FREE AGENT FOCUS: The Raptors have a handful of free agents to deal with in the summer and what they decide to do will have a huge impact on the kind of team that returns to training camp in the fall.

Shawn Marion is the most interesting case. The veteran small forward's contract, which pays him an astronomical $17 million this season, will most likely have to take a serious pay cut wherever he goes next year. And the Raptors may try to retain him at some sort of bargain-basement price since there aren't a lot of teams with major dollars to throw around.

Anthony Parker, coming off his statistically worst season as a Raptor, is an unrestricted free agent but it's highly doubtful he'll be given a starting role on the team next season. However, both he and general manager Bryan Colangelo are optimistic some new deal can be worked out.

Of the other free agents -- Joey Graham, Jake Voskuhl, Pops Mensah-Bonsu and Carlos Delfino (whose restricted free agency rights the Raptors still hold since he played last season in Russia) -- it's likely that only one will be back with the team in October.

PLAYER NEWS:

--F Chris Bosh recently took part in charity soccer game in New York put on by Phoenix guard Steve Nash. Word is that Bosh should stick to basketball. He mistimed balls and had difficulty trying to head the ball. Several times, he whiffed on attempted kicks. Still, Bosh got a nice round of applause. No doubt many of fans who were on hand wouldn't mind Bosh signing with the Knicks when he likely becomes a free agent next summer.

--G Roko Ukic shot just 38 percent last season while averaging 4.2 points, but the Raptors haven't given up on him. They like the height he brings to point guard at 6-foot-5 and know that, at 24, he's still young. The Raptors want Ukic, who shot just 17.7 percent from three-point range last season, to work on his shooting. That's what he's been doing diligently so far during the offseason.

--F Reggie Evans, acquired June 9 from Philadelphia, is being counted on to provide some vocal leadership for the young Raptors. Evans, 29, is a seven-year veteran. "If I feel like something (isn't) right, I'm not going to look at a coach and (say), 'Coach, can you tell him?"' Evans said. "I'll voice it myself... I'm going to voice my opinion on certain things. I'm a competitor."

MEDICAL WATCH:

--F Kris Humphries (broken fibula) has been cleared to begin working out fully.

--G Marcus Banks (toe) is back working out after having surgery.