Let’s flash forward 5 years from now — …

Let’s flash forward 5 years from now — what role in the NBA do you expect to fill? Is there a specific player that you admire and would like to have a career comparable to? Cassius Stanley: I’d like to be a contributing player on a championship team. That’s my goal for five years from now. Individual accolades are great, but they are all opinion-based and voted on, so you don’t have any control over them. I can control how I contribute, how well I play, and the effort I put in. I look at Zach LaVine and Russell Westbrook and I study their games. Their size and athleticism are very comparable to mine. I try to bring the same level of tenacity and aggression as Russell does and I like the way that Zach uses his athleticism to create space and finish plays.