Steve Wyche of the Washington Post reports that the Toronto Raptors are interested in speaking to Wizards assistant coach Brian James as a possible replacement to recently removed Lenny Wilkens.

The Raptors have yet to seek permission to speak to James, but are expected to at least offer him an interview due to ties he has within the Raptors organization.

Other candidates the Raptors may look into will be former Knick coach Jeff Van Gundy, former Cavalier and Atlanta coach Mike Fratello, and Spurs assistant P.J. Carlesimo.