Raptors Happy to Have Fields LAS VEGAS - Coach Mike Woodson and General Manager Glen Grunwald did not comment Sunday on the Knicks allowing Landry Fields to leave the team. Toronto General Manager Bryan Colangelo did however speak about Fields, his newest acquisition. "Landry is something of value to us," Colangelo said. In free agency, you tend to pay a little bit more. Regardless, we netted a player who is going to make valuable contributions to our team. Fields, who was the Knicks" restricted free agent, agreed to the three-year, $18.7 million deal with Toronto on July 3 during the N.B.A."s moratorium on signings. Fields signed the contract Wednesday, and the Knicks waited late into their 72-hour deadline to decide not to match Toronto's offer. Field expressed how he felt about leaving the Knicks and joining the Raptors on his Twitter account. I want to thank ALL the Knick fans out there for their support over the past two years! Fields wrote. Much love and respect, you will be missed! Thanking God not only for another day, but another opportunity! Toronto bound. Last year, Fields averaged only 8.8 points and 4.2 rebounds a game as the Knicks" starting shooting guard. Colangelo thinks Fields will play better in Toronto. He also said Fields would have a chance to be a starter for the Raptors. Toronto structured its offer sheet to not only lure Fields away from the Knicks, but to also hinder the Knicks" flexibility in acquiring the star point guard Steve Nash. "I think I've acknowledged that it perhaps had a dual purpose," Colangelo said of Fields's offer. But he was definitely one of the players we were targeting that was high on our list. The Raptors were hoping to sign Nash early in free agency by offering him a three-year deal worth $36 million. Fields was the best asset the Knicks had in a potential sign-and-trade deal with the Phoenix Suns for Nash. In the end, Nash didn't sign with either the Knicks for Raptors. Nash agreed to a sign-and-trade deal that sent him to the Los Angeles Lakers in hopes of winning his first championship. "Steve made a decision opposite of both Toronto and New York," Colangelo said. It became irrelevant in the end, but we're happy to have Landry.