Is Valanciunas poised for a breakout season?: Few topics tend to draw the ire of Raptors fans quite like the usage of Jonas Valanciunas. 'How come they don't give him more touches, why isn't he playing in the fourth quarter and when is the 24-year-old going to be unleashed on the league?', they would ask with occasional malice directed at the team's decision makers. Dwane Casey has heard those cries but neither he nor the organization are fazed by them. They have been consistent in their approach with the young centre, bringing him along slowly and maintaining his time will come. Perhaps it has. -- TSN.ca

Raptors playing it safe with Sullinger, Ross: Jared Sullinger's first training camp with the Raptors hasn't exactly played out the way he had hoped. Toronto's new starting power forward has missed the last four preseason games and has been a limited participant in practice after his left foot was stepped on in the exhibition opener against Golden State. -- TSN.ca

Raptor Cory Joseph sinks an aerial five-pointer for LG ad: It's a long way down if you miss. Toronto Raptor Cory Joseph managed to sink a basket 27-storeys above Adelaide St. - and what's more remarkable, the basket was on another rooftop around 65 feet away. The feat can be seen in a new LG ad for the LG G5 phone. "When LG asked if I could sink a basket over Adelaide Street from one building rooftop to another – I thought they were crazy, but why not give it a try," Joseph said in a press release on Monday. -- Toronto Sun