Toronto Raptors swingman C.J Miles is quite unhappy with how things turned out last term, despite them sitting pretty at the summit of the Eastern Conference after the regular season.

The Canada-based outfit won 59 games as they stormed to the top of the standings in the East. But they failed to dispatch a Lebron-led Cavaliers side in the second round, and it all came crashing down from there.

DeMar DeRozan was traded, head coach Dwayne Casey was surprisingly sent packing. And the team will have to look to rebuild in the wake of the shakeup.

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Speaking to CBS Sports, Miles revealed that the Raptors aren't satisfied with last season and returned to training with extra motivation.

"I mean, just the competitive nature of guys coming back with a little bad taste in their mouth," he explained. "The young guys coming back and being better. Everybody pushing each other and trying to just compete.

"Making each other better every day. That's another one of the benefits of having 10, 11, 12 guys that can play in the rotation: every scrimmage, every drill is competitive because everybody can play.

"We've got guys in the rotation that want to earn minutes, that want to play, and they compete for it every day.

"It just created an even greater focus. I was in a position where, everything that I had, when we got to the playoffs, playing as hard as we can, giving everything I had is not enough. It's a terrible feeling, at least in my mind. Some people say, 'I gave everything I have and I can feel good about it'.

"But, nah. I mean, obviously, there's a sense of accomplishment, you leave everything out on the floor, it's a little easier to live with sometimes, but for me last year, it didn't sit with me well. At all. By the time I got home the next week in San Antonio, I was back working. I needed to be able to be ready. I felt like the biggest thing was I wasn't able to give everything I feel like I'm capable of giving."

Miles, 31, averaged 10.0 points a game for the Raptors last year and has been made to welcome a new superstar in Kawhi Leonard with DeRozan gone.

"He's been great," he revealed. "Obviously he had to play some basketball, get his sea legs under him because he was out with injury, as far as really getting back to the grind of every day, the travel, the two-a-days and all the things you do during training camp.

"But if you've seen some of the preseason games, I know it's just preseason but, still, that's him finding his rhythm. He's been able to do much more than the -- air quotations -- "people" have been saying all summer -- the reporters or statisticians, whatever you want to call 'em, all the numbers guys.

Leonard had struggled to get a proper laugh out during Raptors media day last month. But Miles has confirmed that the former San Antonio Spurs man is capable of busting out the jokes.

"Yes, he has a quiet demeanor. Everybody knows that," he said. "But he speaks in the huddle, he's been vocal during practice, he cracks jokes like every other guy when he's with the team.

"It's hard for people to see that from the outside because when they see him just sitting somewhere, he's minding his business. I think the narrative can be shifted either way, but he's been extremely vocal, you can tell he's ready to compete. His fire is lit. He's trying to win some games."

The former Spurs star scored 24 points in 37 minutes for his new team in a 116-104 win against the Cavs on Wednesday night. And it will be interesting to see how he fares against the Boston Celtics this Friday.

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