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Toronto Raptors: 2015-16 Season Outlook

By Phil Watson

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Mar 27, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, The Toronto Raptors have a team huddle before a game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Air Canada Centre. The Toronto Raptors won 94-83. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 27, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, The Toronto Raptors have a team huddle before a game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Air Canada Centre. The Toronto Raptors won 94-83. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports /

2015-16 Roster

Bismack Biyombo, C
Bruno Caboclo, F
DeMarre Carroll, F
DeMar DeRozan, G
James Johnson, F
Cory Joseph, G
Michale Kyser, F
Kyle Lowry, G
Lucas Nogueira, C
Patrick Patterson, F
Norman Powell, G
Ronald Roberts, F
Terrence Ross, G
Luis Scola, F
Shannon Scott, G
Axel Toupane, G-F
Jonas Valanciunas, C
Delon Wright, G

Offseason Additions
Bismack Biyombo (free agent-Charlotte), DeMarre Carroll (free agent-Atlanta), Cory Joseph (free agent-San Antonio), Michale Kyser (undrafted free agent-Louisiana Tech), Norman Powell (trade-Milwaukee), Luke Ridnour (trade-Oklahoma City),Ronald Roberts (free agent-San Miguel Beermen-the Philippines), Luis Scola (free agent-Indiana), Shannon Scott (undrafted free agent-Ohio State), Axel Toupane (free agent-Strasbourg IG-France), Delon Wright (first round, 20th overall).

Offseason Subtractions
Landry Fields (free agent-unsigned), Tyler Hansbrough (free agent-Charlotte), Chuck Hayes (free agent-L.A. Clippers), Amir Johnson (free agent-Boston), Luke Ridnour (waived), Greivis Vasquez (trade-Milwaukee), Lou Williams (free agent-L.A. Lakers), rights to Tomislav Zubcic (trade-Oklahoma City).

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    • The Raptors didn’t even make an offer to Sixth Man of the Year Lou Williams, letting him walk away to the Los Angeles Lakers, and lost fan-favorite Amir Johnson to the Celtics.

    They essentially swapped Greivis Vasquez for Cory Joseph, the Toronto-area native who had been with the San Antonio Spurs for four years and signed with the Raptors as a free agent, with Vasquez traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for the rights to second-round pick Norman Powell and a top-14 protected first-round pick in 2017 that becomes a second-rounder if not conveyed by 2020 and a second-round pick in 2021.

    At 35, Luis Scola is much more suited as a reserve than a starter, which leaves Patrick Patterson as the best power forward option, and Bismack Biyombo brings a rim protector for the second unit.

    First-round pick Delon Wright, meanwhile, gets to learn behind Lowry and Joseph at the point.

    And a Canadian team can’t go wrong with signing a player (Ronald Roberts) who last played for a team called the “Beermen.”

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