Toronto Raptors

[ManWhore]

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raptors can currently offer multiyear deal starting at about $4.3M which i think denver would match instantly. the fact is that raptors can't give "realistic" offer sheet to chandler unless they first make separate deal to shed salary. if that deal is not gonna happen, then bye2x to chandler hopes in raps jersey.

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raptors can currently offer multiyear deal starting at about $4.3M which i think denver would match instantly. the fact is that raptors can't give "realistic" offer sheet to chandler unless they first make separate deal to shed salary. if that deal is not gonna happen, then bye2x to chandler hopes in raps jersey.

That's one of the options for the Raptors by offering a multi-year deal . There are other options as well (at least that I could think of) ... He would be a bit of an upgrade over the Raps players on the wings . I'd love to have him here but at the right price of course ... Kleiza is still struggling with injuries , JJ is still developing and both are showing a promising talent this season . For sure we'll get a lottery pick and might get an SF like MKG or Barnes . Whatever happens , Colangelo is certainly working on this ... he's the best GM in the league in terms of performing sneaky trades .

Whether Wilson Chandler will be a Raptor or not , he looks great wearing a Raptors shirt ...

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Jonas Valanciunas posts 17 pts, 7 rebs as Lietuvos Rytas advances to the quarters in EuroCup action with a W over Benetton .

On a sidenote ...

A pair of half-Latvian, half-Lithuanian 40-year-old hoops crazy twins, who have been living in Latvia for their whole lives, chose a rather interesting way to show pride in their Lithuanian roots.

Brothers Nauris and Normunds asked Jonas Valanciunas, the 19-year-old rising star from Lithuania, to put his signature on their shoulders and later on went on to make a tattoo out of it and the player kindly agreed.

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Introducing Jay Satur breaking down the lottery for the Raptors ...



Raps have 70.4% getting the 8th pick and and 12.3% getting one of the top 3 pick . Don't let the percentage fool you , over the years there are teams had a low chance of getting a top 3 pick actually got it .

In 1993 , the Orlando Magic were slotted for the 11th pick but much to everyone's disbelief , actually got the 1st overall pick with 1.5 % at winning the pick . They picked Chris Webber and traded him to the GS Warriors . Also in 2008 , the Chicago Bulls we slotted for the 9th pick but they end up getting the 1st overall pick with a 1.7% winning the pick which they used for picking Derrick Rose .

SOURCE: https://www.istorya.net/forums/basket...ml#post9858922

LET'S GO RAPTORS !

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JV update ..

Jonas Valanciunas has started negotiations on the release agreement with his team in Lithuania, sources said, an important step in the 2011 lottery pick finally being able to join the Raptors.

While it has been expected all along that Valanciunas would be in the NBA in 2012-13 after a final season in his native country, news of talks with Lietuvos Rytas are a comforting development for Toronto fans who missed having their center of the future in 2011-12.

The release agreement is part of the process before Valanciunas can pay the $2.4-million buyout to the team in Lithuania and sign in Toronto. The Raptors are allowed to pay $550,000 of that.

There is no timetable for Valanciunas to join the Raptors and end the uncertainty that started last June, when NBA teams became concerned about the absence of a buyout in his contract, creating the possibility he would have to play in Europe for multiple seasons. That never happened. Toronto took him fifth overall in an investment for the future and quickly, and thankfully, saw Valanciunas sign a new deal in Lithuania that allowed him to get out of the deal in the 2012 offseason.

One non-Toronto executive called Valanciunas “a future franchise center” before the 2011 draft. While not every team shared the belief that he would be a star, there was a strong belief the 7-foot, 240-pounder would have a long and successful NBA career and that the Raptors made a sound choice despite the wait.

SOURCE: Valanciunas Closer to Joining Raptors « NBA.com | Hang Time Blog

[amamangloy]

a Valanciunas-Bargnani twin tower tandem will work wonders.... if makuha nila si Kendall Marshall, ayos kaayo!

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a Valanciunas-Bargnani twin tower tandem will work wonders.... if makuha nila si Kendall Marshall, ayos kaayo!

I hope it'll work out . I'm excited for next season !

[King LeBron]

no. 8? not good.. kay dili superstars ang 8th picks for the past 10 years..

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The Raptors starts their pre-draft workouts today . It seems today they primarily doing an intensive scouting for their selected players on PG position -- Kendall Marshall and Damian Lillard .

Tuesday , June 12th

AM Session ...
Kendall Marshall, Devoe Joseph, Terrence Ross, Hollis Thompson, Henry Sims, Kyle O’Quinn

PM Session ...
Damian Lillard

Here's Marshall and Lillard's fan-made highlight reels :

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Here's the Raptors Draft War Room at the ACC .