Jose Calderon is expected to be ready for training camp despite a leg injury serious enough to keep him out of this month's World Championships in Turkey.

Calderon suffered a torn muscle in his leg during Spain's exhibition game against the United States on Sunday.

Spanish team officials said Calderon would need "four weeks" to recover from the injury, putting him back just before camp starts.

"It's unfortunate that he will miss the worlds and playing for his country which he loves to do," Raptors coach Jay Triano said.

"The timing for him is not good, but he should heal sufficiently to be ready for camp and that will now be his focus."

Chris Bosh has again insisted that he never quit on the Raptors during his time in Toronto.

"Nobody wanted to make the playoffs more than me," Bosh told Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated.

"Nobody else wanted to make it more than me, trust me. I put in the work to be successful. I had a turned ankle and I had a broken nose that I had to stay in the hospital for, and I played through it. I know what I put into that organization and what I put into it was everything I had every night."

Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo suggested last month that Bosh mailed it in towards the end of his final season with the team.

"Whether he was mentally checked out or just wasn't quite into it down the stretch, he wasn't the same guy," Colangelo said.

The new Heat star rejected the suggestion.

"I've never quit at anything," Bosh said. "Comments like that, they don't bother me as a player. Professionally, I'm disappointed. [Colangelo and I] went through a lot together. He was the GM and we both tried our best to make that team better while I was there. We had many conversations, we went back and forth on e-mails, so just to hear that, it's disappointing. But at the end of the day, there's no reason to be upset. I know that I would have done anything to win."

Leandro Barbosa admitted recently that he requested a trade from the Suns following the 2009-10 season.

Phoenix sent the guard to Toronto in a deal that landed them forward Hedo Turkoglu.

"I asked for a trade after the season. I told Phoenix I wanted to play in a better situation for me, which I think I have in Toronto," Barbosa told DIME.

"I didn't get that chance to play a lot in Phoenix, so I wanted to go to a different team. The first team that came was Toronto, and I have a good relationship with Bryan Colangelo, so everything worked out."

The Raptors announced Monday that they have added Scott Roth as an assistant coach under head man Jay Triano.

"Scott and I have a long history dating back to playing professionally at the same time in Turkey," said Triano. "He is a coach who brings to us experience from many different levels of basketball ? International, D-League and the NBA."

Roth comes to Toronto following one season as an assistant coach with the Warriors.

The Raptors have waived Dwayne Jones.

Toronto acquired Jones along with Leandro Barbosa on July 14th in the trade that sent Hedo Turkoglu to Phoenix.

The Raptors now have 15 players on their roster.

The Raptors reportedly put Dwayne Jones on waivers on Friday in order to ensure his contract for 10-11 would not be guaranteed.

Jones was acquired as part of the Hedo Turkoglu trade.

The four-team, five-player trade that went down on Wednesday could have actually been a lot bigger, according to a league source.

The Bobcats and Raptors nearly got involved in the fray.

Under one additional wrinkle, Charlotte would have sent Erick Dampier to Indiana, the Pacers would have shipped T.J. Ford to the Raptors and the Bobcats would have acquired Jose Calderon.

In the end, the four original teams decided to move forward with the initial trade.

Charlotte nearly acquired Calderon earlier this season in a deal that would have sent Tyson Chandler to Toronto, but Bobcats owner Michael Jordan nixed it at the last minute.

The Hornets have agreed to trade forward Julian Wright to the Raptors in exchange for guard Marco Belinelli, according to sources.

The deal comes on the heels of New Orleans sending guard Darren Collison to Indiana in a four-team trade.

The National Basketball Association will make basketball history when the league holds its first-ever regular-season games in Europe, NBA Commissioner David Stern announced today. The New Jersey Nets and Toronto Raptors will square off for back-to-back games at The O2 arena in London, England, on March 4 and 5 as part of NBA Games - London 2011.

"The staging of our first regular-season games in Europe is a milestone for the NBA and the ongoing development of basketball in the region," said Stern. "By bringing these two young and exciting teams to London, we are fulfilling our commitment to schedule a regular-season game in the UK prior to the 2012 Olympics -- a natural progression given the overwhelming response to the many friendlies we have played to sold-out crowds over the years."

Hedo Turkoglu spoke critically of the Raptors organization over the weekend.

"People have to realize something is wrong with that organization and nobody wants to go there anymore," he said in a phone interview from Turkey. "It's not just the players who see this."

Bryan Colangelo recently accused Chris Bosh of quitting on the team during the second half of the 09-10 season.

"It's funny that people will talk behind your back," Turkoglu said of Colangelo. "If he was feeling this way, why not have the guts to say it during the season? Why not say it to Chris? Now that Chris has left, it's not nice to say those things.

"Chris has been a franchise player and he did a lot of good things for the Raptors. I don't think Chris is the type of player to quit on his teammates.

"I just don't understand why you would say these things," he added. "Like I said, that organization has problems."