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Bucks guard Roko Ukic, playing against his former team for the first time, scored 17 points - which was more than anyone on the Raps with the exception of Chris Bosh.

Little did Vince Carter know that when he sank that three-pointer for Toronto in the first quarter of a victory over Minnesota on Feb.

Roko Ukic had a nice night against his former team. That sound you just heard was a collective sigh of relief from the Milwaukee Bucks.

" at least I now know why his shoulders are so muscular: they have years of having to prop up a flailing career based on broken promise.

The fact the Charlotte Bobcats warranted not just one, but two, of ESPN Sportscentre's plays of the day yesterday in their dismantling of the Raptors sums up just how bad a night it was for Toronto's basketball team on Wednesday.

They won't be commemorating the milestone in this city's Garden on Friday night, but in-tune fans and a certain well-paid man of leisure will surely note its passing.

As a teenager growing up in Los Angeles, Amir Johnson must have felt like he landed on another planet when he set foot in Sioux Falls, S.D., early in his professional Basketball career.

Coming off a disastrous 33-49 campaign, Toronto Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo went to work this past off-season and brought in nine new faces.

Sonny Weems is beginning to assert himself, in part because he has been given an opportunity to start.

If there is a great unknown at Raptors camp this year, it comes in the form of Sonny Weems, the 6-foot-6 guard/forward who came to the Raptors along with Amir Johnson in the Carlos Delfino/Roko Ukic trade with Milwaukee.

OTTAWAa 'At his perch on the top row of the bleachers in Carleton University's gym, Jasmin Repesa accepts visitors and welcomes conversation.

Last season, the Toronto Raptors rarely employed a two-point-guard lineup. Jose Calderon was often injured, Roko Ukic was a poor shooter and Will Solomon was generally unreliable.

One would think on a team that brought back just three players that were at training camp last year, there would be plenty of questions.

It seems whenever you hear that chap Calderon's name it's either preceded or succeeded somewhere in the sentence by 'terrible defender', 'hand-clapping defense' or 'hamstring'. Even the bloke himself agrees that he needs to avoid being penetrated so frequently.

Greece hung on for a 76-74 overtime win against Turkey and Slovenia overcame a 15-point deficit to beat Croatia 67-65 in the European basketball championship quarter-finals on Friday.

Amir Johnson uses his size against the Raptors, but he never made much of an impact during his three years in Detroit.

The Raptors had to sign Delfino before shipping him south of the border. Delfino played in all 82 games last season for Toronto and averaged 9.0 points and 4.4 rebounds.

When Brian Colangelo thinks something isn't working, a lot of people find themselves somewhere else in a big hurry! The Toronto Raptors have been through more personnel changes than a fast food joint since the start of last season.

Unlike last season, when Jay Triano was forced to look down his bench and pick from fringe NBA players like Quincy Douby, Nathan Jawai, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Patrick Oa Bryant, Roko Ukic and Jake Voshul, this coming season hea ll have a lot of options at his disposal.

Amir Johnson is expected to join the Toronto Raptors in a trade that would send Roko Ukic and Carlos Delfino to the Milwaukee Bucks.