Yuta Watanabe plans to up his offensive output this NBA season as he seeks to nail down a regular spot on the Toronto Raptors' bench, the Japanese forward said Friday.
The Raptors rewarded Watanabe's solid play by upgrading him from a two-way deal to a standard NBA contract in April, but the 26-year-old said he needed to make a bigger impact as both a scorer and facilitator in his fourth NBA season.
"I can definitely be more aggressive this year, so I will either try to score, or draw the defense and pass," Watanabe said during a news conference at the Raptors' training camp in Toronto.