Raptors of Toronto De Colo was dealt to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Austin Daye on February 20, 2014. He played only five games for the Raptors before being waived by the team.
De Colo came over to the Raptors after playing most recently with CSKA Moscow in the Russian Premier League. The 29-year-old Brazilian center has career averages of 8.8 points and 4.4 rebounds in 175 games (all Russia/Russia first division). He also has two years left on his contract with CSKA.
In five games with the Raptors, he averaged 2.4 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
De Colo is the second former Raptor to be traded for the Raptors this season after Tyler Ennis was sent to the New York Knicks.
On June 28, 1999, Toronto acquired Antonio Davis from the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Jonathan Bender's draft rights. On February 22, 2001, Toronto obtained a first-round draft selection from New York in exchange for Mark Jackson and Muggsy Bogues from Seattle. This selection was later traded to Philadelphia in exchange for Andrew DeJong.
Davis played five seasons with the Pacers, helping them win the 1999 NBA Championship. He averaged 7.4 points and 3.6 rebounds in 179 games (all starts).
After leaving Indiana as a free agent, Davis signed with San Antonio where he won another championship in 2007. In 210 games with the Spurs, he averaged 10.1 points and 4.7 rebounds.
In 2007, Davis joined forces with former Pacer Dale Davis in Toronto. With both players being unrestricted free agents that summer, they agreed to join forces on July 9, 2007. That same day, they signed contract extensions with the Raptors. The contracts were for one year each, with Antonio receiving $5 million and Danilo getting $3.5 million.
Antonio Davis has been a key player for the Raptors since they hired him. He has helped them reach the playoffs every season since joining the team and is a two-time All-Star. As a Raptor, he has scored over 1,000 points twice and grabbed more than 400 rebounds once.
Off. On June 26, 2008, he was selected by the Toronto Raptors in the first round (17th overall) of the 2008 NBA Draft. The Toronto Raptors traded him, along with Maceo Baston, T.J. Ford, and Rasho Nesterovic, to the Indiana Pacers on July 9, 2008, in exchange for Nathan Jawai and Jermaine O'Neal.
Roy Hibbert's career averages are 20.1 points and 11.3 rebounds per game. He has played all positions but center during his career so far. Hibbert is a three-time All-Star and two-time Olympian. He won the Foshan Award as the best Chinese player of the year in 2010.
Hibbert played one season at Georgetown University before entering the 2008 NBA Draft. During that season, he averaged 22.4 points, 12.0 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks per game. He is currently ranked #2 behind Dwight Howard on the list of most dominant forces in basketball today.
Here are the other players chosen in the same draft class: DeMarcus Cousins, James White, Andre Drummond, Derrick Favors, Kosta Koufos, Kyle Lowry, Evan Turner, Tyler Zeller.
The San Antonio Spurs picked him with the 53rd overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft on June 25, 2009. On July 13, 2009, he agreed to terms with Valencia, Spain, on a three-year contract. He went on to win the European Cup with Valencia in 2010. De Colo revealed on July 10, 2012, that he will not be re-signing with Valencia in order to play in the NBA. He signed with the Los Angeles Clippers on November 16, 2012.
Leandro De Colo was born on January 4, 1988, in Montevideo, Uruguay. As a youth, he played soccer before deciding to try out for basketball at the age of 11. In 2004, he began playing for Bembibre Academy in Spain, where he stayed for five years. In 1999, he made his debut for Uruguay's national team at the South American Youth Championship, scoring 14 points in just six minutes of action. Two years later, at the 2001 World University Games in Beijing, China, he led his team to victory by scoring 19 points in the final game against Russia. At the end of the tournament, he was named MVP after averaging 22.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
De Colo was considered one of the best international prospects available in this year's draft. He had previously declared for the Uruguayan national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but withdrew himself from consideration due to injury.
De Colo is of Uruguayan descent through his father's side of the family. His mother is Spanish.
The Sacramento Kings traded him, along with Chuck Hayes, Patrick Patterson, and John Salmons, to the Toronto Raptors on December 9, 2013 in exchange for Quincy Acy, Rudy Gay, and Aaron Gray. The Toronto Raptors traded him to the Milwaukee Bucks on June 25, 2015, in exchange for Norman Powell and a 2017 first-round draft selection (OG Anunoby was later selected).
He debuted for the Raptors against his former team, the Sacramento Kings, on December 15, 2013. He had 12 points, nine rebounds, and three blocks in a 113-105 win over Kings.
Vasquez signed with the Brooklyn Nets after one season with the Bucks. He went on to play four seasons with the Nets before being traded to the Dallas Mavericks at the 2018 NBA trade deadline. After one season with the Mavs, he joined his third franchise of his career, the New Orleans Pelicans, in exchange for Alex Oriakhi on July 7, 2019.
In total, Greivis Vasquez has played three seasons in the NBA. He has averaged 14.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 0.8 steals, and 0.4 blocks in 35.6 minutes per game.
After going to college at Louisiana State University, Vasquez was considered one of the best power forwards in Europe when he came over to the NBA in 2001. He helped lead the Kings to the playoffs as a rookie before an ankle injury ended his season.
The Toronto Raptors gave up C.J. Miles, Jonas Valanciunas, Delon Wright, and a 2024 second-round draft selection in exchange for Gasol. In exchange for Ibaka, the club gave up shooter Terrence Ross and a potential first-round selection pick.
Gasol was expected to provide the Raptors with some much-needed interior defense and help them win more games in the close contests that come along with being a playoff team. He'll be an important part of their push for an Eastern Conference title.
Miles was traded by the Raptors before the 2018-19 season began in order to free up space under the salary cap. The 27-year-old forward/center appeared in only four games for Toronto that year before being shipped off to the New York Knicks. He's since had quite a career overseas, averaging 20 points per game this past season for the Greek Basket League's Olympiacos.
Wright is a 26-year-old shooting guard from Canada who was drafted by Toronto in the first round (20th overall) of the 2012 NBA Draft. He spent three seasons with the club before being shipped off to the Memphis Grizzlies in a trade deadline deal. Wright has also played for the San Antonio Spurs and Brooklyn Nets since then. He averaged 11 points per game this past season for the Raptors' G-League affiliate, the Vaughan Vipers.
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