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• Inside The Raptors 2026 Draft Strategy

  16-06-2026 20:15 via raptorsrepublic.com
  It’s tea leave reading season in the NBA. With the Knicks crowned as champions, all attention has shifted to the start of the process: the draft.The Toronto Raptors are in a unique position, in an ultra-deep draft, to add talent to a core that has entered it’s competitive window. Their Assistant General Manager and Vice President of Player Personnel, Dan Tolzman, spoke to the media today about how things could shake out for them.On the Raptors draft process:Armed with both the 19th a
  
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• Travelling hooper Leigh Ellis brings ‘Basketball Passport’ back to Toronto

  16-06-2026 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  It was once said that “sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else.”And although Leigh Ellis didn’t know it at the time, he spoke that language one summer day in 2021, when he stepped onto the asphalt basketball court of Berlin’s Mauerpark and gestured with his hands toward a couple of strangers to ask if he could shoot around with them.The Aussie also had no idea his son would take out a phone and record the spontaneous hoop ses
  
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• Three more Centers Raptors should go after in Free Agency

  16-06-2026 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  With the NBA Finals t wrapped up, we are now officially in the offseason. The Raptors have been reported to be interested in upgrading the center position in the offseason after a lacklustre year from starting center Jakob Poeltl, who was plagued by injuries. With Toronto having a ton of money tied up in their current roster, it’ll be hard to imagine them getting any deals outside of veteran minimums, so most of these targets will be on the lower tier of big men. By the way, the reason why
  
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• Raptors Draft Options: HANNES STEINBACH, CHRIS CENAC JR. + MORE

  16-06-2026 15:00 via raptorsrepublic.com
  
  Samson Folk is joined by David Lee to discuss draft prospects for the Raptors.Find all of David’s stuff here. Please show support. Thanks.From Brendan’s piece:
  “The Fit (The Jakob Poeltl Successor?)For a team lacking a strong, interior rebounding presence, Hannes would fit like a dream as a core future piece of the Raptors.Hannes’ motor, rebounding, and pick-and-roll feel would complement Scottie Barnes nicely as both are high-IQ forwards who play with physicality and can
  
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