Fred VanVleet: “I’m reading my Twitter… they killing me. They sending me death threats. They saying, ‘N*gga, you suck, man. We [ __ ] hate you. [ __ ] your family. We want Jeremy Lin to play over you!’ Woo woo—this, that, and the third. All this [ __ ], man. “Oh man. Toronto is vicious when it comes to that. They’re great when you’re winning—and they’re vicious when you’re not doing what you’re supposed to do. So I was internalizing all of that. It’s funny, because I’m so crazy—I’ll look back through my phone and I had videos from the game where [ __ ] weren’t passing me the ball. Like, this was a shot I needed, and I’m getting looked off. You know what I’m saying? But all people see is the stats at the end. I was shooting like 11%. And you know, I’m already small. So I wasn’t able to get my shot off. Wasn’t getting any pick-and-rolls. They didn’t need me.”YouTubeThis article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: Fred VanVleet on Toronto: They’re great when you’re winning, vicious when you’re not
