Reggie Evans preaches frugality with eye on possible NBA lockout

For much of the past season, though, Raptors forward Reggie Evans has made it part of his mission to convince his teammates they can’t. With the prospect of a lockout looming, with dire whispers of a hoop-less winter circulating around the league, Evans, the 30-year-old veteran, has been preaching frugality to young teammates who will listen. He has also been preaching to many who won’t.

“My teammates will tell you, I stay on their heads about their money. They want to go buy a car and I’m like, ‘For what?’ You don’t know what’s going to happen this summer,” Evans said. “Stack that money. Save that money. You never know. Could be a lockout. Don’t be sweating no bullets when those bills come.”