N'daiye has accepted an invitation to Portland's training camp.
Baston is playing in Europe.
McCoy will not be back.
Van der Hare will stay in europe
Bonner won't make the team and might not even be invited to camp.

It appears to me that the Raptors roster is set. They are obviously
trying to move Davis and that is why Ken Johnson was recently signed,
but few of the players signed this offseason are so big that they
couldn't be cut.

Basically the core group remains unchanged while the bench has been
replaced. Definately a good move, and if one of those bench players
can break into the starting lineup, then it was a great move.

The Raptors should be much improved, but they will need to double
their win total to make a serious move towards the playoffs. There
will be a battle for the last 2 or 3 playoff spots and I expect the
Raptors to be one of those teams. It is also possible they could fall
just short and end up 9th. Either way I expect it will be far more
enjoyable to watch them than it was last season.


--- In rappak@yahoogroups.com, "nbafan_6969" <andy_dude_381@h...>
wrote:
> If you haven't noticed, the Raptors have a rather new roster. Did
you
> know they know currently have 21 players? Of which only 7 1/2 are
> returning from last year (the 1/2 is for Lamond Murray since he
> didn't play last year, he could pass for a returning or a new
> player)? Did you also notice that there are 3 Williams on the team?
> Here is how the roster looks:
>
> Returning Players (7 1\2):
>
> Vince Carter
> Alvin Williams
> Jerome Williams
> Antonio Davis
> Morris Peterson
> Michael Bradley
> Lamond Murray
>
> New Players (10 1\2):
>
> Mengke Bateer
> Matt Bonner
> Chris Bosh
> Rick Brunson
> Michael Curry
> Ken Johnson
> Jerome Moiso
> Milt Palacio
> Remon Van de Hare
> George Williams
> Lamond Murray
>
> Free agents (3, likely won't return):
>
> Maceo Baston
> Jelani Mccoy
> Mamadou N'diaye
>
> The only question that he will have to wait and see is that if all
> these changes are for better or for worse? Well, I guess it can't
be
> worse than last year, but how much better? Lottery-bound, or
Playoff-
> bound?