RAPTORS SET ROSTER

RAPTORS SET ROSTER FOR OPENING NIGHT

            The Toronto Raptors announced Monday their roster for Wednesday’s regular season opener against the Washington Wizards at Scotiabank Arena at 7:30 p.m. (TSN / Sportsnet 590 The FAN). Toronto returns eight players that finished last season with the team.

            The Raptors played the entire 2020-21 season in Tampa, Florida and have not hosted a regular season game in Toronto since Feb. 28, 2020 vs. Charlotte. Only four players — OG Anunoby, Chris Boucher, Pascal Siakam and Fred VanVleet — remain from the team that played the Hornets that night.

The upcoming campaign marks the Raptors’ 27th season in the NBA. This is the 10th straight season and the 21st time in team history Toronto has started the regular season at home. The Raptors sport a 16-10 record in season openers, including 13-7 at home. Wednesday will mark the third time Toronto has opened the season against the Wizards. The two clubs faced off to start the 2002-03 (W 74-68) and 2005-06 (L 99-96) campaigns.

2021-22 TORONTO RAPTORS OPENING NIGHT ROSTER

NO.	PLAYER	POS	HT	WT	BIRTHDATE	PRIOR TO NBA / HOME COUNTRY	NBA EXP.
5	Precious Achiuwa	F	6-8	244	9/19/1999	Memphis / Nigeria	1
3	OG Anunoby	F	6-7	240	7/17/1997	Indiana / England	4
45	Dalano Banton	G	6-7	203	11/7/1999	Nebraska / Canada	R
4	Scottie Barnes	G-F	6-8	225	8/1/2001	Florida State / USA	R
24	Khem Birch	C	6-8	226	9/29/1992	UNLV / Canada	4
17	Isaac Bonga	F	6-8	213	11/8/1999	Fraport Skyliners (Germany) / Germany	3
25	Chris Boucher	F	6-9	198	1/11/1993	Oregon / Canada	4
11	Justin Champagnie*	F	6-6	210	6/29/2001	Pittsburgh / USA	R
8	Sam Dekker	F	6-8	229	5/6/1994	Wisconsin / USA	4
1	Goran Dragic	G	6-3	190	5/6/1986	Union Olimpija (Slovenia) / Slovenia	13
22	Malachi Flynn	G	6-1	176	5/9/1998	San Diego State / USA	1
13	David Johnson*	G	6-4	209	2/26/2001	Louisville / USA	R
14	Svi Mykhailiuk	G-F	6-7	221	6/10/1997	Kansas / Ukraine	3
43	Pascal Siakam	F	6-8	240	4/2/1994	New Mexico State / Cameroon	5
33	Gary Trent Jr.	G	6-5	205	1/18/1999	Duke / USA	3
23	Fred VanVleet	G	6-0	200	2/25/1994	Wichita State / USA	5
18	Yuta Watanabe	F	6-8	214	10/13/1994	George Washington / Japan	3
						*Two-way contract player

HEAD COACH: Nick Nurse (Northern Iowa)

ASSISTANT COACHES:
Adrian Griffin (Seton Hall)	Trevor Gleeson (Australia)	Earl Watson (UCLA)
Nate Bjorkgren (Buena Vista)	Jim Sann (Colorado)	Nathaniel Mitchell (Cumberlands)
Jon Goodwillie (Brock)	Eric Khoury (University of Toronto)	John Corbacio (UMass Lowell)
Jamaal Magloire (Kentucky)

VICE PRESIDENT, PLAYER HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE: Alex McKechnie (Leeds School of Physiotherapy)

ATHLETIC TRAINER: Scott McCullough (Toronto)

NUMERICAL ROSTER:
1          Goran Dragic	11        Justin Champagnie	18        Yuta Watanabe	25        Chris Boucher
3          OG Anunoby	13        David Johnson	22        Malachi Flynn	33        Gary Trent Jr.
4          Scottie Barnes	14        Svi Mykhailiuk	23        Fred VanVleet	43        Pascal Siakam
5          Precious Achiuwa	17        Isaac Bonga	24        Khem Birch	45        Dalano Banton
8          Sam Dekker

HOW THE TEAM WAS ASSEMBLED:
Draft	Trade	Free Agent
2021 – Barnes (1st round)	2021 – Achiuwa (August 6)	2021 – Mykhailiuk (September 21)
2021 – Banton (2nd round)	2021 – Dragic (August 6)	2021 – Bonga (August 11)
2021 – Johnson (2nd round)	2021 – Trent Jr. (March 25)	2021 – Dekker (August 10)
2020 – Flynn (1st round)		2021 – Champagnie (August 7)
2017 – Anunoby (1st round)		2021 – Birch (April 10)
2016 – Siakam (1st round)		2020 – Watanabe (November 30)
		2018 – Boucher (July 20)
		2016 – VanVleet (July 18)

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE:
Precious Achiuwa: ah-CHEW-uh	Goran Dragic: GORE-on DROG-ich
OG Anunoby: O G Ann-uh-no-bee	Malachi Flynn: MAL-uh-kai
Dalano Banton: duh-LAH-no BAN-ten	Svi Mykhailiuk: Svee muh-KAI-luke
Chris Boucher: boo-SHAY	Pascal Siakam: Pass-CAL See-AHK-am
Justin Champagnie: Sham-Penny	Yuta Watanabe: YOU-tuh wah-tuh-NAH-bay

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