Toronto Raptors Fans— Get Ready for One Eventful Offseason

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With quite possibly the most disappointing season the Raptors have ever had, General Manager Bryan Colangelo is set to embark upon another busy offseason with the Toronto Raptors.

This offseason should be reminiscent of the first offseason the Raptors had under the leadership of Colangelo, where nine new players were brought in. Those included such names as Anthony Parker, Rasho Nesterovic, Carlos Delfino, Kris Humphries, Jorge Garbajosa, and TJ Ford.

With the future of Chris Bosh also in limbo, there could be more than just minor additions made to the team. The team's franchise player could be on his way out because of a failure to sign an extension before the start of the season.

Colangelo today, has already begun his busy offseason, shipping one-dimensional shooter Jason Kapono to the Philadelphia 76ers for Reggie Evans. Evans will give the Raptors a certain edge or swagger to their team that they have not had since the days of Charles Oakley.

With Anthony Parker, Shawn Marion, and Joey Graham all free agents this summer, the Raptors wing positions could have an entirely new look to them come the beginning of next season.

There has been talk about the Raptors attempting to bring back guard Carlos Delfino to the fold. Delfino provides the Raptors with a slashing element to their game, as well as one of the better re-bounders and defenders at his position. His addition to the team would be much welcomed.

But that is not the end of the retooling of the Raptors. Bryan Colangelo still has many moves yet to make. The team still needs three wing players, possibly a backup center and a backup point guard yet to come.

With roughly $11 million in cap space and the MLE to play with, there is no end of possibilities for Colangelo to improve this team.

One scenario I have come up with is to re-sign two of the wing players (Marion and Graham) and deal Chris Bosh, Roko Ukic, and Kris Humphries to the Washington Wizards for the No. 5 pick, Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood, and a future pick.

With the fifth pick the Raptors would choose either Brandon Jennings or Tyreke Evans, whoever is available at that pick.

With the ninth pick, they'll select DeMar DeRozan or Gerald Henderson, whoever is available once again at their pick.

Lastly, the team would add former Raptor and all around solid NBA Center Rasho Nesterovic to the fold.

The roster now has this look (if I was the GM):

Calderon/Evans(or Jennings)/Banks
Butler/Delfino/DeRozan(or Henderson)
Marion/Graham
Bargnani/Evans
Haywood/Rasho/O'Bryant

Now this is just a rough idea of an offseason, but again, the Raptors brought in six new players under this plan and look like they have shored up their weak bench situation.

With the NBA Finals set to conclude in the coming weeks, the draft will be only days away, and the offseason will have begun. Here's hoping Colangelo can make the Raptors a playoff team once again.

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