The Toronto Raptors announced Tuesday their roster for Wednesday’s regular season opener against the Detroit Pistons at Air Canada Centre (TSN/TSN 1050, 7:30 p.m.). The Raptors waived Drew Crawford, Brady Heslip, Yanick (yan-neek) Moreira (more-era), E.J. Singler and Jarrod Uthoff (U-toff) Saturday to get to the league roster limit of 15 players.
Last season, the Raptors established a club record with 56 wins, captured their third consecutive Atlantic Division title and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in team history.
Toronto returns 11 players that finished last season with the team. Newcomers to the roster are Jakob Poeltl (Utah, first-round draft pick), Pascal Siakam (New Mexico State, first-round draft pick), Jared Sullinger (Boston) and Fred VanVleet (Wichita State, undrafted free agent).