Toronto Raptors Rumors & News

CSN New England "The coaching carousel is in motion around the NBA, and one member of the Boston Celtics staff is being mentioned in talks of a vacant job north of the border. Celtics assistant coach and former NBA guard Tyronn Lue is reportedly on the Toronto Raptors radar, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of..." May 25

Toronto Star "I’ve been telling people for an awful long time that in the eons I’ve been around this basketball team that it’s almost always been a better story than a team. And here we go again. We all knew what was going to happen yesterday, the story had been out and reported for about 24 hours but, still,..." May 25

TSN.ca "The Denver Nuggets have granted the Toronto Raptors permission to speak to the team's general manager Masai Ujiri, according to a Yahoo! Sports report. A meeting between Raptors senior management and the NBA's Executive of the Year is expected within the next 24 hours, according to Yahoo!..." May 24

CBSSports.com "The Toronto Raptors have asked permission to interview Pacers general manager Kevin Pritchard to head up their basketball operations, league sources told CBSSports.com on Friday. As with similar requests from teams to speak with assistant coach Brian Shaw for head coaching vacancies, the Pacers..." May 24

Toronto Star "We all heard from Tim Leiweke the other day about the possibility of “re-branding” the basketball part of the Maple Leaf Sport and Entertainment empire. Everything from colour scheme to uniform design to, presumably, the name (although that was not specifically mentioned) seems to be on the..." May 23

SI.com "Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski will be returning as the head coach of USA Basketball for the 2016 Olympics, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation. A formal announcement is expected in the next 48 hours. Krzyzewski led Team USA to gold medals in both the 2008 Beijing Olympics..." May 23

Toronto Sun "Bryan Colangelo is now officially off the clock as Toronto’s chief basketball decision-maker. But he’ll be sticking around – at least for the time being. Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment president and CEO Tim Leiweke made it official on Tuesday morning that Colangelo, the long-time..." May 21

Toronto Star "Tim Leiweke minces no words about the delineation of responsibility in a new Raptors front office. “It will be my GM and I’ve got his back,” the chief executive officer of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment said Tuesday morning. In an announcement to be made official later Tuesday, former team..." May 21

Toronto Star "All signals point to Bryan Colangelo staying with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment but in a role away from basketball. According to multiple sources, Colangelo will assume a senior management position within the conglomerate and the search for a new president and general manager for the..." May 20

Toronto Sun "It appears Bryan Colangelo’s time in Toronto is running out. Sources confirmed a deadline has been set for Monday for Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment to determine whether Colangelo will get his third-year option picked up. That seems a highly unlikely outcome. New MLSE president/chief..." May 19

Yahoo! Sports "Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment is pursuing Denver Nuggets general manager Masai Ujiri to take over as the top basketball executive of the Toronto Raptors, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Masai, the 2013 NBA Executive of the Year, has emerged as the top choice of the search firm –..." May 18

Toronto Star "The deadline to determine the future of Raptors president and general manager Bryan Colangelo is quickly arriving. According to NBA sources, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment — and new chief executive officer Tim Leiweke — has to decide by Monday on whether to pick up Colangelo’s option year..." May 17

National Post "It has been nearly four weeks since the NBA season ended, and over two weeks since the fate of Bryan Colangelo was placed in the hands of Tim Leiweke, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment’s new superstar CEO. It appears to finally be on the verge of a conclusion. Leiweke confirms a decision is..." May 13

CBSSports.com "Sportsnet.ca reports that the chances of Phil Jackson taking over as president of basketball operations for the Raptors are "remote:" One name that can be crossed off any lists, sources say, is Phil Jackson. The 11-time NBA champion head coach won six titles working with Leiweke in Los..." May 13

Toronto Star "In the “what if” and “no one knows for sure” world of the Raptors these days, there are things that still must be handled. With none of Dwane Casey’s assistant coaches guaranteed employment beyond June 1, the organization has decided to at least probe the possibility of replacements, even if..." May 12

Toronto Star "So, is this week we get some resolution? No one’s talking on the record — or even off it an awful lot, for that matter — but there are rumblings that there might be some chatter at the top levels of Maple Leaf Sports this week in the regular course of business that could lead to some kind of..." May 06

ESPN.com "The Toronto Raptors, emboldened by the news that the Sacramento Kings apparently won't be moving to Seattle, have ramped up their pursuit of Phil Jackson to be their new team president, according to sources close to the situation. Sources told ESPN.com that the Raptors -- now being run by..." April 30

SportingNews.com "The Toronto Raptors are considering pursuing Phil Jackson to run their organization, ESPNLosAngeles.com reported Friday. One factor in the Raptors' favor is the hiring Friday of Tim Leiweke to be president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, which owns the Raptors. Leiweke will take..." April 27

CBSSports.com "The founder and managing director of the National Basketball Players Association's former financial firm has been charged with attempting to defraud the union of $3 million by forging the signature of a dead man, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Joseph Lombardo, 72, the founder and director..." April 26

The Globe and Mail "Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment has a new boss. The sports and entertainment conglomerate announced Friday that Tim Leiweke has been appointed the company’s new president and chief executive officer, effective June 30. "Tim Leiweke is one of the top sports executives in the world, renowned..." April 26

Toronto Sun "The off-season continues in the NBA, a season of change that ushers in a new face or a former face that gets shown the door. The reasons vary, the factors behind each move as complicated as any defensive scheme designed to get the ball out of LeBron James’ hands. Not all moves are popular,..." April 24

Toronto Sun "Raptors ownership is poised to bring back Bryan Colangelo and Dwane Casey for another season. They will be making a mistake, particularly where Colangelo is concerned. Colangelo’s refusal to recognize the obvious with Andrea Bargnani — that the “enigma of enigmas” could never be relied on as..." April 23

SportingNews.com "For some time now, Toronto Raptors forward Rudy Gay has been a borderline All-Star player. Although his talent cannot be denied, Gay’s worth has proved to be a divisive topic. Most of that discussion centers on Gay’s shooting. Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo provided some explanation..." April 23

Toronto Star "It is the habit in these dreary season-ending post-mortems to begin with a gauzy retrospective through the “highlights” of the year. Generally speaking, there were no failures. Only “learning opportunities” and “growing pains” and “proof of God, but not in a good way.” About 30 seconds in, you..." April 23

Toronto Sun "It's all over but the crying, and there was a lot to get teary about in 2012-13 in Raptorland. The awful start surely bummed out much of the fan base and actual tears were shed in the locker room when Jose Calderon and Ed Davis learned they were headed elsewhere prior to the all-star..." April 22

The Globe and Mail "Bryan Colangelo left no doubt about one thing; Dwane Casey will return as the coach of the Toronto Raptors if he has anything to do with it. The president and general manager of the National Basketball Association team said Monday morning that any talk of a divide between himself and his coach..." April 22

Toronto Star "In almost equal parts defiant and confident, Bryan Colangelo is unequivocal about the next step for the Raptors: The playoffs. “I will take that squarely on my shoulders and say that is the new expectation going into next year,” Colangelo said Monday morning, wrapping up the fifth-straight..." April 22

Toronto Sun "Bryan Colangelo categorically denies he made any attempt to fire coach Dwane Casey during the NBA season. In a text message response to columnist Steve Simmons, who reported in Wednesday’s Toronto Sun that Colangelo had tried to oust Casey during the season, the Raptors general manager wrote:..." April 18

Toronto Star "A flurry of success to end a disappointing season will not erase the sour taste around the Raptors. But it’s making the last few days not too bad. The Raptors crushed the coasting Boston Celtics 114-90 at the Air Canada Centre on Wednesday night, bringing the curtain down on a 34-48 regular..." April 18

Toronto Sun "As another Toronto Raptors season crawls to its conclusion, a franchise teetering on irrelevance has a series of enormous decisions to make. There may not be any one right answer for Tom Anselmi and the board of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, but there is almost certainly a wrong..." April 17

Yahoo! Sports "Brazilian 7-footer Lucas Nogueira, a serious candidate to be a first-round draft pick, has decided to enter the NBA draft, sources told Yahoo! Sports. Nogueira, 20, possesses a 7-foot-6 wingspan and has been an intriguing prospect to NBA executives for several years. The center initially..." April 17

Toronto Sun "In the NFL, it’s known as Black Monday, a day when coaches get canned, whether it was warranted or not, the day immediately following the conclusion of the regular season when changes are initiated. In the NBA, there’s no description to describe the day after the end, but the repercussions are..." April 17

Toronto Star "It was about 90 minutes before the second-last game of the NBA season was to unfold and Dwane Casey was trying to explain to an assembled group what had gone right with his Raptors in the last little while. After all, they had beaten Chicago twice and Brooklyn once — both playoff-bound teams —..." April 17

Toronto Star "A look at the current Raptors roster, what happened this year and what has to happen as the summer approaches (all statistics through 80 games) KYLE LOWRY 2012-13 numbers: 66 games, 50 starts, 11.6 ppg, 6.3 apg, 4.8 rpg, 29.9 mpg The year that was: Lowry called it a disappointment and it’s hard..." April 16

Toronto Sun "After a very tough night battling the likes of Carlos Boozer and, to a lesser extent, Nazr Mohammed, Jonas Valanciunas’ night ended on a stretcher. But it wasn’t the pounding he took from the Bulls big men that took him out. Rather it was an innocent-looking moment at the end of the game as..." April 10

Toronto Star "To say it’s been a tumultuous first year in Toronto for Kyle Lowry would be one of the great understatements of the season. He has lurched from starter to backup to starter, working for another new coach with teammates that changed frequently over the course of the season and it’s no surprise..." April 10

Toronto Star "Boy, some of you got pretty riled up with the Babcock/Hammond thing yesterday, didn’t you? Was just a thought/comment that seemed timely since I saw John for the first time in a while the other night. But since you liked that . . . What, pray tell, have been the four mostly ownership/management..." April 09

Chicago Tribune "Once again, the Chicago Bulls will be extremely shorthanded Tuesday night, sitting Derrick Rose, Richard Hamilton, Joakim Noah, Luol Deng and Taj Gibson for a home game against the Toronto Raptors. Of the nicked-up players, only Marco Belinelli will play, and he could start while remaining on a..." April 09

Toronto Star "Was a time to play “what if” the other night with an old friend It’s after the game in Milwaukee on Saturday night and I’m waking down the hall to the Raptors locker room to see what’s up and I ran into an old friend I hadn’t seen in too long. John Hammond. And the first thing that came to mind..." April 08

Fox Sports Wisconsin "The Milwaukee Bucks wanted to lock up their playoff spot quickly, and Monta Ellis made sure they did. Ellis had 22 points, nine assists and six steals, and the Bucks clinched their first playoff berth in three seasons with a 100-83 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night. "It..." April 07

NBA.com "The Toronto Raptors' Jonas Valanciunas and the Portland Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard today were named the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month, respectively, for games played in March. Valanciunas ranked first among Eastern Conference rookies in rebounds (7.3 rpg),..." April 06

Toronto Star "As the curtain starts to fall on another lost Raptors season, with the playoffs someone else’s problem and the future in Toronto as cloudy as it’s been in half a decade, the annual exercise is upon the team’s head coach. It is a delicate balancing act Dwane Casey must carry out, with one eye on..." April 04

Michigan Live "In the grand scheme of things, the Detroit Pistons have been downright awful for the past month. But in the short term? Well, they've won two of their last three road games after posting a 108-98 victory over the Toronto Raptors Monday night at Air Canada Centre. Of course, this is still..." April 01