre-draft year in 2016, and says Hines is “like family.” Hines, of Greenville, N.C., played at UCLA alongside fellow Raptors assistant Earl Watson. His first major coaching stint was in 2006 with the Golden State Warriors.
Siakam won the NBA's Most Improved Player Award in 2019 after helping the Raptors capture their first championship, and soon after, Hines posted a mixtape of Siakam's gruelling workouts in the previous off-season to his YouTube channel. “He's like 'you deserve to miss shots because you put the work in … You put more work in than anybody so you deserve sometime to not have a great game,”' Siakam said after practice at the University of Victoria. “It's OK because you put the work in, and that's the mindset that I have.”“There's just a pureness of a player wanting to be great, wanting to be the best person and the best player that they could possibly be,” he said.
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