Toronto Raptors

By RaptorTalk Why? By the end of November, the new look Raptors will have played only 18 games – but Colangelo is convinced that he will know if he has a team that is poised to be a player in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Colangelo and Patience are like Oil and Water

Given a chance he never thought he'd get, Bryan Colangelo went a little berserk this summer, remaking the Raptors almost from top to bottom, a startling reconstruction of a roster that needed some infusion of talent, toughness and skill.

Third, DeRozan needs to mark Friday, July 3rd as the day his Raptor career changed – for the better. That was the day Bryan Colangelo officially told Shawn Marion and Dan Fegan to “screw off” and he signed free agent Hedo Turkoglu to a Raptors contract in an improbable turn of events.

Bryan Colangelo was named NBA Executive of the Year with Phoenix in 2004-05 and with Toronto in 2006-07. The Raptors' general manager now has a chance, to use some hockey lingo that is popular in Canada, for a hat trick. If the Raptors' offseason moves pay off, they could be one of the NBA's mos...

When Bryan Colangelo decided last June to remake the Raptors in the wake of a disappointing NBA season, even he probably couldn't have imagine the breadth of his reconstruction project.

No idea why the Warriors do that deal, and it's nothing earth-shattering, but another strong move for Bryan Colangelo and the Raptors. Chris Bosh got a ... and more »

By coach(noreply@blogger.com) That is what NBA champion Kobe Bryant of the Lakers said when asked during the of press con at the start of Nike's tour of 5 Asian countries. So what is Kobe Bryan Colangelo waiting for ? In my last posting , I put forward the idea of the Raptors recruiting Filipino Manny Pacquiao to join the team....

By RaptorTalk These past two weeks have exhibited the marked benefit the Raptors have with a polished, respected GM at the helm. No way that Rob Babcock would ever pull off a coup like this. Chris, it's time to re-sign now. Bryan, get 'er done.

By RaptorTalk DeMar DeRozan has landed at Air Canada Centre and Bryan Colangelo hopes he can fill the Raptor’s glaring weakness at shooting guard, next year and for many years to come. Chad Ford of ESPN had this to say about the ninth pick in the 2009 draft:

By Ryan McNeill In this writers humble opinion, the Toronto Raptors dropped the ball when they failed to entice the Golden State Warriors into trading Jamal Crawford north of the border. While Bryan Colangelo never talked about Crawford as being a player he was targeting this summer, one of the focal poi...

By Ryan McNeill Bryan Colangelo didn’t waste any time in dealing Jason Kapono this summer. The once heralded free agent acquisition failed to find a comfort zone in Toronto so it comes as no surprise that he was dealt this summer. The only thing that will surprise Raptors fans is that Colangelo was able to tr...

Once an architect with a compelling vision, Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo is now a repairman with an unenviable to-do list.

By Arsenalist I spoke with Tim Chisholm of TSN.ca about a variety of topics including Chris Bosh’s franchise player status, Jose Calderon’s strengths and weaknesses, Bryan Colangelo playing the scapegoat card, possible trade scenarios, Andrea Bargnani’s VL status and much more. The upcoming roadt...

By Trevor Smith Gherardini is presently the Vice President and Assistant General Manager of the Toronto Raptors, serving faithfully at the side of Bryan Colangelo, a post he has held for three years. During that time, the Raptors won their first Atlantic Division title, returned to the playoffs, and re...

By takman_777 Technorati Tags: Andrea Bargnani, Andrei Kirilenko, Anthony Parker, Bryan Colangelo, Carlos Boozer, Chris Bosh, Deron Williams, Glenn Davis, Jamario Moon, Jason Kapono, Jay Triano, Jermaine O’Neal, Joey Graham, Jose Calderon, Kevin Garnett, Kosta Koufos, Matt Harpring, Mehmet...

Dave Feschuk of the Toronto Star: "Bryan Colangelo, the Raptors GM, and Sam Mitchell, the deposed coach, saw almost everything differently. But perhaps the chief team-hurting contradiction of their nearly three years together in Toronto was philosophical. Colangelo is a Western-bre...

By Arsenalist Bryan Colangelo has asked the league to review the Flagrant 1 foul by Sean Williams which injured Jermaine O’Neal. The league automatically reviews all flagrant fouls anyway so I don’t know what Colangelo’s hoping to get out of this one. Does he honestly believe its anything more than a Fla...

By Kinnon Yee It’s safe to say year two of the Bryan Colangelo era hasn’t gone exactly the way most people expected. The first was that the injury bug bit into the core of the Raptors fairly hard. Chris Bosh, T.J. Ford and Jorge Garbajosa all became victims and all were important pieces last year.

Colangelo Defends Bargnani Pick AOL SPORTS, NY - Bargnani was highly-regarded and epitomizes everything that Raptors are going for. Roy wouldn't have fit the offense, and Aldridge and Chris Bosh are cut ... Bryan Colangelo Toronto Sun all 8 news articles

By Jeff Little 19. Jose Calderon, Toronto - $2,471,604 Bryan Colangelo found yet another gem in Juan Carlos Navarro’s Spanish backcourt mate. He’s an outstanding decisionmaker who does not turn the ball over. He’s the perfect ying to T.J. Ford’s yang for the Raps. If Colangelo can keep these two together, fe...

By Matt Watson There was more to it than that, of course; Bryan Colangelo also had the balls and foresight to trade Charlie Villanueva for T.J. Ford, which not only defied conventional "never trade big for small" wisdom but also seemed like a huge risk given Ford's injury history. Plus, he found diamonds in...

By Sam Rubenstein By Chris O’Leary Throw in a 20-win improvement, Chris Bosh making the All NBA second team, Coach of the Year honors for Sam Mitchell, and Exec. of the Year to Bryan Colangelo, and you’ve got a franchise transformation that every garbage team in the League wants to emulate.

By Matt Watson Filed under: Celtics, Raptors, Eastern, Boston, TorontoA year ago, Sam Mitchell was widely regarded as a lame duck coach, just a guy biding his time until Bryan Colangelo found his "real" head coach. After all, Mitchell combined for a paltry 60-104 record in his first two seasons. But then...

TORONTO Bryan Colangelo is following his fathers path, although he didnt pay attention to the weather.

The Toronto Raptors will be Atlantic Division champs, meaning Bryan Colangelo should become the third person to win NBA Executive of the Year twice in a threeyear span.

Money chats with Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo before their win over the Lakers.