The Toronto Raptors traded a first-round draft pick for Chicago Bulls forward James Johnson.
Johnson is already 26-years old and has been a disappointment in his first couple of years in the league.
There were high hopes for Johnson when he was selected in the middle of the first round, but he hasn’t lived up to them.
The Raptors are hopeful that a change of scenery might help him blossom and are taking a chance on this one. ( Read More…)
By Bud L. Ellis
The losses keep piling up like wintertime snow for the Toronto Raptors.
With the NBA All-Star break just three weeks away, it’s easy to say nobody outside of Cleveland is looking forward to the break more than the Raptors. Toronto lost its eighth game in a row on Wednesday, falling at home to Philadelphia 107-94. ( Read More…)
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The Toronto Raptors have completed a buyout of shooting guard Peja Stojakovic, making him a free agent.
He has been bothered by a sore knee for much of the season and has not seen much playing time.
He has missed the past 22 games, playing in just two since coming over to Toronto as a part of a trade.
The Raptors save some money by completing the buyout and open up another roster spot for a young player. ( Read More…)
Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh disagrees with Toronto Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo that he quit on his team.
Bosh said he plays the game as hard as he possibly can every time he takes the court and has a lot of pride in his work.
The forward also cleared up some controversial comments that made some think he didn’t like the city of Toronto.
Colangelo was clearly bitter that Bosh decided to leave Toronto to play with Dwayne Wade and LeBron James in Miami. ( Read More…)
The Toronto Raptors have signed forward Linus Kleiza to a multi-year contract. Terms have not been released.
Kleiza spent last season playing overseas after being a member of the Denver Nuggets the previous four years.
Kleiza didn’t get the type of contract offer he wanted from the Nuggets, so he went with the much larger deal over in Europe.
The Nuggets had the right to match the Raptors’ offer sheet for Kleiza but declined to do so. ( Read More…)
The Toronto Raptors are now willing to do a sign-and-trade of forward Chris Bosh with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
There’s only one problem: Bosh made it clear that he really doesn’t want to play in Cleveland.
Despite the potential presence of LeBron James, Cleveland was not on his list of sign-and-trade cities. ( Read More…)
Hedo Turkoglu started his NBA career with the Sacramento Kings. Ten years later, the former first-round draft pick is eyeing a return to northern California.
The disgruntled Raptors forward has already soured on Toronto, and the feeling appears mutual. He has publicly stated that he’d like to be traded, and the franchise seems inclined to do so if it can shed the four years left on his $53 million contract, which he signed just last season.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers are looking to trade Mo Williams and the Toronto Raptors are more than willing to listen.
A possible trade between the two teams could mean a swap of point guards in Williams and Jose Calderon.
The Raptors finally handed over the starting job to Calderon and traded away T.J. Ford, but it hasn’t worked out as well as hoped.
Williams played well with the Cavaliers from time to time but was inconsistent, especially in the playoffs.
The Cavaliers are busy overhauling their roster to try and retain LeBron James and build a championship team around him.
Toronto Raptors star forward Chris Bosh suffered a fracture of his face and could miss the team’s stretch run.
Bosh injured his face in a collision with Antawn Jamison in the team’s loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
He was then taken from the floor and rushed to the hospital to undergo tests and further examination.
The Raptors are barely holding on to the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, so the injury couldn’t come at a worse time.
Someone is going to have to step up big time in Bosh’s absence, however long that may end up being.
Chris Bosh was held to his lowest point total since November 2007 on Wednesday night, as the Atlanta Hawks turned a game against the Raptors into a laugher with a 146-115 victory.
Bosh scored a season-low two points in 16 minutes of play, spending a good bit of the first half on the bench in foul trouble, and nearly all the second half on the bench with the game completely out of reach for the Raptors.
The loss was Toronto’s fifth straight.
The Hawks, who had been going through their own struggles lately with losses to Atlanta and Detroit, brought their explosive offense back with one fell swoop, abusing Toronto’s defense all night. The Raptors rank next-to-last defensively in the NBA, allowing 109.1 points per game.
“We didn’t magically appear last on the charts defensively,” Bosh said, adding the team’s “defensive effort hasn’t been there for a while. … I mean, tonight was just a total embarrassment.”
“We’ve got to care about it. That’s what it comes down to. Have some pride. Without that pride teams just score at will, like they did tonight.”
Toronto coach Jay Triano had a different take on the game.
“We were simply outclassed,” said Triano. “They just destroyed us.”
