sports.espn.go.com - 7/1/2008
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Apparently the Raps have reached preliminary agreements with Jose Calderon, Croatian-import Roko Ukic, and former Net Hassan Adams. They'll form the point guard trio and are all expected to be announced July 9.
Analyzing the Raptors Roster
blog.rogersbroadcasting.com 7/2/2008 — Wednesday July 2 2008 - 6:45am Eastern
Word is that the Raptors are set to announce the signing of SG Hassan Adams. And as I’ve talked about in this blog before, Roko Ukic appears poised to join the Raps as well.
Once those deals are ...
The Hassan Adams story, and other tales
thestar.blogs.com 7/2/2008 — A couple of days of no Canada games and likely no Raptor news? What’s a guy to do? Guess that calf-high grass in the backyard will get some attention.
But that doesn’t mean there aren’t items, ‘cause we’ve got items.
You know who was ...
Linkage – July 2 —
The AltRaps Blog
According to sources, 2005 second-round pick Roko Ukic, a 24-year-old, 6-foot-5 Croatian who can play either guard spot, will come over from Rome to back up Calderon, while the team will also add hard-nosed swingman Hassan Adams, to back up Anthony Parker and Jamario Moon.
Adams, a 6-foot-4, late second-round selection by the New Jersey [...]
Linkage – July 1 —
The AltRaps Blog
Early this morning, through my agents, I reached a preliminary agreement with the Toronto Raptors. I want to thank Bryan Colangelo, Maurizio Gherardini, Sam Mitchell and all of the Raptors family for the confidence that they have placed in me. I am sure that together we are going to achieve big things in the future.
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Keeping Carlos —
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With Jose Calderon now back in the Raptors' fold, and presumably Roko Ukic and Hassan Adams on the way, where does that leave Carlos Delfino?
Raptors Announce Summer League Roster —
The Rap
Monday July 7 2008 - 1:00pm Eastern
Raptor freaks … you’ve asked for it … and here it is …
Toronto’s roster for the Vegas Summer League:
Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birth Date School/Country
Hassan Adams F 6-4 220 06/20/84 Arizona
Deji Akindele C 6-10 ...
Linkage – July 7 —
The AltRaps Blog
Think we’ll get official word on Hassam Adams and his two-year, minimum-value deal today, believe it’ll be finally time to officially unveil Matt Devlin as the new play-by-play guy on Tuesday and then the big day with both Jermaine O’Neal and Jose allegedly coming to town on Wednesday to do all kinds of fun stuff, [...]
Linkage – July 6 —
The AltRaps Blog
Jose Calderon … Raptors … Raptors … 5 years, $40 million … Marca.com
- Deseret News
However, since the weekend might not see the kind of viewship here that weekdays normally have, I’m going to post the lower seeds today and tomorrow to get them out of the way. Today, the focus will be on the two [...]
Roko-Leni Ukic will sign in Toronto —
Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
It has been talked about during days, Roko Ukic will leave the Euroleague and sign his first NBA contract with the Toronto Raptors in the upcoming days. The Croatian PG will be the back up on the playmaker spot of the Spanish Jose Manuel Calderon.
Ukic, who played a very interesting season with Lottomatica Virtus Roma this year and led them to the Finals of the Italian League has matured ...
Linkage – July 3 —
The AltRaps Blog
Okay, let’s get to this whole mid-level exception obsession that’s running rampant and throw cold water on any of the Corey Maggette, Mickeal Pietrus, Ron Artest, James Posey, I don’t know who else stuff that’s out there.
Every team that’s over the salary cap, as the Raptors are, can make use of the mid-level exception every [...]