Even despite their season-by-season status as one of the Association’s more reluctant 3-point shooting teams, the Toronto Raptors remain entirely aware that in today’s NBA, a long-range sniper or two are a must-have. Finding that designated spot to be relatively up for grabs, Jamison Battle needed all of a one-game, 16-minute opportunity to begin a noteworthy audition. Flawless in filling a transition lane following the Cleveland Cavaliers’ turnover, Battle positions himself to do what he did often as a Buckeye, easing into a catch-and-shoot triple — his NBA career’s first — followed by an additional trifecta two minutes later. Toronto ran into a buzzsaw in Cleveland’s offense in October 23, 2024’s loss, but for Battle, it was a tonesetter, opening a 2024-25 season that currently sees him as an above-40-percent deep-range shooter. Contributing along the second unit, Battle finished with a four-point, two-rebound, one-assist, one-block, two-triple effort. · Oct 23, 2024