Aaron Gray

Even though Jamaal Magloire will start, Amir Johnson, James Johnson and Ed Davis figure to play a ton of minutes up front as the Raptors wrap up the season. Gray heads into free agency as a mere big body that has never topped 4.3 points per game in a season.  

He’s 7-0, 270 pounds and by the end of last season in New Orleans, he was finally getting a chance to use that muscle. After averaging 3.1 points ... AG: (laughs) It took about 45 minutes. About 45 minutes, but it was a lot of fun. It was one of those ...  

On this end, it’s all shoulder shrugs. Even the ejection of Aaron Gray in the third quarter after angry words with referee Leon Wood was more amusing than outraging. Aaron Gray? Angry? How charming. The one ripple on the Raptors’ sleepy pond came when ...  

ORONO — The Hermon Hawks rolled to a 9-4 win over the MDI Trojans on Friday at Mahaney Diamond in Orono as Hermon’s Braddock Deabay pitched a five-hitter with 11 strikeouts. Ben Walls drove in two runs with a double and Aaron Gray had a two-run single to account for MDI’s runs, all in the sixth inning. For more sports news, pick up a copy of the Mount Desert Islander.  

Knicks center Tyson Chandler (right) dunks the ball as Raptors center Aaron Gray defends during the first half of Wednesday’s game. / AP NEW YORK — Amar’e Stoudemire had 22 points and 12 rebounds, Jeremy Lin added 18 points and 10 assists, and the New York Knicks made it four straight easy victories under Mike Woodson by beating the Toronto Raptors 106-87 on Tuesday night.  

New York Knicks' Tyson Chandler (6) dunks the ball as Toronto Raptors' Aaron Gray (34) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, March 20, 2012, in New York.  

Aaron Gray remembers being 8, and crawling underneath a bingo table by his mother's feet so he could escape the heavy fog of cigarette smoke hovering in the room above him.