July 1 marks the commencement of NBA free agency, with all indicators pointing to a crazy couple of weeks. There’s also a strong possibility a great deal of dust will have settled in the first few days, so I’m not wasting any time putting my thoughts on (virtual) paper.
The Toronto Raptors are expected to use up most of their salary cap room to re-sign DeMar DeRozan to a max or near-max deal. As we’ve discussed recently, there won’t be enough gelt left to bring back Bismack Biyombo, but there might be a few players of interest the Raptors can make offers to.