When Bryan Colangelo was hired as the President/GM for the Toronto Raptors [February, 2006], the team’s recent record of achievement looked like this:
2004-2005, 33-49/.402, failed to qualify for the playoffs
2003-2004, 33-49/.402, failed to qualify for the playoffs
2002-2003, 24-58/.293, failed to qualify for the playoffs
In his first partial season with the team, the Raptors had a W-L Record for the last two months which looked like this:
2005-2006, March, 6-10/.375
2005-2006, April, 1-8/.111
At the end of the 2006 season, Bryan Colangelo had the following list of organizational assets at his disposal to build a sound NBA franchise in Toronto over the course of the next 5 seasons [i.e. the length of his original contract]:
1. Chris Bosh [C/PF], No. 4 [overall] Selection in the 2003 NBA Draft Lottery;
2. Significant Salary Cap Space;
3. Rafael Araujo [PF], No. 8 [overall] Selection, 2004 NBA Draft Lottery;
4. Joey Graham [SF], No. 16 [overall] Selection, 2005 NBA Draft;
5. Charlie Villanueva [PF/SF], No. 7 [overall] Selection, 2005 NBA Draft Lottery;
6. Jose Calderon [PG], UFA, Spain, 2005;
7. Morris Peterson [SF/OG], No. 21 [overall] Selection, 2000 NBA Draft;
8. Mike James [PG], UFA, Duquesne University, 2001;
9. Sam Mitchell [HC]; and,
10. 1st Round Selection [No. TBD?], 2006 NBA Draft Lottery.
During the summer of 2006, Bryan Colangelo made the following significant personnel decisions:
i. Acquired Andrea Bargnani [C] with the No. 1 [overall] Selection in the 2006 NBA Draft Lottery;
ii. Acquired PJ Tucker [G/F] with the No. 35 [overall] Selection in the 2006 NBA Draft;
iii. Acquired TJ Ford [PG], in a trade for Charlie Villanueva [PF/SF];
iv. Signed Anthony Parker, as an UFA [from the Euroleague];
v. Acquired Rasho Nesterovic [C], in a trade for Matt Boner [PF];
vi. Aquired Kris Humphries [PF], in a trade for Rafael Aruajo [PF];
vii. Signed Jorge Garbajosa [PF-SF], as an UFA [from the Euroleague];
viii. Signed Fred Jones [SF], as an UFA [from the Indiana Pacers];
ix. Retained Sam Mitchell [HC];
x. Hired Maurizio Gherardini [Assistant GM] and Marc Eversley [Director of Player Development];
which radically re-structured the roster in a single off-season.
During the 2006-2007 season, the Raptors, then:
- won 47 games [i.e. 573]
- finished 1st in the Atlantic Division [for the first/only time]
- lost in the 1st Round of the playoffs
- finished 13th in attendance [748,603]
Since this high water mark, however, the Raptors have generated the following list of results:
2007-2008
- won 41 games [i.e. 500]
- finished 2nd in the Atlantic Division
- lost in the 1st Round of the playoffs
- finished 9th in attendance [796,835]
2008-2009
- won 33 games [i.e. 402]
- finished 4th in the Atlantic Division
- failed to qualify for the playoffs
- finished 10th in attendance [769,707]
2009-2010
- won 40 games [i.e. .488]
- finished 2nd in the Atlantic Division
- failed to qualify for the playoffs
- finished 14th in attendance [733,784]
- lost the services of Chris Bosh
2010-2011
- will win 20-something? games [i.e. .280-ish?]
- will finish 5th in the Atlantic Division
- will fail to qualify for the playoffs
- will finish lower than 14th in attendance [TBD?]
with the following List of Annual Transactions.
At the end of the 2010-2011 season, Bryan Colangelo will now have the following list of organizational assets under contract for the Raptors next season, if he is rewarded with a contract extension, himself, as the President/GM of the team, in the off-season:
1. Andrea Bargnani [C], No. 1 [overall] Selection in the 2006 NBA Draft Lottery;
2. Ed Davis [PF], No. 13 [overall] Selection, 2010 NBA Draft Lottery
3. DeMar DeRozan [OG/SF], No. 9 [overall] Selection, 2009 NBA Draft Lottery
4. James Johnson [SF/PF], No. 16 [overall] Selection, 2009 NBA Draft Lottery
5. Jose Calderon, UFA, Spain, 2005
6. Linas Kleiza, No. 27 [overall] Selection, 2005 NBA Draft
7. Amir Johnson, No. 56 [overall] Selection, 2005 NBA Draft
8. Jerryd Bayless, No. 11 [overall] Selection, 2008 NBA Draft Lottery
9. Solomon Alabi, No. 50 [overall] Selection, 2008 NBA Draft
10. The remainder of the TPE obtained in the trade with Miami for Chris Bosh
11. Significant Salary Cap Space, if their own potential UFA are not re-signed
12. 1st Round Selection [No. TBD?], 2011 NBA Draft Lottery
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