Going from a team used to contending to one used to being in the NBA lottery, new Raptors center Rasho Nesterovic believes that his team can quickly turn things around and return Canada's only team to the post season.

"It's a really talented team and with some good work and good luck ... there's a good possibility that in three or four years Toronto could be in the top three or four teams in the league," the newest Raptor said yesterday in a conference call from his native Slovenia.

Nesterovic, a 7-footer who has been in the NBA since 1998, was obtained along with cash from the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday for Matt Bonner, Eric Williams and a 2009 second-round draft pick.

Nesterovic said all the right things yesterday during a press conference from Slovenia.

"It's definitely exciting. It's a young team, a very talented team with some very big goals. The last couple of years, Toronto didn't have much success; that means nothing."