<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">TORONTO -- A day after winning the top pick in the draft lottery, the Toronto Raptors dispatched coach Sam Mitchell and senior adviser Wayne Embry to Italy to scout forward Andrea Bargnani. General manager Bryan Colangelo and team owner Larry Tanenbaum have already scouted Bargnani, a 7-footer who plays for Benetton Treviso. "I'm not certain we would be sending Sam and Wayne to Italy if we had the No. 5 pick," Colangelo said Wednesday. The Raptors (27-55) jumped four spots in the pingpong ball lottery to snag the first pick in the June 28 draft to be held in New York. Colangelo also mentioned Texas center LaMarcus Aldridge, Gonzaga forward Adam Morrison, Washington guard Brandon Roy, Connecticut forward Rudy Gay and LSU forward Tyrus Thomas as candidates for the No. 1 pick. </div> The complete article is located here http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2006/ne...tory?id=2456913 Colangelo also mentions later on that one team has already expressed interest in trading for the pick, however that could just be an attempt to draw interest from other teams in trading for it.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"We're not good enough to draft around positions right now," Colangelo said.</div> You think this means, he's leaning towards not trading the pick? I know what he means, but at the same time you don't want to take the Atlanta Hawks approach, where you end up with several prospects who have a similar skillset.
