When in doubt, draft the best athlete available. That's exactly what the Raptors did.

With the No. 9 pick, Toronto selected 6-foot-6 shooting guard DeMar DeRozan, who left USC after his freshman year. DeRozan still has much work to do, but nobody is questioning his athleticism.

"What I need to work on is what I have been working on since I got out of college, ball-handling, shooting, defense," DeRozan said. "I want to work on everything so, at the end of the day, I can be the all-around player that I need to be."

DeRozan was one of the players the Raptors targeted and had in for a workout. He averaged 13.9 points in his only USC season.

If DeRozan can develop, it could give the Raptors some much-needed star power down the road. ...More