Toronto Raptors

Raptors' Nesterovic Exercises Option

Channel 7 News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Toronto Raptors center Rasho Nesterovic has exercised his player option for the 2008-09 season... the team announced Friday.

Rasho back with Raptors

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008

Rasho Nesterovic has exercised his player option for next season, bringing him back to the Toronto Raptors' lineup.

Raptors' Nesterovic exercises option

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008

Toronto Raptors center Rasho Nesterovic has exercised his player option for the 2008-09 season, the team announced Friday.

Jerome Williams, Toronto Raptors: In true Junk Yard Dog style,...

Straight Cash Homey Dot Net (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008

Jerome Williams, Toronto Raptors: In true Junk Yard Dog style, this guy didn't order any food. He just ate everyone else’s scraps. (Found by Blake in Orlando.)

Raptors pick up contract option on Moon

atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008

The Toronto Raptors picked up the option on rookie forward Jamario Moon's contract for next season Wednesday.

Fly me to the Moon! Raptors exercise option on rookie

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008

The Toronto Raptors exercised the team option on forward Jamario Moon for the 2008-09 season. Per club policy, terms of the pact were not disclosed.

NGR - Nigeria basketball must learn from past mistakes - Masai Ujiri, Raptors scout

FIBA (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

TORONTO (Nigeria basketball) - Masai Ujiri, a former Nigeria international, and the Director of Global Scouting of the Toronto Raptors, continues to grow in the NBA circles. His unique eye for talent, strong work ethic and ability to mix with people, is taking him to places in the basketball world. Obafemi Obadare sought Ujiri's views on the state of the ...

2007-08 Player Review: Jared Dudley

Bobcat Bonfire (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008

Image details: Toronto Raptors v Charlotte Bobcats served by picapp.com g mpg ppg fg% ftp% 3p% rpg apg spg bpg PER 73 19.9 5.8 .468 .737 .220 3.9 1.1 .75 .14 13.63 Jared Dudley was selected in the first round of last year’s draft after being….yes, once more, we have to say it…the ACC Player of the year at Boston College. But no one expected Dudley to be a star. He isn't much of a leaper,...

Get Out the Salami and Cheese, Chuck Swirsky Leaves Toronto

Toronto Mike's Blog (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008

I didn't see this one coming. Chuck Swirsky is leaving his role as play-by-play announcer for the Toronto Raptors for a similar role with the Chicago Bulls. For ten years he was the voice of Raptors basketball but he's leaving us for "family reasons". Love him or hate him, you noticed him. Swirsky was full of enthusiasm, cut from that Dick Vitale mold with the catch phrases and...

• Raptors announcer Swirsky leaving for Bulls - atHome Top Story

Playoffs? We’re Talking About Playoffs?

360thePitch: Hoops Addict (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008

After an eight-month hiatus the Hoops Addict Podcast has finally returned. Due to time restraints as a result of my career and having been asked to cover the Toronto Raptors for HOOPSWORLD this season, I was unable to keep the podcast going during the regular season. But now, with the slower summer months approaching and [...]

Pistons' Billups says busy schedule to their advantage

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008

Pistons point guard Chauncey Billups said Saturday that the Orlando Magic gained nothing by having extra days to prepare after they won their first-round series quickly against the Toronto Raptors.

Look at the Losers: Toronto Raptors

The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008

Filed under: Raptors , Eastern , NBA Playoffs , Toronto A look at the losers as they get bounced from the playoffs. After winning 47 games in 2006-07, the Raptors regressed to an even .500 record this year, in part because of injuries to Jorge Garbajosa , Chris Bosh and T.J. Ford . That said, no matter how well they played, there was no catching the Boston Celtics, who won the...

If Pistons win, Orlando Magic will play Saturday

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008

Finishing off the Toronto Raptors as quickly as they did might just give the Orlando Magic an advantage -- better preparation time -- in their second round NBA playoff series.

Raptors' Garbajosa won't play for Beijing Games

ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors said they would not free Spain's Jorge Garbajosa for the Olympics, with the NBA club and the Spanish federation still locked in a legal dispute over an earlier injury to the forward.

Raptors will not free Garbajosa for Beijing Games

Reuters (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Raptors said they would not free Spain's Jorge Garbajosa for the Olympics, with the NBA club and the Spanish federation still locked in a legal dispute over an earlier injury to the forward.