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Sure, a broad question and one that could never be answered. But then we never thought we would be a .500 team this year, did we…

What we’ve done is come up with a knock-out bracket of Raptor players with the intention of crowning one player as the "best". Up to you what that means: best, favourite, cutest, lesser of all evils…whatever. If nothing else, it can keep us from stabbing our eyes out with a pen.

Each bracket will be up for a few days and you can vote using the poll buttons beside this post.

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Jamario Moon has some extra cash to spend this summer.

The Raptors exercised their contract option for next season on Moon, giving him a guaranteed deal worth just over $700,000 (U.S.).

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Hey folks….

Some personal issues have come up and it is going to mean me stepping away for a few days. Nothing major, just some family stuff that needs my full attention and I won’t be near an internet connection.

Hopefully be back in a few days and I’ll do my best to round up what I missed.

Thanks and sorry.

Scott.

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Talking to Bryan last week, he says they’re planning another of those free-agent, pre-draft camps here that yielded them Moon a year ago.

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That means someone has to go. And it’s probably not going to be Calderon, who had a great season and wasn’t hounded by injuries like Ford has been throughout his career.

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Sure, a broad question and one that could never be answered. But then we never thought we would be a .500 team this year, did we…

What we’ve done is come up with a knock-out bracket of Raptor players with the intention of crowning one player as the "best". Up to you what that means: best, favourite, cutest, lesser of all evils…whatever. If nothing else, it can keep us from stabbing our eyes out with a pen.

Each bracket will be up for a few days and you can vote using the poll buttons beside this post.

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If you’re a Raptors fan, you’re hoping the team can parlay the depth at the point position into a serviceable piece, at best a rotation player and at the absolute worst someone who doesn’t just spot up on the perimeter and heave jumpers.

What the Raptors will discover, likely as soon as July 1 when teams are in a position to offer Calderon, a restricted free agent, a contract, is that Ford is an unmoveable part.

Hindsight is a wonderful tool and upon reflection it is so obvious that the Raptors completely mishandled Ford.

For this, the entire organization is at fault.

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One of the AltRaps (and newsgroup) originals added another branch to his Jose Calderon lookalike family yesterday.

It seemed to take as long as a Charles Oakley dribble drive, but Haiden was born unto CyberSteak and his wife CyberSteakess.

(props to Ed)

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Congrats Steven and Sarah. Cassidy and Josh will welcome the new power forward with open arms. We wish all of you the best of health and continued sleepless nights.

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With all the talk of Jose’s blog, one wonders why the Delfino blog is being overlooked.

A rough translation:

- he is now "free" for the first time

- he will now see who really wants him, how much they will pay for him and agree to his demands.

- also allows him to choose where he wants to play, where he will be most comfortable both playing the game and living

- he believes his NBA game has become much stronger

- he thinks he had a good season in Toronto and it was the first time he enjoyed and thrived in the NBA

- the season is long, with many ups and downs

- he expected the team to be better and advance in the playoffs

- this was the first year with extended minutes, plays called for him, and being asked for his input

- feels very comfortable in the city.

- teammates were fantastic and he enjoyed the different nationalities

- Toronto is very cold but also very beautiful

- he played 190 games (argentina, detroit, toronto) with no injuries

- his statistics aren’t great, but they don’t show his feelings

- he has great hopes for his continued growth in the NBA

- he came to Toronto knowing they wanted him, give him more minutes and the ability to grow and he did all of those things.

- he thinks he can grow much more and learning never stops

- for this reason, it is great that he is free to decide where to play and continue learning and growing

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Jose Calderon said on his personal website that he wants to be a starting NBA point guard, which is the same position coveted by T.J. Ford.

Calderon’s posting was his first public declaration that he wants the No.1 job. "I want to be a starter and be in a team that aspires to everything," he wrote. "I will not be on a team in which I cannot be an important contributor."

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