Raptors coach Jay Triano has told Jason Kapono to be more assertive and take more shots as the team looks to make a playoff push.

"I spoke to Jay and Jay said he felt fine with me trying to look for my shot and ? not forcing things ? but just try to get shots up, whether it's good, decent, marginal," Kapono said Monday. "As long as it's in that realm, he's all for it."

The Raptors have not used Kapono as much as people figured they would since he signed with the club in July of 2007.

"It's different just because I'm more of a system guy, a guy that understands the game and (instead of forcing) a marginal shot, you may be able to find a better shot for someone else," said Kapono. "But in the situation that we're in, with the circumstances of guys being down and our scoring being down, all the guys on this team have to be more conscious of trying to get their scoring up."