The Toronto Raptors have extended the qualifying offer to Fred VanVleet, Malcolm Miller and Nando De Colo.

VanVleet was a finalist for Sixth Man of the Year.

De Colo hasn't played for the Raptors since 2014, but he has remained a restricted free agent playing for CSKA.

Dwane Casey has been named the 17-18 NBA Coach of the Year, beating out Brad Stevens and Quin Snyder. 

The Toronto Raptors parted ways with Casey this offseason and he is now the head coach of the Detroit Pistons.

Casey received 39 first place votes, 27 second place votes and 16 third place votes. Snyder finished second with 21 first place votes, 30 third place votes and 22 third place votes.

The 2018 NBA Draft is underway in Brooklyn.

1. Phoenix Suns: Deandre Ayton 

2. Sacramento Kings: Marvin Bagley

3. Dallas Mavericks (via Atlanta): Luka Doncic

4. Memphis Grizzlies: Jaren Jackson Jr.

5. Atlanta Hawks (via Dallas): Trae Young

6. Orlando Magic: Mohamed Bamba

7. Chicago Bulls: Wendell Carter Jr.

8. Cleveland Cavaliers (from Brooklyn): Collin Sexton

9. New York Knicks: Kevin Knox

10. Phoenix Suns (via Philadelphia): Mikal Bridges

11. Los Angeles Clippers (from Charlotte: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

12. Charlotte Hornets (from Detroit via Clippers): Miles Bridges 

13. Los Angeles Clippers: Jerome Robinson

14. Denver Nuggets: Michael Porter Jr.

15. Washinton Wizards: Troy Brown

16. Philadelphia 76ers (from Phoenix/Miami): Zhaire Smith

17. Milwaukee Bucks: Donte DiVincenzo

18. San Antonio Spurs: Lonnie Walker

19. Atlanta Hawks (from Minnesota): Kevin Huerter

20. Minnesota Timberwolves (from Oklahoma City): Josh Okogie

21. Utah Jazz: Grayson Allen

22. Chicago Bulls (from New Orleans): Chandler Hutchison

23. Indiana Pacers: Aaron Holiday

24. Portland Trail Blazers: Anfernee Simons

25. Los Angeles Lakers (from Cleveland): Moritz Wagner

26. Philadelphia 76ers: Landry Shamet

27. Boston Celtics: Robert Williams

28. Golden State Warriors: Jacob Evans

29. Brooklyn Nets (from Toronto): Dzanan Musa

30. Atlanta Hawks (from Houston): Omari Spellman

Second Round

31. Phoenix Suns: Elie Okobo

32. Memphis Grizzlies: Jevon Carter

33. Dallas Mavericks: Jalen Brunson

34. Charlotte Hornets: Devonte Graham

35. Orlando Magic: Melvin Frazier

36. New York Knicks: Mitchell Robinson

37. Portland Trail Blazers (via Sacramento): Gary Trent Jr.

38. Detroit Pistons (via Philadelphia): Khyri Thomas

39. Los Angeles Lakers (via Philadelphia): Isaac Bonga

40. Brooklyn Nets: Rodions Kurucs

41. Denver Nuggets (via Orlando): Jarred Vanderbilt

42. Detroit Pistons: Bruce Brown

43. Orlando Magic (via Denver): Justin Jackson

44. Washington Wizards: Issuf Sanon

45. Charlotte Hornets (via Brooklyn): Hamidou Diallo

46. Houston Rockets: De'Anthony Melton

47. Los Angeles Lakers: Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk

48. Minnesota Timberwolves: Keita Bates-Diop

49. San Antonio Spurs: Chimezie Metu

50. Indiana Pacers: Alize Johnson

51. New Orleans Pelicans: Tony Carr

52. Houston Rockets (via Utah): Vince Edwards

53. Oklahoma City Thunder: Devon Hall

54. Philadelphia 76ers (via Dallas): Shake Milton 

55. Charlotte Hornets: Arnoldas Kulboka

56. Dallas Mavericks: Ray Spalding

57. Oklahoma City Thunder: Kevin Hervey

58. Denver Nuggets: Thomas Welsh

59. Phoenix Suns: George King

60. Dallas Mavericks: Kostas Antetokounmpo

The Toronto Raptors are gauging trade interest in Norman Powell leading to the draft.

Powell signed a four-year, $42 million contract extension in the fall.

Powell lost his starting job in November and fell out of the rotation altogether after that.

The Toronto Raptors announced that Jama Mahlalela has been named head coach of their NBA G League affiliate, Raptors 905. Mahlalela becomes the third head coach in team history and joins the club following five seasons as an assistant coach at the NBA level.

“We are very excited to add Jama as our new head coach,” said Raptors 905 General Manager, Dan Tolzman. “After proving himself as an assistant on the Raptors staff, having an opportunity to run his own team is a major step in his development as a coach. Jama has played a big part in developing our young Raptors core, and we look forward to him continuing to do so from the Raptors 905 sideline. He is an example of what homegrown talent can achieve in this growing global game.”

A native of Mbabane, Swaziland, Mahlalela grew up in the Greater Toronto Area and played collegiately for five years at the University of British Columbia. He served as an assistant coach at the University of Toronto and worked at Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment as a member of the community development staff, organizing Raptors Basketball Academy and various clinics throughout Canada. Mahlalela was later named director of basketball operations for NBA Asia and oversaw the League’s clinics, youth programs and elite-level development from his base in Hong Kong.

In 2011 Mahlalela joined the Raptors front office as director of player development, where he served for two seasons. He moved to the bench in 2013-14 helping with the team’s practice and game planning, individual player skill development and off-season programs. During the summers Mahlalela has been an active member in Masai Ujiri’s Giants of Africa camps and the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders program.      

“I am excited and grateful for the wonderful opportunity to coach the Raptors 905 team,” said Mahlalela. “I am eager to share my passion for the development of this sport with our young players and hope to use my previous experience as a Raptors assistant coach to reinforce and strengthen the connection between the two programs. My family and I would like to extend our sincere thanks to Masai Ujiri, Bobby Webster, Dan Tolzman, Larry Tanenbaum and the entire ownership group.”

The Toronto Raptors are exploring their trade options leading up to the draft to select Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Gilgeous-Alexander is expected to be selected in the lottery.

The Raptors traded away their 2018 first round pick to unload DeMarre Carroll to save on the luxury tax.

Toronto is expected to considered all trade options this offseason after another four-game sweep by the Cavaliers.

The New Orleans Pelicans denied a request from the Toronto Raptors to interview Chris Finch for an assistant coach position on the staff of Nick Nurse.

Nurse was an assistant coach on the staff of Finch for Great Britain's Olympic team in 2012.

The Phoenix Suns and Charlotte Hornets asked and received permission to interview Finch for their head coaching positions.

Masai Ujiri spoke of the Toronto Raptors decision to fire Dwane Casey and ultimately replace him with Nick Nurse.

“We think he’s a great coach in the making,” Ujiri told The Athletic on Wednesday. “I think, hopefully, this is his chance. We believe in him. We’ve always studied what Nick has done, and I think he has good experience as an assistant. He’s a good, creative mind that I think is a motivated guy, a guy that can motivate people, and we’ll see. This is the NBA, and we have confidence in Nick.”

Ujiri described the decision to fire Casey as a difficult one.

“That was tough,” Ujiri said of relieving Casey of his coaching duties. “It was one of the toughest things I said I’ve done. Casey is an unbelievable man. I really congratulate him for the job he did with us and the job, I know, he’s going to do with Detroit. We had to go in a different direction, and that was tough, but those conversations are always hard. Casey is a good man, I believe a good friend, and I know he will go on to do better things – even better than the ones he did in Toronto, and he did excellent with us.”

The Los Angeles Clippers have agreed to hire Rex Kalamian as assistant coach.

Kalamian was an assistant coach with the Toronto Raptors from 2015 until 2018 on the coaching staff of Dwane Casey.

Kalamian was a candidate to become head coach of the Raptors.

The Toronto Raptors have agreed to hire Nick Nurse as head coach on a three-year deal worth nearly $10 million.

Dwane Casey was making a little more than $6 million per season with the Raptors before he was fired.

Toronto elevated Nurse from assistant coach to head coach.