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According to Zach Lowe of The Ringer, the Toronto Raptors sniffed around White and offered the No. 9 pick (which they used to select South Carolina forward Colin Murray-Boyles). “There were reports that the Raptors offered the No. 9 pick for Derrick White,” Lowe said on his podcast “The Zach Lowe Show” on June 26. “I’m told that’s true, but that it happened a month and a half … [Read more...] about
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Shams Charania: Free agent Garrett Temple intends to sign a one-year, $3.6 million deal to return to the Toronto Raptors, sources tell ESPN. The Raptors and Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports reached the deal for Temple, who will enter his 16th NBA season. pic.x.com/W87onCqMLX … [Read more...] about Garrett Temple to re-sign with Raptors
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Raptors general manager Bobby Webster and assistant GM Dan Tolzman recently received contract extensions that were not announce until Friday and now assume day-to-day control of basketball operations while MLSE conducts a search for Ujiri’s replacement. We’ll have to see to what lengths MLSE is prepared to go in terms of hiring a successor when the significant annual salaries … [Read more...] about
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Pelley said he and Ujiri had been talking about the executive’s future for the last few months. According to Pelley, Ujiri requested he be able to run the draft if a change was going to ultimately be made, even though the franchise extended the contracts of general manager Bobby Webster, assistant general manager Dan Tolzman and would be looking to hire a new president, a role … [Read more...] about
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According to Kevin O’Connor, the Raptors’ parent company felt Ujiri was overloaded and spread too thin. “They felt like Masai was stretched too thin with Basketball Without Borders, his non-profit Giants of Africa,” O’Connor said. … [Read more...] about