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Raptors guard Anthony Parker had surgery yesterday to repair an injured extensor tendon in the middle finger of his right hand.
The surgery was performed in Toronto by Dr. Brent Graham. Parker must wear a cast for three weeks before he can begin rehabilitation.

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Raptors centre Rasho Nesterovic exercised the player option on his contract for next season yesterday.
The 7-foot, 270-pounder averaged 7.8 points and 4.8 rebounds in 71 games last season, his second with the Raptors.
Nesterovic, who will make $8.4 million US next season, has averaged 7.0 points and 5.5 rebounds in 699 career games with Minnesota, San [...]

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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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. [...]

Players such as Elton Brand, Gilbert Arenas, Baron Davis, Corey Maggette, Shawn Marion, Antawn Jamison, and others, may be available, but then again they may not.
If you’re a Raptors fan and you’re trying to figure out what Bryan Colangelo will do this off-season when he simply has to do something to rejig his roster, consider [...]

In a star-driven league where its marquee players get preferential treatment, the Raptors are hoping Chris Bosh is afforded the same luxuries.
In the most basic of terms, it’s known as getting the calls when an official blows his whistle.

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There were so many other things to fix – things they could actually control – the matter of when the clock started on what turned out to be a disallowed T.J. Ford buzzer-beating basket seemed relatively inconsequential.
There were blown defensive assignments, lost rebounds and the all-too familiar passive offence down the stretch that kept them [...]

Well-respected Raptors assistant general manager Maurizio Gherardini has been linked to the vacant GM post in Milwaukee.
Gherardini has also been influential in the Raptors signing Anthony Parker, who played in Israel, Spaniard Jorge Garbajosa and the trade for Slovenian Rasho Nesterovic from San Antonio.
- Toronto Sun
For what it’s worth, the Raptors are expected to file [...]

Part of the fun of combing the web every morning looking for Raptors related material for our Linkage posts is coming across differing opinions of the club, in all its aspects. Colangelo has gone from Golden Boy to Question Mark in some circles. Sam Mitchell has gone from a person who got the best out [...]

Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo recently cut short a scouting trip in Europe to return to Toronto, and not because he enjoys battling rush hour traffic during snowstorms.
Colangelo is deeply concerned about the way the Raptors are playing and didn’t feel comfortable being away while his team struggled.

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