Toronto Raptors Season Update

The Toronto Raptors used their first overall pick in June 2006 to choose Italian prodigy Andrea Bargnani. He became the first European drafted number one overall. Later, the Toronto Raptors hired Benetton Treviso to be the team’s General Manager and European executive guru Maurizio Gherardini as the club’s vice president and the assistant general manager. In June, Colangelo traded the 2006 NBA Rookie of the Year Charlie Villanueva to the Milwaukee Bucks for TJ Ford. In July the Toronto Raptors acquired Anthony Parker from the Maccabi Tel Aviv, and later picked John Salmons from the Philadelphia 76ers, though Salmons scraped the agreement and did not join the Toronto Raptors. Fred Jones signed to a three-year contract worth $11 million.
For the 2006-2007 season the Toronto Raptors decided to change their color style and uniforms. The original dinosaur logo was eliminated in favor of the new "paw-print" logo. The purple elements of the team jerseys were also removed to become red. This was part of a recent campaign to promote the Raptors as a "Canada's team".

The game of October 15, 2006, with its 119 points by the Toronto Raptors marks the third highest total during a preseason game in franchise history. On October 27, 2006, the pre-season was finished with 7-1, which is the best record in the league, as well as a franchise record. The team’s franchise, also announced the "Nicholson seats" (two pairs of seats near the scorers table) that cost $1500 per game because of their proximity to the team and the basketball court. Recently several Toronto Raptors players set some individual records. For instance, Charlie Villanueva, set a new franchise record for most points scored by a rookie – 48 (during the game versus Milwaukee on March 26, 2006). Mike James established a record for most consecutive free throws without a miss in one game by shooting 18 of 18.

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