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All signs are now pointing to a team content to run it back.

If the Raptors do the expected, now, and bring back Fred VanVleet and re-sign Jakob Poeltl and don’t trade any of Pascal Siakam, O.G. Anunoby or Gary Trent Jr, the only other move of note this off-season will be a coaching switch. Out with Nick Nurse, who clearly no longer wanted to be here, and in with Darko Rajakovic, who couldn’t be happier in his new job.

Before the Golden State Warriors traded Jordan Poole to the Washington Wizards for Chris Paul, the team reportedly checked in with the Toronto Raptors about a swap for OG Anunoby. According to Tim Kawakami of The Athletic, the Raptors were not interested in such a deal.

With the NBA free agency moratorium opening on June 30, the Toronto Raptors plan to prioritize retaining point guard Fred VanVleet and centre Jakob Poeltl, according to TSN's Josh Lewenberg.

The Canadian men's basketball team has a new head coach, according to reports.

Jordi Fernandez, an associate head coach with the NBA's Sacramento Kings, will lead the Canadian men in their pursuit of a Olympic berth in Paris 2024, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski and The Associated Press.

Kevin Obanor, a fifth-year senior out of Texas Tech, is the latest addition, joining the Raptors on an Exhibit 10 deal, according to Bryan Kalbrosky of USA Today. The deal is non-guaranteed and will allow Toronto to keep Obanor with the Raptors 905 for the season.

Expect Obanor to compete for one of three two-way spots Toronto has this year. Fellow undrafted rookie Markquis Nowell has been inked to one of the two-ways with the remaining two up for grabs.

The cost of building homes and apartment complexes across 11 major Canadian cities was up 54 per cent in the first three months of 2023 compared with the same period in 2019, according to Statistics Canada data released last month.

The increases are especially striking in Toronto, with costs up around 85 per cent for single-detached houses and town homes, and 64 per cent for apartment buildings.

The newest Raptors first-round pick revealed that he will be wearing No. 1 with Toronto.

Dick wore No. 1 in high school, which he acknowledged was his preferred choice, but that number was not available at Kansas, so he switched to No. 4 instead.

Gradey Dick says he's been impressed with Toronto so far - how beautiful the city is, how genuine the people are. "I think I hit the jackpot coming here"

Sources: UCLA basketball assistant Ivo Simovic is finalizing a deal to become a Toronto Raptors assistant coach. He joins the staff of fellow Serbian Darko Rajakovic, who he has worked with previously in Serbia [

• Pete Thamel, ESPN (Twitter)](https://twitter.com/PeteThamel/status/1673337808730071044)

Canadian real estate prices are rising, and that’s bad news if you’re looking for cheap credit. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) reported new home prices made the first increase in nearly a year. In a research note to investors, BMO warned the increase is just one of many housing data points that shows shelter is back to driving inflation. That helps to justify the recent central bank rate hike, and potentially opens the door to further hikes.

According to the survey, 36 per cent of first-time homebuyers in the GTA say they received a lump sum payment from parents or relatives to purchase a home. About 29 per cent said they received financial help with their monthly mortgage payments.

Forty-four per cent of first-time homebuyers in the GTA said the financial assistance they received was a gift.

About 29 per cent of first-time homebuyers in the GTA said they purchased a home in a different neighbourhood or region than they had originally planned due to affordability issues and 37 per cent said they purchased a smaller home than they had planned.