2015-16 Preseason Media Guide 2015-16 Schedule
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TORONTO RAPTORS 2015-16 PRESEASON MEDIA GUIDE 2015-16 SCHEDULE OCTOBER DATE OPPONENT TIME FEBRUARY Sun. Oct. 4 L.A. Clippers (at Vancouver) 7:00 p.m.# DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME Mon. Oct. 5 at Golden State (at San Jose, CA) 10:30 p.m.# Mon. Feb. 1 at Denver 9:00 p.m. Thu. Oct. 8 at L.A. Lakers (at Ontario, CA) 10:00 p.m.# Tue. Feb. 2 at Phoenix 9:00 p.m. Mon. Oct. 12 Minnesota 7:30 p.m.# Thu. Feb. 4 at Portland 10:00 p.m. Wed. Oct. 14 at Minnesota (at Ottawa) 7:00 p.m.# Mon. Feb. 8 at Detroit 7:30 p.m. Sun. Oct. 18 Cleveland 6:00 p.m.# Wed. Feb. 10 at Minnesota 8:00 p.m. Fri. Oct. 23 Washington (at Montreal) 7:30 p.m.# Fri. Feb. 19 at Chicago 8:00 p.m. Wed. Oct. 28 Indiana 7:30 p.m. Sun. Feb. 21 Memphis 6:00 p.m. Fri. Oct. 30 at Boston 7:30 p.m. Mon. Feb. 22 at New York 7:30 p.m. Wed. Feb. 24 Minnesota 7:30 p.m. NOVEMBER Fri. Feb. 26 Cleveland 7:30 p.m. DATE OPPONENT TIME Sun. Feb. 28 at Detroit 6:00 p.m. Sun. Nov. 1 Milwaukee 6:00 p.m.** Tue. Nov. 3 at Dallas 8:30 p.m. MARCH Wed. Nov. 4 at Oklahoma City 8:00 p.m. DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME Fri. Nov. 6 at Orlando 7:00 p.m. Wed. Mar. 2 Utah 7:30 p.m. Sun. Nov. 8 at Miami 6:00 p.m. Fri. Mar. 4 Portland 7:30 p.m. Tue. Nov. 10 New York 7:30 p.m. Sun. Mar. 6 Houston 6:30 p.m. Wed. Nov. 11 at Philadelphia 7:00 p.m. Tue. Mar. 8 Brooklyn 7:30 p.m. Fri. Nov. 13 New Orleans 7:30 p.m. Thu. Mar. 10 Atlanta 7:30 p.m. Sun. Nov. 15 at Sacramento 9:00 p.m. Sat. Mar. 12 Miami 7:00 p.m. Tue. Nov. 17 at Golden State 10:30 p.m.** Mon. Mar. 14 Chicago 7:30 p.m. Wed. Nov. 18 at Utah 9:00 p.m. Tue. Mar. 15 at Milwaukee 8:00 p.m. Fri. Nov. 20 at L.A. Lakers 10:30 p.m. Thu. Mar. 17 at Indiana 7:00 p.m. Sun. Nov. 22 at L.A. Clippers 3:30 p.m. Fri. Mar. 18 Boston 7:30 p.m. Wed. Nov. 25 Cleveland 7:30 p.m. Sun. Mar. 20 Orlando 4:30 p.m. Sat. Nov. 28 at Washington 7:00 p.m. Wed. Mar. 23 at Boston 7:30 p.m. Sun. Nov. 29 Phoenix 6:00 p.m. Fri. Mar. 25 at Houston 8:00 p.m. Sat. Mar. 26 at New Orleans 7:00 p.m. DECEMBER Mon. Mar. 28 Oklahoma City 7:30 p.m. DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME Wed. Mar. 30 Atlanta 7:30 p.m.** Wed. Dec. 2 at Atlanta 8:00 p.m. Thu. Dec. 3 Denver 7:30 p.m. Sat. Dec. 5 Golden State 5:00 p.m. APRIL Mon. Dec. 7 L.A. Lakers 7:30 p.m. DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME Wed. Dec. 9 San Antonio 7:30 p.m. Fri. Apr. 1 at Memphis 8:00 p.m. Fri. Dec. 11 Milwaukee 7:30 p.m. Sat. Apr. 2 at San Antonio 8:30 p.m. Sun. Dec. 13 Philadelphia 6:00 p.m. Tue. Apr. 5 Charlotte 7:30 p.m. Mon. Dec. 14 at Indiana 7:00 p.m. Thu. Apr. 7 at Atlanta 8:00 p.m. Thu. Dec. 17 at Charlotte 7:00 p.m. Fri. Apr. 8 Indiana 7:30 p.m. Fri. Dec. 18 at Miami 8:00 p.m. Sun. Apr. 10 at New York 7:30 p.m. Sun. Dec. 20 Sacramento 6:00 p.m. Tue. Apr. 12 Philadelphia 7:30 p.m. Tue. Dec. 22 Dallas 7:30 p.m.** Wed. Apr. 13 at Brooklyn 8:00 p.m. Sat. Dec. 26 at Milwaukee 5:00 p.m. Mon. Dec. 28 at Chicago 8:00 p.m.** NBA All-Star Weekend, February 13-15, 2015 Wed. Dec. 30 Washington 7:30 p.m.** Air Canada Centre, Toronto JANUARY All start times listed are Eastern Time. DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME Subject to change. Fri. Jan. 1 Charlotte 7:30 p.m. # - Preseason game Sun. Jan. 3 Chicago 3:30 p.m. * - TNT Mon. Jan. 4 at Cleveland 7:00 p.m. ^ - ESPN Wed. Jan. 6 at Brooklyn 7:30 p.m. ** - NBA TV Fri. Jan. 8 at Washington 7:00 p.m. % - Game at The 02, London, England Sat. Jan. 9 at Philadelphia 7:30 p.m. Thu. Jan. 14 at Orlando 3:00 p.m. % Mon. Jan. 18 Brooklyn 7:30 p.m. Wed. Jan. 20 Boston 7:30 p.m. Fri. Jan. 22 Miami 8:00 p.m.^ Sun. Jan. 24 L.A. Clippers 6:00 p.m. Tue. Jan. 26 Washington 7:30 p.m.** Thu. Jan. 28 New York 8:00 p.m.* Sat. Jan. 30 Detroit 6:30 p.m. 2015-16 TORONTO RAPTORS 6 2015-16 NBA KEY DATES 2015-16 NBA KEY DATES September 25 .....Media day for teams participating in preseason NBA Global Games September 26 .....Training camps open for teams participating in preseason NBA Global Games September 28 .....Media day for all other teams September 29 .....Training camps open for all other teams October 23..........NBA Preseason ends October 26..........Rosters set for NBA Opening Day October 27..........Start of the 2015-16 NBA Regular Season December 3 ........NBA Global Games 2015, Boston Celtics vs. Sacramento Kings (Mexico City) January 5............10-day contracts may now be signed January 10..........All contracts are guaranteed for the remainder of the season January 14..........NBA Global Games 2016, Orlando Magic vs. Toronto Raptors (London) February 12-14...NBA All-Star 2016 (Toronto, Canada) February 18 ........Trade deadline (3 p.m. ET) March 1 ..............Playoff Eligibility Waiver Deadline April 13-16 .........Portsmouth Invitational Tournament (Portsmouth, VA) April 13 ..............Regular Season ends April 15 ..............Rosters set for NBA Playoffs 2016 (3 p.m. ET) April 16 ..............NBA Playoffs 2016 begin April 24 ..............NBA Early Entry Eligibility Deadline (11:59 p.m. ET) May 2 .................Conference Semifinals begin (possible move up to April 30 or May 1) May 11-15 ..........NBA Draft Combine 2016 (Chicago) May 17 ...............Conference Finals begin (possible move up to May 15 or 16) May 17 ...............NBA Draft Lottery 2016 June 2.................NBA Finals 2016 begin June 13...............NBA Draft Early Entry Entrant Withdrawal Deadline (5:00 p.m. ET) TBD ....................The Finals 2016 latest possible date June 23...............NBA Draft 2016 7 2015-16 TORONTO RAPTORS SECTION 1 MANAGEMENT TEAM DIRECTORY TORONTO RAPTORS BASKETBALL CLUB 50 Bay Street, Suite 500 - Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2L2 Phone: (416) 815-5600 Fax: (416) 359-9205 Web site: www.raptors.com Arena Web site: www.theaircanadacentre.com BOARD OF DIRECTORS Lawrence M. Tanenbaum, O.C., George Cope, Dale H. Lastman, Guy Laurence, Edward Rogers, Anthony Staffieri, Bernard le Duc, Siim Vanaselja MAPLE LEAFS SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT Chairman of the Board & NBA Governor ....................................................................................................................Lawrence M. Tanenbaum, O.C. President, Chief Executive Officer ........................................................................................................................................................... Tim Leiweke General Manager, Toronto FC ........................................................................................................................................................ Tim Bezbatchenko Chief Financial Officer ...............................................................................................................................................................................Ian Clarke Vice President, Global Partnerships ..........................................................................................................................................................Jeff Deline Chief Commercial Officer .................................................................................................................................................................Dave Hopkinson Vice President, Marketing & Communications ...............................................................................................................................Shannon Hosford Chief Project Development Officer ........................................................................................................................................................... Bob Hunter Chief Legal & Development Officer .......................................................................................................................................................... Peter Miller Vice President, Sales & Service ...............................................................................................................................................................Tom Pistore Vice President, Technology ...................................................................................................................................................................... Sasha Puric President, Toronto Maple Leafs ................................................................................................................................................... Brendan Shanahan President & General Manager, Toronto Raptors ........................................................................................................................................Masai Ujiri Vice President, Content ........................................................................................................................................................................Alyson Walker Vice President, Facilities & Live Entertainment .................................................................................................................................... Wayne Zronik RAPTORS MANAGEMENT President & General Manager, Alternate NBA Governor ............................................................................................................................Masai Ujiri Senior Basketball Advisor ..................................................................................................................................................................... Wayne Embry Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations...................................................................................................................................Jeff Weltman Vice President, Basketball Management & Strategy ..........................................................................................................................Bobby Webster Vice President, Basketball