Jerryd Bayless is grateful for the opportunity he will receive with the Raptors to develop in the way of minutes he didn't receive with the Blazers and Hornets.

“I just want to be able to play basketball again, that’s the biggest thing,” Bayless said. “I want to grow with this team. I feel like the last couple of times I’ve been on teams that are already established and I’m coming in trying to fight my way on. Fighting just to get even 30 seconds in a game. Here I can grow with a team that is already good and still growing with a chance to be very special. It’s an opportunity people would die for.”