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Tuesday June 17 2008 - 5:15pm Eastern

The follow news was released by the Toronto Raptors earlier today:

The Toronto Raptors announced Tuesday they will conduct a free agent camp June 20-22 at Air Canada Centre.  Events scheduled for the weekend include physicals, drill sessions and scrimmages. The participants will consist of players from the NBA Development League and international teams.

Last season, the Raptors signed forward Jamario Moon following a similar free agent camp. He started in 75 games during his rookie season in Toronto , averaging 8.5 points and 6.2 rebounds. Moon was selected to participate in the Sprite Slam Dunk contest and T-Mobile Rookie Challenge during All-Star Weekend in New Orleans . He was also voted to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.

Name                           Pos.                 Ht.                    College

John Lucas                G                     5-11                Oklahoma State

Dontaye Draper        G                     5-11                College of Charleston

Hassan Adams         F                      6-4                  Arizona

Sean Banks               F                      6-8                  Memphis

Quinton Hosley          F                      6-6                  Fresno State

Dahntay Jones          F                      6-6                  Rutgers

Keith Langford           F                      6-4                  Kansas

Tamar Slay                F                      6-9                  Marshall

Dijon Thompson        F                      6-7                  UCLA

James White             F                      6-7                  Cincinnati

Delonte Holland         F                      6-8                  DePaul

Brian Harper              F                      6-10                Paine College

Deji Akindele             C                     6-10                Chicago State

Rod Benson               C                     6-10                California

Jan Jagla                   C                     7-0                  Penn State

D’or Fischer               C                     6-11                West Virginia

Sharrod Ford             C                     6-9                  Clemson

Jamal Sampson        C                     7-0                  California

Darryl Watkins           C                     6-11                Syracuse

Marcus Haislip          C                     6-10                Tennessee

Courtney Sims               C                      6-11                  Michigan

E. Smith

4 Responses to “Free Agent Camp Coming to Toronto”
  1. 1.

    john lucas would be a good backup PG if TJ/jose were to leave.

    - Behzad
  2. 2.

    Any names worth noting here?

    - Neil
  3. 3.

    Wow, Marcus Haislip? Wasn’t he a lottery pick a few years back? Interesting to see the mix of center, power forwards and combo guards/forwards the Raptors are targeting. Dahntay Jones would be a good pickup, they need somebody who has his defensive intensity.

    - Brian
  4. 4.

    Hey, is that THE Rod Benson (from the Ball Don’t Lie blog) in that list?

    - Jeff W
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