Raptors Waive Murray... Finally

by **$Chris Bosh$** on Sat Sep 03, 2005 4:54 am

Raptors place Murray on waivers

Canadian Press

9/2/2005 2:51:13 PM

TORONTO (CP) - The Toronto Raptors announced Friday they've waived veteran forward Lamond Murray.

Murray, an 11-year NBA veteran, was acquired from the Cleveland Cavaliers on Aug. 25, 2002. But the six-foot-seven, 235-pound Murray averaged just six points, 2.7 rebounds and 15.1 minutes in 95 games with the Raptors.

Murray began his NBA career with the Los Angeles Clippers in 1994-'95. He has appeared in 679 career games, scoring an average of 11.9 points.

http://www.tsn.ca/nba/news_story.asp?id=135289

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:38 am

Do they have any shooters left, besides Mo-Pete?

by **air_edwards23** on Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:53 am

jalen rose

by **Doobie** on Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:54 am

I never really considered J rose a shooter.

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Sat Sep 03, 2005 7:00 am

I never really considered J rose a shooter.

He's streaky... but if they start going in, it's a nightmare for the opposition... He's not a pure shooter, though.

by **cklitsie** on Sat Sep 03, 2005 7:15 am

Nietzschean Pride wrote:He's streaky... but if they start going in, it's a nightmare for the opposition... He's not a pure shooter, though.

Every basketball player whose shots start going in is a nightmare for the opposition, no matter how much of a 'shooter' they are.
Bottom line, he's not a shooter and you made a useless post.

by **[L3]1101** on Sat Sep 03, 2005 7:40 am

well the raptors waived him to open up a roster spot for someone.... who is that someone??

by **John WB** on Sat Sep 03, 2005 7:59 am

Nietzschean Pride wrote:
I never really considered J rose a shooter.

He's streaky... but if they start going in, it's a nightmare for the opposition...

Ya think?

by **Its_asdf** on Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:00 am

Nietzschean Pride wrote:Do they have any shooters left, besides Mo-Pete?

Rose, Calderon, Alston, Bonner can all hit shots at a good percentage if they are given enough room to shoot it. Chris Bosh is also a pretty effective mid-range shooter and Joey Graham is supposed to have a decent mid-range jumper as well, so I think jump shooting still isn't a problem for us. We never really needed Murray anyway, he wasn't going to be getting any playing time and his defence was terrible.

by **fgrep15** on Sat Sep 03, 2005 4:35 pm

Yayy!!!! I've been waiting for this for a while...

by **Cable** on Sun Sep 04, 2005 1:03 pm

[L3]1101 wrote:well the raptors waived him to open up a roster spot for someone.... who is that someone??

That someone will hopefully be a point guard. Babcock has said many times he's looking for a third point guard, someone to play behind Alston and Calderon. Any ideas? I don't know who's out there anymore . . .

by **Doobie** on Sun Sep 04, 2005 2:41 pm

isn't watson still available??? or is he offically signed with Denver . Well , I don't think he would like playing 3rd string anyways . And i was thinking , maybe they might give Jay Williams a chance .That is if he's coming back this year.

by **Its_asdf** on Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:14 pm

Omar Cook is always an option. He's cheap and he probably won't agrue about his minutes. Plus he's got some potential and he runs the team so smoothly.

by **RoCkY MaIvIa** on Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:43 am

Ronald Murray is also an option though

by **fgrep15** on Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:11 am

DoobieKnicks wrote:isn't watson still available??? or is he offically signed with Denver . Well , I don't think he would like playing 3rd string anyways . And i was thinking , maybe they might give Jay Williams a chance .That is if he's coming back this year.

He's on Denver, and the Raps don't have enough money for him anyways. Jay Williams is who I want to see, over Omar Cook and whoever else..

Ronald Murray is also an option though

He's not a PG...

Raptors Waive Murray... Finally

Raptors Waive Murray... Finally

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