NBA Summer League 2018: Who is part of the Toronto Raptors team?

If you can believe it, the Toronto Raptors are heading voluntarily to Las Vegas, Nevada. They may actually already be there. As it has become an annual tradition, the Raptors intend to play basketball in the desert in July. To which I would like to add: at least it is a dry heat.

For the first time, the NBA will join Toronto. Each team is ready to line up their own team of 15, to walk in the desert (finally, the Cox Pavilion or the Thomas & Mack Center) and compete. As we have mentioned elsewhere, here is when the Raptors will take the short. (Here is the full schedule.)

And here is the list of Raptors, just to remind:

So now, a good question to ask: who are these guys? Recap

The New Guys

This is the largest group of players you will find on the Raptors and in the summer league competition. The New Guys are all players who have appeared as a blip on the radar screen of many NBA teams, but for some reason, have not been able to compete against a team – p . they remained unselected in the most recent draft of the NBA, or have floated around other national or international leagues.

The Raptors have seven players of this type on their team, some of whom we have already mentioned elsewhere on this site. Let's go through the list anyway:

Rawle Alkins

Alkins is not, let's say, a special case, but it stands out here. Why? Because the Raptors have already signed up for a training contract, which means that whatever happens (unless injury), he will be with the team at the end of September – not to mention the turn of October. At age 20, 6 "5", and in the top 60, Alkins can stand out in other ways. Here is what we have on him

Augusto Lima

Codi Miller-McIntyre [19659012] We wrote about these two guys: one is tall, the other is not so big.And given the need for size in the summer league, and in the league G, it's not surprising to see the Raptors trying to keep Lima in the vicinity. (It's also Brazilian, and I believe that there is a warrant in Toronto to have at least one on the list at any time.)

Tryggvi Hlinason

Speaking of great international men: an Icelandic! Hlinason measures 7 "1", 260 pounds and is only 20 years old. If actually played professional in Iceland for three years (for Körfuknattleiksdeild Þórs, obviously) before jumping to Valencia Basket in the Liga ACB. So while Tryggvi has just been drafted in June, there is some clamor for his skills. (This helps when the big Nordic players have become the new ineffective league.)

One last cute detail here: Hlinason competed for Team Iceland at the Games of the Small States of Europe in 2017, helping his team to claim the bronze medal.

Jordan Loyd

Wait a second, Loyd is not a new guy! As you will remember (I did not do it), Loyd played for the Raptors in their summer league team last year in 2017. Unfortunately, as I have done so, I have not been able to do that. I was reminded me: this team did not lose in a huge (hugest?) upset in the first knockout round of the tournament.

This will be Loyd's third appearance in the summer league, and while he has a solid academic career (21 points per game in his senior season), the best professional ball that's out there. he was able to play was for Hapoel Eilat in Israel

Giddy Potts

Frankly, I do not know if the Raptors can afford to let someone named Giddy Potts go away. Sign this man (also, here's what we said about him before.)

Andrew Rowsey

So, here's what we wrote about Rowsey, but it only tells part of the story. 39; history. When I asked Mitch Robson, our resident NCAA expert, to weigh in on the man, his first impulse was to say, and I quote, "Oh that bastard". I think that could sum up all of Rowsey's experience – even if you can read more if you wish.

The 905ers

Here is a group of players who come to Vegas and are already very competent Raptors. They spent the last few months getting it to Mississauga for the 905, or got minutes for the Raptors.

Malcolm Miller

Alfonzo McKinnie

Malachi Richardson

The first three The names should be very familiar to you. Miller of course shined for the 905 en route to the finals of the G League (though he was eventually excluded from the Raptors' playoff list). As discussed in his player review, there are always question marks as to where Toronto will go with Miller.

McKinnie caught 14th place at training camp last year and while he did not do much in the NBA, he grew jumps and bounds on the length of the season for the 905s. (Our guy JD Quirante had this and this to say about the McKinnie year.)

And if just or not, Richardson will probably never remembered in Toronto as the guy the Raptors had in Bruno Caboclo's trade. Sorry, Malachi! (See what I mean here in his 2017-18 player review.)

Shevon Thompson

If you read one of Cole Shelton's columns of Dial 905 from last season, you have probably seen the name of Thompson. Cole was very enamored of the great man's skill set and his willingness to dominate in limited minutes. It seemed that every week there was a crazy 905 account to report – seriously, just check the Notes section of any of these columns. Thompson will unfortunately not be joined in Vegas by teammate Kennedy Meeks, but on the other hand, he will undoubtedly be the best time for Shevon

Fuquan Edwin

Edwin is the oldest player in the world. Team at 26 years old. (In fact, he is tied with Augusto Lima so far, apparently, is this picture accurate?) What are the chances of that ???) As a result, he was – Sioux Falls in the G League , then to Venezuela, Israel, Australia, Kosovo, Finland, and then somehow with the 905. If nothing else, this international odyssey must be worth something to someone & # 39; a. Edwin could very well recover his place as a 3-D wing player for the 905, or he could go elsewhere. Let's keep an eye.

NBAers

An even smaller group of players make up this group: guys who have already been part of the league but have not yet reached the Raptors system. In this case, Toronto brings something from an old hand, and a totally fresh face (to a certain extent). See what I mean below.

Marquis Teague

Hey, a Teague! Marquis is Jeff's brother and has been in and around the BA since 2012. He was selected 29th at the 2012 NBA Draft, spent some time with the Bulls, then the Nets, and then with the Grizzlies the year last. For a few years, from 2014 to 2017, he jumped between the Ligue G, Israel and Russia – which must have been a kind of transition.

At age 25, 6 "2" and 180 pounds, it is likely that Teague is what he is right now. "He never went over 3.7 points per game, and he shot 25 percent in all three games where he appeared for Memphis – it was late in the season too, when the Grizz were trying to find creative ways to lose, but Teague showed that he could playing in the NBA, and it's not nothing

Chris Boucher

Technically speaking, Boucher is an NBA player, so go ahead and check the statistics, after signing a bilateral contract with the Golden State Warriors, Boucher played one (1) game for the team on March 14, 2018. (This after Boucher tore his ACL in a college game almost exactly a year ago, and saw his shot from 39, water plunge.) In 1:19 of action, Boucher recorded a shot (he missed), and a rebound (defensive). The total impact: -2

The call here – at Beyond 6 "of Boucher, a 200-pound setting – is that, hey, he's Canadian! Although Boucher was born in Castries, Saint Lucia, he moved to Montreal at the age of five (and has a father born in Canada, for what it's worth). From there, it's more of a story – any tale that usually mentions the Quebec chain of Saint Hubert restaurants

OG Anunoby

Only one player belongs to this group.

OG Anunoby

He is OG Anunoby.