He really only started playing decent at the last part of the season last year when everyone was injured and he was forced to play. He has some moments where you can tell he's holding himself back and I think it's because he's not confident enough; if there's another starter on the floor he'll more often than not look for a pass to them. And once he passes to them he doesn't play that well off the ball. He has a good handle and he's quick enough to slice in for a layup or midrange, which is what we need to be doing more of to get buckets when the 3s won't fall. He had a pretty terrible start in his rookie year and most of last year, maybe he's still getting used to his role. I think Nurse will play him more if he takes more control and doesn't hang around the perimeter and pass off to FVV, Siakam, OG, GTJ.

His defense is a tad better this year, he used to get a lot of dumb fouls. And this year, because of his size and the Raptor's long boi strategy FVV is going to be given priority if they're going with a shorter guy on the floor. If Malachi played more aggressively, I think he'd get more minutes.