Chris Bosh: Raptors Offseason Moves Enhance Prospects of Retaining the FA

  A scant few months ago, the Raptor organization and fan base stared into a cloudy future, questioning the feasibility of resigning the team's centrepiece, Chris Bosh, in 2010. Bystanders south of the border only spoke of Toronto in the context of who was going to reap the benefits of poaching the team's lone All-Star, and how management would deal with this reality when they finally accepted this inevitable fate. Bewildered fans and local media discussed the merits of undergoing a complete rebuilding of the current roster, with some going as far as to proclaim that Andrea Bargnani was the player the franchise should build around. It was a period rife with pessimism and a precursor to full-out panic. However, since the draft the Raptors have built a steam of positive momentum, culminating in a series of roster maneuvers by GM Bryan Colangelo that simultaneously enhanced the roster while defying the restrictive meas...