Zhang Yang: "He has a good dad. The Spurs were originally planning to sell Nesterovic for a good price, but when Colangelo made an offer, Popovich gave him a father's face, handing over a first-round pick swap right, a second-round pick, and $600,000 cash to the Toronto Raptors."
"Humphries, such a solid defensive buffer forward prospect, was almost given away for free to the Raptors by the Jazz Team."
"With these two joining, the Raptors' weakness of not having a strong frontline was remedied."
"Parker, who played so well in Europe for a few years, when the Magic heard the Raptors wanted to sign him, they directly gave up his renewal rights. Returning to the NBA he was able to start, averaging 12 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 steal per game, good on both offense and defense, and with a 44% three-point shooting percentage. His addition to the Raptors made up for the weakness at shooting guard left by Carter's departure."