Matt Bonner is coming back and if Raptor general manager Rob Babcock is true to his word, at least one of Bonner's teammates is going to have to go.

With the second-year forward on the verge of signing a two-year contract worth about $4 million (all figures U.S.), the Raptors have a roster full of players with guaranteed contracts and if Babcock honestly wants to add a third point guard, some veteran is going to have to be waived or traded for some sort of future consideration.

Bonner's agent said yesterday he expects the 25-year-old forward to formally sign his new deal in the next day or two.

"We just have a few details that don't effect the money that have to be worked out, it's nothing big," Kenny Grant said in a telephone interview.

But adding Bonner officially sets up more moves for Babcock, who's been unable to find a third point guard this summer.

Bonner's return gives Toronto 15 guaranteed contracts, and a third point guard would push that total past the maximum number allowed. Under new NBA rules, teams have to carry 14 players but can carry 15 and Babcock has yet to say which number the Raptors will be at.

There has been no indication which of the current Raptors would be on Babcock's hit list but the list of players unlikely to contribute in this rebuilding season includes Lamond Murray and Aaron Williams and, perhaps, Eric Williams.