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Raps sign Dominic McGuire

2012-09-09T17:42:00.003-04:00

Free agent forward Dominic McGuire has reached agreement on a deal with the Toronto Raptors, league sources tell Y! Sports.

Dominic McGuire F 5

Date Of Birth: Oct 20, 1985 (26 years old)

Birthplace: San Diego, California (United States)

Nationality: United States

Height: 6-9 (206cm) Weight: 220 (100kg)

Current Agent: Mark Bartelstein

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent (Golden State Warriors)

Draft Entry: 2007 NBA Draft

Early Entry Info: 2007 Early Entrant

Pre-Draft Team: Fresno State (Jr)

Draft Selection: Round 2, Pick 17, Washington Wizards

Draft Rights Trade: N/A

Draft Rights Renounced: N/A

High School: Lincoln High School [San Diego, California (United States)]

AAU Team: N/A

NBA

Regular Season Experience: 5 Years Of Service

NBA Regular Season Stats (Click here for detailed NBA stats.)
Year	Team	G	MPG	FG%	3PT%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2007-2008	WAS	70	9.9	.379	.167	.438	1.99	0.57	0.29	0.37	0.57	1.33
2008-2009	WAS	79	26.2	.432	.500	.725	5.42	2.51	0.78	0.94	1.16	4.51
2009-2010 *	SAC [+]	51	6.0	.365	.000	.000	1.55	0.22	0.10	0.08	0.33	0.75
2010-2011	CHA	52	14.6	.396	.000	.769	3.83	0.83	0.19	0.63	0.48	3.35
2011-2012	GOS	64	17.6	.448	.000	.736	3.84	1.72	0.69	0.56	0.88	3.55
CAREER		316	15.7	.418	.188	.674	3.45	1.27	0.45	0.55	0.73	2.81

Transactions: League Transactions | Team Transactions

Jun 28, 2007 - The Washington Wizards selected Dominic McGuire in Round 2 with Pick 17 in the 2007 NBA Draft.

Aug 13, 2007 - Dominic McGuire signed a multi-year contract with the Washington Wizards.

Feb 18, 2010 - Dominic McGuire was acquired in a trade by the Sacramento Kings from the Washington Wizards.

Jul 1, 2010 - Dominic McGuire, previously with the Sacramento Kings, became a free agent.

Jul 22, 2010 - Dominic McGuire signed a contract with the Charlotte Bobcats.

Feb 24, 2011 - The Charlotte Bobcats placed the contract of Dominic McGuire on waivers.

Feb 28, 2011 - Dominic McGuire, previously with the Charlotte Bobcats, became a free agent.

Mar 3, 2011 - Dominic McGuire signed a contract with the Charlotte Bobcats.

Jul 1, 2011 - Dominic McGuire, previously with the Charlotte Bobcats, became a free agent.

Dec 15, 2011 - Dominic McGuire signed a contract with the Golden State Warriors.

Jul 1, 2012 - Dominic McGuire, previously with the Golden State Warriors, became a free agent.

Awards & Honors: (Since the 1983-1984 season) N/A

All-Star Weekend Competitions: (Since the 1983-1984 season)
N/A

Playoff Experience:

NBA Playoff Stats (Click here for detailed NBA stats.)
Year	Team	G	MPG	FG%	3PT%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2007-2008	WAS	3	5.1	.000	.000	.500	1.00	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.00	0.33
CAREER		3	5.1	.000	.000	.500	1.00	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.00	0.33

Summer League Experience:

NBA Summer League Stats (Click here for detailed NBA stats.)
Year	Team	G	MPG	FG%	3PT%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2007-2008	WAS	5	30.0	.413	.333	.769	6.20	2.00	0.60	0.80	2.40	12.00
2008-2009	WAS	5	26.1	.625	.000	.500	6.40	1.60	0.40	1.60	2.20	11.40
2009-2010	WAS	4	32.4	.211	.000	.636	8.00	2.25	1.25	0.50	3.50	5.50
CAREER		14	29.3	.457	.286	.661	6.79	1.93	0.71	1.00	2.64	9.93

Training Camp Roster:
2007 NBA Training Camp (Washington Wizards)
2008 NBA Training Camp (Washington Wizards)
2009 NBA Training Camp (Washington Wizards)
2010 NBA Training Camp (Charlotte Bobcats)
2011 NBA Training Camp (Golden State Warriors)

Six Reasons Why Toronto Makes The Playoffs

2012-09-09T09:04:00.001-04:00

1. Defense

In 2010-11, Toronto gave up 105.4 points per game and was the second-easiest team to score on in the NBA. The Raptors couldn’t stop anyone. Since last summer, Coach Casey has changed the team’s culture and in a lockout shortened season, the Raptors surrendered the ninth-fewest points allowed at 94, while holding teams to the league’s eighth-lowest field goal percentage. With a full training camp and preseason schedule, there is a realistic expectation the Raptors’ defense would have been even better this time without any roster upgrades, but this roster is better.

As much as Coach Casey appreciated last season’s defensive effort, he hasn’t been able to resist explaining how Lowry and Fields will give him defenders on the perimeter who can defend their own man without help. Lowry represents a significant upgrade over Jose Calderon defensively and as impressive as James Johnson’s defensive statistics were last season, when Casey replaced him with D-League call-up Alan Anderson, the Raptors’ defense didn’t miss a beat. Anderson is back and Fields will be an upgrade defensively at small forward. Even as a rookie, Valanciunas will improve the Raptors defense at center and all the team’s key big men are back to help hold down the fort.

2. Rebounding
In the past, the Raptors have been known as a poor rebounding team that gave extra shots to their opponents. Under Coach Casey, those days are gone.

Last season was the first time in a decade that the Raptors averaged more boards than their opponents and they did it without a dominate rebounder on the team. Rebounding by committee, Ed Davis led the Raptors at 6.6 rebounds per game and Toronto finished the season with the league’s tenth best rebounding differential.

Next season should be even better as Lowry is a very good rebounding guard and Valanciunas adds another rebounding big man to the roster.

3. Scoring

The Raptors were the third-lowest scoring team in the NBA at 90.7 points per game last season and Casey made obtaining more shooters a priority, but it wasn’t all bad offensively in Toronto. With the team’s improved defense, the Raptors averaged more shots per game than their opposition and shot for a higher percentage. Unfortunately, losing Andrea Bargnani’s scoring for over half the season wasn’t something Toronto could overcome.

A healthy Bargnani could get back to the 23.5 points per game he was averaging before his injury last season and Lowry averaged 3.8 more points per game than Calderon. While no one expects Casey to suddenly be coaching an offensive juggernaut, the Raptors should have enough scoring to creep back into the middle of the pack.

4. Free Throw Attempts
Toronto gave up a league worst 27.2 free throw attempts per game last season and averaged 5.8 fewer attempts than their opposition. The 3.8 points scored by their opponents from these extra free throws exceeded the difference between the Raptors 90.7 scoring average and the 94 points they allowed.

Another year under Casey’s system should help reduce Toronto’s tendency to give away points at the foul line, but a bigger impact will come from having Bargnani in the lineup for a full season and the addition of Lowry. Bargnani averaged 5.6 free throw attempts per game last year and could have made up half the discrepancy in attempts on his own if he had played the full season, plus Lowry averaged 2.9 more attempts per game than Calderon. Next season, the huge gap in free throw attempts between the Raptors and their opponents should be reduced.

5. Three–Point Shooting
Although the Raptors were taking more shots than their opponents, they were giving up 2.3 more three-point attempts than they were taking and it wasn’t because of Casey’s offensive schemes. Three-point threats Bargnani and Bayless each missed half the season, Kleiza missed a quarter of the season, and Calderon has always been a reluctant shooter, but Casey still made it clear he wanted to add more willing and able shooters this summer.

Lowry is not a reluctant three-point threat, firing 4.5 threes per game. Bargnani and Kleiza both averaged 3.7 three-point attempts last season and Ross, Fields and the returning Anderson are all solid long range threats who are willing shooters.

Casey got what he asked for and the Raptors will no longer be out-shot from the outside.

6. Turnovers

Toronto was in a three-way tie for the seventh-most turnovers last season at 15.2 per game, but as they only forced their opposition to turn it over 13.2 times, they had the league’s third-worst differential. Of the 18 players who played for the Raptors last season, the top-five in turnovers per 36 minutes will not be back. Notably, the turnovers from Carter, Bayless, Forbes and Barbosa will no longer be an issue.

However, creating a turnover was also a problem as the Raptors only averaged 6.5 steals per game compared to the 7.9 league median. Lowry averaged 0.7 more steals than Calderon last season and Fields will replace the steals lost with the departure of Johnson, but further improvements in this area will have to come from player development and better understanding of the team’s defense.

Much of the Raptors own turnover problems could be blamed on injures to the backup point guards and learning a new offensive system on the fly. This year, with two starting caliber point guards, a proven backup point guard and a full training camp and preseason to implement an offense, the Raptors turnover issues should be greatly reduced.

Thanks to Hoopsworld for the info: http://www.hoopsworld.com/six-reasons-why-toronto-makes-the-playoffs/

2012-09-08T16:37:00.000-04:00

Davide Chinellato ‏@dchinellato

#Raptors are reportedly interested in Mickael Pietrus but can only offer him the veteran minimum #NBA

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2012-09-08T08:38:00.001-04:00

Guess whos back...

2012-09-08T08:32:00.000-04:00

Back from a long hiatus! Here goes nothing:

Player	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
Jose Manuel Calderon	$10,561,985	$0	$0	$0	$0
Andrea Bargnani	$10,000,000	$11,000,000	$12,000,000	$0	$0
Amir Johnson	$6,000,000	$6,500,000	$7,000,000	$0	$0
Kyle Lowry	$5,750,000	$6,210,000	$0	$0	$0
Landry Fields	$5,000,000	$5,225,000	$8,500,000	$0	$0
Linas Kleiza	$4,600,000	$4,600,000	$0	$0	$0
Jonas Valanciunas	$3,374,640	$3,526,440	$3,678,360	$4,660,482	$6,179,799
DeMar DeRozan	$3,344,250	$4,531,458	$0	$0	$0
Terrence Ross	$2,563,320	$2,678,640	$2,793,960	$3,553,917	$4,790,680
Aaron Gray	$2,500,000	$2,612,500	$0	$0	$0
Ed Davis	$2,207,040	$3,153,860	$4,361,788	$0	$0
Quincy Acy			$0	$0	$0
John Lucas	$1,500,000	$1,567,500	$0	$0	$0
Alan Anderson	$885,120	$0	$0	$0	$0
TOTALS:	$58,286,355	$43,920,080	$27,500,000	$0	$0