I personally hope not, I find it hard to believe he has no trade value at all.

Around the 33 minute mark, Bill Simmons, Joe House and Chad Ford have a conversation about the Raptors. They share some thoughts on the Raptor's first round, Jonas Valanciunas and Steve Nashing coming to Toronto.

im curious, and first month is bound to be their best trying to impress us.....with free returns, why not? anyone else willing? have any thoughts?

Heisley acknowledged that no player on the roster can be deemed "untouchable." But he insisted that it would take an extraordinary offer, which includes a star player clearly better than Gay, to pique the Grizzlies’ interest. Bargnani is the only Raptors star player that is better than Gay. LOL

Jonas Valanciunas has started negotiations on the release agreement with his team in Lithuania, sources said, an important step in the 2011 lottery pick finally being able to join the Raptors. While it has been expected all along that Valanciunas would be in the NBA in 2012-13 after a final season in his native country, news of talks with Lietuvos Rytas are a comforting development for Toronto fans who missed having their center of the future in 2011-12. The release agreement is part of the process before Valanciunas can pay the $2.4-million buyout to the team in Lithuania and sign in Toronto. The Raptors are allowed to pay $550,000 of that.

Is Charles Barkley right? Could Anthony Davis and the Kentucky Wildcats actually beat the Toronto Raptors? The Wages of Wins Journal attempted to answer that question, but we'd be interested in reading your thoughts in the comments. Do you think a college team - even one as stacked as the current Kentucky squad - actually has a chance against an NBA team? UPDATE: For the record, Stan "The Hedgehog" Van Gundy thinks the idea is absurd. UPDATE #2: Basketball Prospectus doesn't think it's likely, even in a simulation that generally makes favorable assumptions.