Despite shining at the recent Americas Olympic qualifying basketball tournament, Canadian team star Rowan Barrett will not realize his long-time dream of playing in the NBA.

At least not this season.

Barrett finished third overall in points per game (18.1) at the event in San Juan, Puerto Rico and his outstanding play drew interest from a number of clubs around the NBA.

Unfortunately for the Toronto-born-and-bred forward/guard, who led the qualifying tournament in scoring until the semi-final round, that preliminary interest has not resulted in any contract offers from NBA teams. This week, he departed for Europe to play for Dijon in the French League.

"The team that really disappoints me is the Raptors," said Bill Neff, Barrett's New York-based agent. "They've shown next to zero interest. It blows my mind."

Neff believes that Barrett, who played mostly as a small forward in San Juan for the undersized Canadian team, would be a good eighth or ninth guy on an NBA team, a perfect fourth guard, adding that he would be a natural fit for his hometown team. The agent believes that the Raptors took a pass on Barrett because they are afraid that if they sign him and cut him, or sign him and not play him regularly, there would be a negative backlash from the fans.

"I think they feel that's a risk. They're scared of the negative impact, but I think they're crazy," Neff said. "He could play for them today.