Time is not on our side today so here is some pre-draft stuff from RealGM.com. It is worth the read if you are a Raptors fan to see what a lot of the other fans are saying.

Last month on RealGm they posted a series of Lottery Summits for each of the league’s fourteen non-playoff teams. Now they have done the same for the playoff teams. The following responses were compiled from the Toronto forum, which include the people who know the Raptors better than some of the players themselves.

Here is the last question, pertaining to who the Raptors fans want to get in the draft.

Who would you like your team to select?

BigBurd: Eric Gordon. We need someone willing to drive and draw fouls.

BoBBo!: Chris Douglas-Roberts.

HAK: Nicolas Batum or JaVale McGee. Both are young and have shown flashes in their games. If we can’t get a big man/wing player through a trade, we might as well draft one and develop them.

DIEHARD_005: McGee, Gordon or Roy Hibbert.

KingstonRaptors: Douglas-Roberts.

rocket2981: I like Kosta Koufos or Robin Lopez as a big and Danilo Gallinari or Chase Budinger as a swingman.

CrookedJ: I honestly think that the pick will be traded. If we use it maybe Brandon Rush, Lopez or McGee.

youngLion: Although he’s a project, I think Batum could be a good fit. O.J. Mayo’s ability to create off the dribble would be a great compliment to this team, but of course we would have to trade up to get him.

agentzerotoTO: At seventeen Batum, CDR or Hibbert. If we get a higher pick Gallinari or DeAndre Jordan. If we get lower pick then Tyler Smith or Lopez.

ATLTimekeeper: They would have to trade up, but Russell Westbrook or O.J. Mayo.

rise of raptors: You should always draft the best player available. At #17, Batum seems to be the one with the greatest potential.

Shaazzam: Someone who can guard their position. That’s number one for me, defense.

cdel00: Pekovic.

AndreaBustani: Donte Green, Joey Dorsey or Joe Alexander.

Garmfay: I say go with the best available player. Take someone who will have high upside because at seventeen you won’t be getting any instant impact players with high potential. I would like the Raptors to take Batum.

Meursault: Batum or Green.

Hendrix: I’d be happy with Lopez, Batum or maybe even CDR. I feel we might be better served to get a guy you know you’ll get defense and rebounding out of like Lopez, but he doesn’t have the upside of a lot of the guys around him. In the second round (I think we could buy one cheap) I like Joey Dorsey, Bill Walker and Nathan Jawai.

James Ballswin (Realizar): The best player available.

Teabag: Walker.

dennistokyo: ‘BAP’, but I wouldn’t mind someone like Lopez. I want Raptors to buy an early second rounder and draft Kyle Weaver, if that’s possible.

rdtx2005: Batum would probably be the best choice, but for some reason Gallinari seems like a Raptor. I don’t know why.

wawaweewa: Budinger if he is available. If not, Douglas-Roberts or Lopez.

Who do you want the Raptors to select in the draft?

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For the full article with all seven questions you can check it out here.

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