Jerryd Bayless News

We have a pick coming up this year in the 1-10 range, likely 8ish. How much confidence do folks have in Colangelo come draft night? More>> Using data provided by NBA.com on advanced statistics, RR member "torch19" has managed to make careful observations on the effectiveness of several line-ups the Toronto Raptors showcased this past season .

Six day away from the annual ritual that is the lottery. Don't let the Raptors 2.8% chance of winning the lottery get you down, think of it this way: the Raptors have a 10% chance of getting a top three pick! That's because 2.8 + 3.3 + 3.9 = 10.

As of yesterday, the NBA draft lottery was exactly a week away. Guest columnist Jeyan Jeganathan is hoping for a top three pick so that the Raptors can secure their shooting guard of the future, Bradley Beal.

We have a pick coming up this year in the 1-10 range, likely 8ish. How much confidence do folks have in Colangelo come draft night? More>> Using data provided by NBA.com on advanced statistics, RR member "torch19" has managed to make careful observations on the effectiveness of several line-ups the Toronto Raptors showcased this past season .

By now, you've probably heard the rumor about the Toronto Raptors having an interest in pursuing New York's Jeremy Lin this summer.

There's a long list of free agents who are coming on the market prior to the '12-'13 NBA season.A Whether any of them might be useful Raptors is a question we're going to address.

"He's really good at getting to the line." It's spoken as a great compliment to a player and it makes sense.

Earlier this evening we noted the expectations that were likely on DeMar DeRozan as he entered his third NBA off-season. When he was drafted, names like " Vince Carter " and " Kobe Bryant " were bandied about, but so far, he's looked much more like Josh Childress or Antoine Wright early in their careers; their are moments of brilliance and ... (more)

The Toronto Raptors regular season is done and over with, thus leaving fans with yet another offseason of theories of what could have been.

Using data provided by NBA.com on advanced statistics, RR member "torch19" has managed to make careful observations on the effectiveness of several line-ups the Toronto Raptors showcased this past season .

If the Toronto Raptors decide to renounce their rights to Jerryd Bayless in the next few weeks, they'll have just a lone Point Guard under contract in Jose Calderon.

Toronto sports fans may be a long suffering group, but it seems that hope continues to spring eternal in the Big Smoke.

Whatever good work Tony Parker had done for the French, Alexis AjinA a ruined it.

I wonder how linked Bayless, DeRozan, and Calderon's fates with the club are. While we have little in the way of alternatives, we risk walking into next summer with - Jose Calderon entering FA - Jerryd Bayless entering FA - Demar DeRozan entering restricted FA - James Johnson entering restricted FA - Gary Forbes entering FA That's most of the wings ... (more)

Toronto made progress this year. Their defense was ranked in the top half of the league, Andrea Bargnani played All-Star level basketball when he was healthy and the Raptors winning percentage was 30 percent higher than the 2010-11 season.

The Toronto Raptors ended their disappointing 2011-2012 season Thursday night on a high note beating the New Jersey Nets 98-67. And with his first season in Toronto in the books, head coach Dwane Casey says despite the ups and downs the team experienced, he still had a good time.

Bayless is a restricted free agent who can either be signed to a long-term contract extension, signed to a $4.16 million U.S. qualifying offer which would make him unrestricted next season, moved in a sign-and-trade or lost to an offer sheet the Raptors decline to match.