Linkage – July 3
Okay, let’s get to this whole mid-level exception obsession that’s running rampant and throw cold water on any of the Corey Maggette, Mickeal Pietrus, Ron Artest, James Posey, I don’t know who else stuff that’s out there.
Every team that’s over the salary cap, as the Raptors are, can make use of the mid-level exception every [...]
Linkage – July 2
According to sources, 2005 second-round pick Roko Ukic, a 24-year-old, 6-foot-5 Croatian who can play either guard spot, will come over from Rome to back up Calderon, while the team will also add hard-nosed swingman Hassan Adams, to back up Anthony Parker and Jamario Moon.
Adams, a 6-foot-4, late second-round selection by the New Jersey Nets [...]
Linkage – July 1
Early this morning, through my agents, I reached a preliminary agreement with the Toronto Raptors. I want to thank Bryan Colangelo, Maurizio Gherardini, Sam Mitchell and all of the Raptors family for the confidence that they have placed in me. I am sure that together we are going to achieve big things in the future.
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Linkage – June 30
Not too many people over here have ever seen Nathan Jawai in person, let alone seen him play basketball.
So we turn to someone who’s actually been on the same court as the Aussie Shaq to offer this assessment:
“He’s a beast, man. He’s a monster.”
That comes for Canadian national team veteran David Thomas, who’s played about [...]
Linkage – June 29
The Heat doesn’t need someone taking shots away from Wade; it needs someone to make those shots easier to create.
Enter Bosh, the lithe-but-crafty Olympic power forward who happens to have the same agent as Wade.
That’s what makes last week’s other noteworthy trade of a veteran so significant.
In rolling the dice on Jermaine O’Neal, the Raptors [...]
Linkage – June 28
In the wake of a rather uneventful NBA draft day 2008 for your Raptors, we take a closer look at the only addition the day brought to the team.
Down Under they call him Baby Shaq or Aussie Shaq but make no mistake, outside of his size and perhaps slight resemblance to the Phoenix Suns centre, [...]
Linkage – June 26
Respected NBA writer Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports let the cat out of the bag late yesterday afternoon, reporting the deal had been completed in principle. Pending physicals, it will send Ford, centre Rasho Nesterovic, the Raptors’ pick in tonight’s draft (17th overall) and another warm body to Indiana (to make the financials work) in [...]
Linkage – June 25
Yesterday, chatter out of Greece suggested club team Olympiakos was prepared to offer Raptors starter and Euroleague legend Anthony Parker a lucrative deal believed to be worth $21 million US over three years to leave. Parker is under contract with the Raptors for another year at $4.5 million.
Now comes word that Carlos Delfino, who averaged [...]
Linkage – June 24
Even members of that Raptors front office admit to being somewhat dazzled by all the bodies that have passed through the Air Canada Centre in the past few weeks of draft prep.
GM Bryan Colangelo, the man who will have the final say, is not talking these days and is not expected to break his silence [...]
Linkage – June 22
Robin Lopez, who averaged 10 points and five rebounds last season, embraces his role as a defensive stopper. He had 156 blocks in two seasons at Stanford, giving him the school’s second-best career total. The center pulled down double-digit rebounds in four games.
He is projected to go mid to late first round, and has worked [...]
