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    Raptors coach Nick Nurse looking to expand role of fit-again Marc Gasol

    Raptors near full strength with Marc Gasol recovered from injury
    Jul 13, 2020
    PHOTO: Toronto Raptors Twitter

    THE Toronto Raptors expect to enter the NBA restart near full strength with Marc Gasol back in top form after a hamstring injury.

    Coach Nick Nurse is pleased with Gasol’s form and he doesn’t see any problems as they prepare for the season resumption at Disney Resort in Orlando.

    The Raptors, running second in the Eastern Conference behind the league-leading Milwaukee Bucks, first take on the Lakers on Aug. 1 in the seeding games.

    Nurse is looking to expand the role of the 35-year-old Gasol, who missed 28 of the Raptors first 64 games due to hamstring issues.

    “As far as I’m aware, he’s fully healed,” Nurse said in a report by Michael Grange of sportsnet.ca.

    “And as you know he looks great. His skills look fantastic as well. He looks like he’s in good shape. I don’t see any issues.”

    “I’d probably like to make him a main cog in the offence, but the way things have been going since he’s been here, and even this year, it seems to be, there’s a lot of guys who can chip in on this thing,” Nurse said.

    The NBA scrimmages are set to July 22 to 28, with the Raptors scheduled to face the Houston Rockets on July 24, the Portland Trail Blazers on July 26, and the Phoenix Suns on July 28.

    Action gets going on July 30, with the Utah Jazz facing the New Orleans Pelicans, and the Los Angeles Lakers taking on the Clippers. A. Quinto

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