The Toronto Star's Doug Smith has Brandon Knight at the top of his draft board. If that isn't reason enough to take a pass on Knight, John Hollinger's Draft Rater isn't bullish on the Kentucky product; he's generously ranked 12th based on his one-and-done status and projects to be a third guard or marginal starter.

SB Nation's NBA Mock Draft also sees (potential bust) Knight landing in the T Dot.

ESPN The Magazine held its third-annual players-only mock draft. Picking fifth for the Raptors, Jerryd Bayless selected Enes Kanter based partially on the belief that he would be a great backup center to Andrea Bargnani.

Pro Basketball Talk outlines five NBA Draft sleepers to watch.

A couple of former Raptor draft picks round out the Top 10 NBA Draft Busts.

NBA owners and players are scheduled for a critical labour meeting on Tuesday.

What's more exciting than NBA Draft speculation? How about Dance Pak auditions, which take place on August 6th?

The Toronto Raptors are holding pre-draft workouts at the Air Canada Centre today. Guards Kemba Walker and Brandon Knight headline seperate sessions at the request of Knight's camp.

The Raptors also got a look at Enes Kanter yesterday in Chicago at Tim Grover's ATTACK Athletics. He was reportedly on the floor for 75 minutes along with Raptors assistant coach Scott Roth. Raptors senior director of scouting Jim Kelly was highly complimentary of Kanter’s strength and conditioning.

Another one for the rumour mill: Hoopsworld's Bill Ingram is claiming that the Minnesota Timberwolves have told him that the Raptors are the frontrunners to acquire the second pick. Personally, I don't think Bryan Colangelo can accept that offer fast enough, if it's indeed on the table.

Here's a look at every championship ring ever.

Check out SB Nation's Draft Lottery preview for the Toronto Raptors.

Who deserves to win the lottery? Who needs to win the most? And why the heck is Doug Smith being given a front row seat for the behind-the-scenes action in Secaucus?!

The Basketball Jones has a very scientific method of predicting the lottery winner.

Ian Levy of Hickory High created a statistical means for comparing draft prospects to draft prospects from previous seasons. For example, Kemba Walker's closest comparisons include Troy Bell, Eric Maynor and Devin Harris.

The NBA's 20 Most Harmful Players in 2010-11 features a familiar name at the top of the list.

Ed Davis finished ninth in Courtside Analyst's Final 2010-11 NBA Rookie Win Chart.

Check out parts one and two of NBeh? blog's 2010-11 Raptor Charts, as well as this overview of NBA draft prospects.

Former Raptor Charles Oakley is suing a Las Vegas resort over a 2010 beat down.

Check out the list of early entrants to the 2011 NBA draft.

Sports Illustrated put together a hilarious seperated at birth feature involving NBA playoff participants.

Former Raptor Quincy Douby is killing it in China. (via SLAM)

Bill Simmons breaking down the NBA's small-market woes with a little help from the Maloofs.

The NBA players union has enough votes to decertify.

The Toronto Star's Doug Smith had a hand in naming Ron Artest winner of the NBA's 2010-11 Citizenship Award.

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NBeh? blog reviewed the 2010-11 Toronto Raptors season.

Which coaches could be back behind NBA benches?

Sports Business Radio's Brian Berger talking NBA CBA with ESPN's Ric Bucher.

NBA's successful social media strategy is the envy of other sports leagues.

Player X on talking trash, refs taking the "black" out of the game and Kevin Garnett's cowardice.

Hard to argue with John Hollinger's tweet about Matt Devlin.

The Toronto Raptors are one of the teams that have to be just sick that Harrison Barnes is not in this draft, according to ESPN's David Thorpe. He goes on to say that the absence of a perfect fit means they'll have to take Derrick Williams.

TSN's Tim Chisholm thinks keeping Bryan Colangelo seems like the wisest move.

The Houston Rockets are after Dallas assistant Dwane Casey. Perhaps the Raptors should be in the mix for his services as well?

According to Dave Berri, even if Andrea Bargnani were a small forward, he would still be below average (but not the least productive player in the game).

Ball Don't Lie's Kelly Dwyer is among the latest to question Bryan Colangelo's talent evaluation skills. Also, we're guessing Colangelo and Jay Triano probably shouldn't have compared DeMar DeRozan's second-year results to Kobe Bryant's. But this is what happens when your evaluation of players begins and ends with scoring average.

Statistical evidence that Reggie Evans should probably pass every time he grabs an offensive rebound.

Looking at 2010-11 WARP totals for each team (according to ezPM).

Former Raptor Oliver Miller allegedly pistol-whipped a guy at a BBQ.

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Exactly one month to the day that he made Glen Silvestri a household name among Toronto Raptor fans, the Toronto Star's Dave Feschuk provides an update on Bryan Colangelo's contract status. Is anyone else surprised to learn about the connection between Silvestri and assistant GM Marc Eversley?

Guess who provided his team with the least overall production, according to Ian Levy of Hickory High? He even got the award renamed in his honor!

Derrick Williams of the Arizona Wildcats is entering the draft... and will hopefully be selected by the Raptors.

Ed Davis is going to be 15 or 20 pounds heavier next season, according to his dad.

This list of the NBA's top defenders might not include any Raptors, but it certainly features a few guys who should be free agent targets in the offseason. I'm looking at you DeAndre Jordan, Tyson Chandler and Nene Hilario.

What would the Internet be without fake trades? NBeh's Devin Dignam has a couple of fake trade proposals involving the Raptors and Utah Jazz.

Don't sweat a potential NBA lockout. Toronto will have another pro sports team for you to, ummmm, cheer on.

Lil' Wayne is likely the first rapper ever to wear a women's college basketball jersey in public. Nice work, Weezy.