MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Tyler Ennis, taking a pass from fellow Canadian Duane Notice near the left wing of the Paramount Fine Foods Centre’s court late in the first quarter, gathered with both his feet firmly behind the three-point line, rose up, fired away with confidence and saw the oh-so-familiar sight of the ball falling effortlessly through the hoop.
“Honestly, I never doubted,” Ennis said after Friday’s game. “I think the hardest part for me was once I was able to play again, realizing that everything else in my life was normal outside of playing and I wasn’t able to play, so I definitely wanted to get back out onto the court.”An affiliate player is a rule, essentially, put in place to help fill out a team's G League roster.
All that hard work paid off. On Oct. 20, nearly a full calendar year after he saw his basketball career flash before his very eyes, Ennis signed and was immediately waived by theProbably not exactly the place he wants to be, but he’ll certainly take it over where he’d been for the past year.“I’m just day-to-day getting better with the team and I think everything else will fall into place for me.”
“There were some moments of great flash and brilliance and some moments when you could tell he hadn’t played in a year.”, the Raptors’ lone pick in this past June’s draft — a second-rounder taken 59th overall — also had a stellar game for the 905 in the blowout loss, scoring a game-high 24 points on 9-for-15 shooting. He looked agile and explosive on rolls to the rim and even flexed some range in knocking down 2-of-4 three-point attempts in pick-and-pop situations.
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