Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) – Guard Greivis Vasquez and forward Patrick Patterson, two key pieces to the Toronto Raptors’ run to an Atlantic Division title in 2013-14, were both given qualifying offers by the team on Saturday.<\/p>\n
By doing so, the Raptors retain the right to match any offer sheet the restricted free agents receive from another team.<\/p>\n
Both players came to Toronto in December as part of the trade with Sacramento that sent high-scoring forward Rudy Gay to the Kings. The Raptors went 41-22 following the deal to earn the Eastern Conference’s No. 3 playoff seed.<\/p>\n
Vasquez averaged 9.5 points and 3.7 assists in 61 regular-season games as Kyle Lowry’s backup with the Raptors. The four-year veteran led Toronto in scoring off the bench 25 times after joining the club.<\/p>\n
Patterson also played an important reserve role with the Raptors, averaging 9.1 points and 5.1 rebounds in 48 games as Toronto’s primary forward off the bench. The 25-year-old then tallied 10.4 points and 6.7 rebounds per game during the club’s opening-round playoff series with the Brooklyn Nets.<\/p>\n
The Raptors also extended a qualifying offer to guard Nando De Colo, who averaged 3.1 points and 1.6 assists over 21 games after being acquired from San Antonio on Feb. 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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