Jul
7
Mason’s wish list for the Raptors
9:12 am |
With Hedo Turkoglu coming to Toronto for the upcoming season, the Raptors are expected to have a potent starting five, but not a lot of depth coming off the bench. To make matters worse, they don’t have much money to play with due to the NBA’s salary cap rules, which require something close to membership in Mensa to figure out. Here’s a list of free agents I’ve been looking at who could come cheap and could be available as the summer continues:
- Desmond Mason, SF: Good defender who can pass the ball, and distribution will be key to the Raps’ offence.
- Ike Diogu, PF: Rebounds well and a deceptively good scorer if given minutes.
- Jamaal Magloire, C: Local boy has lost at least two steps and won’t play all that well defensively, but he’d play for cheap and would provide five fouls off the bench as a ninth or 10th man.
- Dahntay Jones, SG: Fills the need for a two guard who can play a lot of minutes while top draft pick DeMar DeRozan hones his skills at the position. As an added bonus, he’s a defensive specialist on a team with no stoppers on the perimeter. Played for less than a million last season.
I have no idea how many, if any, of these guys we could afford or would be interested in signing, especially since GM Bryan Colangelo appears to still be wheeling and dealing. There could be value in any of them, however, especially on the defensive end.
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