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Dwane Casey Named Eastern Conference Coach of the Month

Details: Category: Basketball; Created on Friday, 03 January 2014 02:17; Written by Roven Yau

The Toronto Raptors announced Thursday that head coach Dwane Casey has been named NBA Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for December. This is the first time Casey has won the honour. He joins Lenny Wilkens (April 2002) and Sam Mitchell (January 2007) as the only Raptors coaches to be named Coach

Toronto Raptors Exercise Team Options on Jonas Valanciunas and Terrence Ross

Details: Category: Basketball; Created on Friday, 25 October 2013 03:29; Written by Philip Summers

The Toronto Raptors announced Thursday they have exercised the third-year team options on the Rookie Scale Contracts of centre Jonas Valanciunas and guard Terrence Ross. The contracts for Valanciunas and Ross are now guaranteed through the 2014-15 season. In accordance with the league’s Collective

Toronto Raptors Sign Free-Agent Forward Austin Daye

Details: Category: Basketball; Created on Friday, 02 August 2013 15:28; Written by Philip Summers

The Toronto Raptors announced Thursday they have signed free-agent forward Austin Daye. Per team policy, financial details were not disclosed.

Daye, 6-foot-11, 200 pounds, has appeared in 237 regular-season games (24 starts) with Detroit and Memphis averaging 5.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 15.4

Toronto Raptors Sign Free-Agent Guard D.J. Augustin

Details: Category: Basketball; Created on Tuesday, 23 July 2013 05:08; Written by Roven Yau

The Toronto Raptors announced Monday they have signed free-agent point guard D.J. Augustin (aug-us-TEEN). Per team policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“Adding a young, experienced point guard to our roster was one of our objectives going into this off-season,” said Raptors

Derozan Selected for 2013 USA Basketball Mini-Camp

Details: Category: Basketball; Created on Wednesday, 12 June 2013 15:57; Written by Roven Yau

USA Basketball announced Wednesday that Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan has been selected to participate in the Men’s National Team mini-camp this summer. The camp will be held July 22-25 in Las Vegas and includes a total of 27 players.

DeRozan completed his fourth season the NBA and set career

Toronto Raptors Name Masai Ujiri General Manager

Details: Category: Basketball; Created on Saturday, 01 June 2013 05:57; Written by Jim LaBumbard

Becomes fifth GM in team history

The Toronto Raptors announced Friday that the club has signed Masai Ujiri as its General Manager. Ujiri, 42, was recently named the NBA’s Executive of the Year in his capacity as Executive Vice-President of Basketball Operations for the Denver Nuggets. He replaces

Toronto Raptors Announce Changes

Details: Category: Basketball; Created on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 14:06; Written by Jim LaBumbard

Colangelo remains with team as President

Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment President and CEO Tim Leiweke announced Tuesday that he has revamped the senior leadership of the Toronto Raptors in preparation for next season. Bryan Colangelo has had his contract extended as the team’s President and