The AltRaps Blog

A Diaw trade possibility involved Toronto, where talk centered on Diaw leaving for point guard T.J. Ford and the Raptors’ No. 17 pick in Thursday’s draft. Talks cooled but might reignite with Porter aboard. In Porter’s first season as Milwaukee’s head coach, Ford helped the Bucks to a 41-41 playoff season. When Ford missed the [...]

I am sure there are many players coming out of college that hope they don’t get chosen by the Raptors just because of going to a new country and everything that comes of it.
Living in Canada I find it hard to understand but at the same time if I got a call tomorrow to go [...]

The Raptors will not have a chance to work out draft prospect Darrell Arthur today.
The Kansas power forward, citing a hamstring injury, has pulled out of a scheduled workout at the Air Canada Centre this morning.
Arthur was the only one of six players who will be in town to work out who had a legitimate [...]

Jorge Garbajosa may have played his last game for the Raptors.
According to Spanish media reports, the Raptors are trying negotiate a buyout of the final year of Garbajosa’s contract, worth $4.35 million US.
Earlier this week, Spanish national team coach Aito Garcia Reneses included Garbajosa in his pool of players for the 2008 Beijing Olympic team.
Colangelo [...]

The Raptors may be a good fit for Robin Lopez as many of the Raptors bigger guys have a more perimeter oriented focus. Lopez could be that guy who gets the tough rebounds and make penetrators think twice about coming down the lane. People like Chris Bosh, T.J. Ford and Jason Kapano have been great [...]

Although most teams in the league are going to try to low-ball Toronto on their offers for Ford, their obvious need for a more high profile swingman may lead to a deal Ford. Word on the street is that the Knicks are looking to offer up shooting guard Jamal Crawford and possibly one of their [...]

Robin Lopez has long lived in the shadow of his highly touted twin brother and Stanford teammate Brook, but it appears the young seven-footer is ready to make an impression of his own.
Lopez stood out yesterday as the Raptors, holders of the 17th pick at the June 26th NBA draft, held their second day [...]

The market for T.J. Ford is heating up.
Though neither Toronto president/general manager Bryan Colangelo or anybody else would go into details about the subject yesterday after six prospects were put through the paces ahead of the upcoming NBA draft, it was clear that the club has received genuine interest from a handful of teams [...]

You know what the biggest trouble with the Raptors picking No. 17 in the draft is?
In large part, they will have their decision on who to pick made for them.
With so many players of varied size and skill projected in the 10-20 range in the draft, it’s going to come down to who’s left as [...]

The thinking is that Riley is concerned about drafting someone as apparently immature as Beasley.
There is a terrific Washington Post story from a year ago making the rounds. It details Beasley’s journey to six high schools in five states and quotes him saying he was "just killing time" in high school. Basketball factory Oak [...]