Who is in town this Thrusday?

More workouts for the Raptors as we are a week away from draft day. An international player and a couple wildcats on the draft workout menu. In total 6 players pay a visit to the Raptors practice floor.

Thomas Heurtel (G) 6-2 France

Eric Bledsoe (G) 6-2 Kentucky

Xavier Henry (G) 6-7 Kansas

Paul George (F) 6-9 Fresno State

Tyler Wilkerson (F) 6-8 Marshall

Patrick Patterson (F) 6-9 Kentucky

Raptors will be having a free agent camp on Friday and Saturday. When we get info on who will be at that will provide it for you. I will be talking with Jack Armstrong Friday afternoon so look for that interview to be be up sometime Friday night. We will be talking about the draft mostly and what he expects the Raptors to do and his thoughts on some of their options in the draft.

Tuesday's Draft Workouts Feature Whiteside

Toronto Raptors continue with draft workouts in preparation for the NBA Draft in just over a week. Hassan Whiteside leads a group of 4 players to hit the practice floor at the ACC.

Hassan Whiteside 7ft (Center) Marshall
Solomon Alabi 7ft 1(Center) Florida State
Dominique Jones 6ft 5 (Guard) South Florida
Lance Stephenson 6ft 6(Guard) Cincinnati

Raptors will have more workouts Thursday and Eric Bledsoe of Kentucky may be part of that group. Will have to wait and see. NBA draft goes next Thursday if you can believe it. Game 6 of the NBA Finals goes tonight.

Draft Workouts Thursday

Raptors will continue draft workouts tomorrow at the ACC. P.J Carlesmio will also meet with the media. But here is the list of draft hopefuls coming to town:

Jeremy Wise Guard 6-2 Bakersfield (NBDL)

Eric Hayes Guard 6-4 Maryland

Ekpe Udoh Forward 6-9 Baylor

Daniel Orton Forward 6-9 Kentucky

Larry Sanders Centre 6-10 Va. Commonwealth

Cole Aldrich Centre 6-11 Kansas

Dino Nation Blog will be in the house for the workouts. Looking forward to it. In addition, will be great to hear what P.J Carlesmio has to say about his new job with the Raptors. So off to Toronto we go on the Go-Train tomorrow morning. Hope to make this trip someday for the NBA Finals. But that is likely a long way off.

Draft Workouts Continue

The Toronto Raptors will continue workouts today at the ACC with 6 players scheduled to be in attendance. Here is a list of who is expected to be on hand for the workouts today.

Ben Uzoh (Guard 6ft 3) Tusla
Michael Roll (Guard 6ft 5) UCLA
Latavious Williams (Forward 6ft 8) Tusla (NBDL)
Devin Ebanks (Forward 6ft 7) West Virginia
Samardo Samuels (Forward 6ft 9) Louisville
Gani Lawal (Forward 6ft 8) Georgia Tech

A varied group of talent today, including a D-Leaguer in Williams. Should be interesting to see how these kids work out. I was told Avery Bradley(Texas) and Gordon Hayward (Butler) made solid impressions yesterday. While Robinson (UConn) was more athletic than people thought. I am going to be doing an interview later today talking with a local writer that covers the Longhorns. We will discuss both Bradley and Damion James entering the draft out of Texas. As well as some future Canadian stars in Tristan Thompson and Corey Joseph both committed to Texas for next season. Look for that later today or tomorrow. Still no official announcement on P.J Carlesmio who is expected to join the Raptors coaching staff. It was reported on ESPN, Fan 590 and here on Dino Nation Blog yesterday. Word is the 2 sides have agreed on a contract.

Draft Work-Outs Underway

The Toronto Raptors have started the process of draft work-outs this week. The first workouts are scheduled to begin Monday morning at the Raptors practice facility at the ACC. Here is a list of who is scheduled to be working out for them today.

Willie Warren 6ft 4 (G) from Oklahoma

Avery Bradley 6 ft 2 (G) from Texas

Gordon Hayward 6 ft 8(F) from Butler

Stanley Robinson 6ft 9 (F) from Connecticut

It will be interesting if we hear any comment from the Raptors on the Hedo Turkoglu matter. Even thought the main purpose will be the incoming players and the draft. We also could get some indication of what the Raptors plans might be based on who comes to town in terms of the draft. Hayward and Robinson are slotted slightly below where the Raptors would select according to Draft Express. While the other 2 are late first round selections according to their mock draft.

Dino Nation Blog will keep you posted with who is expect to be coming in for workouts and keep you in the loop.