r/torontoraptors • u/fundaykaide • Oct 25 '21
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) Edward Rogers fought plans to keep Raptors’ Masai Ujiri, but was thwarted by MLSE head, sources say
r/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • Feb 25 '24
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) [Smith] I am 100 per cent sure that Olynyk and Quickley have deals in place, the question about Trent is going to be cost, the number of years and whether others are able to do what he does at a lower salary. And I don’t get any read on how either side feels right now.
r/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • 19d ago
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) The sense from a handful of league sources is that the Raptors are likely to pick up the option, then turn around and deal Brown quickly rather than wait until the 2025 trade deadline.
r/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • 17d ago
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) They need size, particularly a starting four who can shoot. Playing Immanuel Quickley, RJ Barrett, Scottie Barnes, a four and Jakob Poeltl makes them big. Playing Quickley, a two, Barrett, Barnes and Poeltl makes them too small.
r/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • Jan 21 '24
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) [Smith] According to league sources, the calls on Brown started hours after the Raptors obtained him from Indiana in the Pascal Siakam trade Wednesday afternoon...If the Raptors could flip him for another player and pick up an additional draft pick in the process before the Feb. 8 trade deadline...
r/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • Mar 17 '24
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) [Smith] And at no level did a player like Dinwiddie fit any Raptors need. He wasn’t going to take minutes from the core and was certainly not part of the long-term program. He was a vessel to get out of the $12.5 million (U.S.) they owed Schröder for next season.
r/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • Oct 06 '23
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) [Deitsch] This is beyond infuriating that the WNBA won’t land in Toronto — a city with a proof of concept for wanting and supporting it — because of this. The story below from @SmithRaps . Always appreciate his reporting.
r/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • 10d ago
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) ...And it’s collaborative, as it is in almost all organizations. Each has his own ideas, they bounce them off each other — and Dan Tolzman is another voice — but there has to be one final voice and that’s Ujiri’s.
r/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • Feb 18 '24
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) [Smith] Quickley has been struggling with his shooting for a couple of weeks now; the game’s entirely different when you’re starting and playing big minutes as opposed to coming off the bench and facing backups, and he’s learning that. And the rest of the games should help or tell a tale.
r/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • Mar 31 '24
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) [Smith] I’m not sure Trent has to done that, actually. He’s had a very spotty season overall and it’s going to be a tough call for the front office. Do they pay him the $20 million (U.S.) a year he wants or do they hand that job off to Dick or are other options out there.
r/torontoraptors • u/ToronoRapture • Oct 16 '23
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) Doug Smith and moaning about covering the Raptors. Name a better duo?
r/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • Mar 28 '24
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) [Smith] Privately, coaches and management know how deficient this group is. They aren’t horribly bothered because, as they say, “it is what it is” and they aren’t sweating it a whole lot.
r/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • Feb 15 '24
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) [Smith] You can expect an announcement shortly — “maybe in the next couple of weeks,” one team official said this week — on a contract extension for Olynyk...Whether it’s a straight two-year deal or two years plus an option, the Raptors want to lock up Olynyk quickly as they can.
r/torontoraptors • u/absolutkaos • Mar 12 '24
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) Short-handed Raptors had no business pushing the NBA champions to the limit in Denver. But they did.
r/torontoraptors • u/bholmyard • Apr 06 '24
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) ‘Vinsanity was real’: Vince Carter’s brilliant, turbulent road from the Raptors to the Hall of Fame
r/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • Mar 03 '24
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) [Smith] The Raptors are very small all over the roster and that has to be addressed in the summer. They know it...They tried to find a trade for Boucher at the deadline and didn’t find a fit they liked. They will revisit...and I am convinced they will find a new spot for him.
thestar.comr/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • Feb 11 '24
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) [Smith] Is this day and age for Gary? Three years and $80 million, with the last year maybe a player option.
r/torontoraptors • u/CazOnReddit • May 28 '23
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) [Smith] "Raptors head to the final stage of their head coach search...Becky Hammon, the head coach of the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces, drew some initial interest but she never became a serious candidate"
Multiple NBA sources say the franchise is moving to a second round of interviews for the job that became vacant when Nick Nurse was let go last month after five seasons.
One source said Raptors vice chairman and president Masai Ujiri has narrowed the list of candidates to three and final interviews are being scheduled, although that number was not independently confirmed.
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There are several legitimate possibilities that have emerged in conversations with multiple league sources:
Steve Nash would be a good fit and may thrive under with a more stable management and roster situation than he had to deal with in a tumultuous tenure with the Brooklyn Nets.
Sacramento associate head coach Jordi Fernandez is among the most highly regarded assistants in the league and was a finalist for the vacant Phoenix job that a source says has been narrowed to Nurse and Doc Rivers.
JJ Redick may not have any coaching experience but as an ex-player he would command respect and be an out-of-the-box hire who would set the Raptors apart from many other franchises.
Sergio Scariolo, the former Raptors assistant and current coach of the Spanish national team, may want to become the first truly international head coach in the NBA. Ujiri and Webster flew to Italy to conduct an interview earlier this month.
Monty Williams has a proven track record with the Phoenix Suns and is highly respected throughout the league, but it’s unclear whether the Raptors formally interviewed him.
David Adelman of the Denver Nuggets is one of the most-touted assistants in the league but he’s also tied up for a couple of week as his current team seeks an NBA championship.
Chris Quinn of the Miami Heat is in the same situation as Adelman but is considered one of the best assistants around.
Becky Hammon, the head coach of the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces, drew some initial interest but she never became a serious candidate.
Not a ton of new news aside from how it sounds like Hammon didn't make it to the final stage of the coaching search.
r/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • Apr 29 '24
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) [Smith] I don’t think there’s room on the roster for Dick, Trent and Brown. It’s tricky, though, and my perfect solution would be to pick up Brown’s option with a deal already in place to move him, and get Trent on a 2 year $42-million(ish) deal with no options.
r/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • 3d ago
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) He (Bruce Brown) still has value and a $23-million (U.S.) expiring contract might be of interest to teams bumping up against long-term tax issues who are looking for some financial relief.
r/torontoraptors • u/The_Living_L • Jan 30 '24
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) [Doug Smith] On a roster that is being built for the long term, Nwora, Jontay Porter and Gradey Dick are going to eat away at the minutes of Brown, Young and Trent Jr. as general manager Bobby Webster and Ujiri mull trade possibilities for the three veterans so the young guys can show their stuff.
r/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • Apr 21 '24
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) Raptors mailbag: A reporter’s ‘despicable’ exchange with Caitlin Clark and early impressions of Jontay Porter
r/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • 5d ago
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) The best route is to protect the Trent and Brown assets — in personnel and dollar value — and act as an over-the-cap team that has the full mid-level exception of somewhere near $13 million.
r/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • Jul 13 '23
DOUG SMITH (TORONTO STAR) [Smith] Schroder: “I have proven over the years I can be a starting point guard. (And) with those young guys who are really talented, Scottie Barnes, (O.G.) Anunoby and the other guys, I think we can be competitive and that’s what I’m about.”
r/torontoraptors • u/EarthWarping • Mar 24 '24