Rumours are swirling that Bosh will be headed elsewhere after his current contract is up. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)

Toronto Raptors forward Chris Bosh told reporters Monday that he was surprised by a report suggesting he wouldn't re-sign with the team when his current deal expires.

"It was a surprise to me," Bosh said. "I cannot be repsonible for what other people say."

"It, obviously, didn't happen," Raptors president and general manager Bryan Colangelo said. "It is one of those things that unfortunately, I guess, there is an obligation to answer the question … there just doesn't seem to a lot of accountability with respect to the topic sometimes."

Colangelo was responding to comments over the weekend by ESPN radio analyst Stephen A. Smith, who said that Bosh won't be in a Raptors jersey when his current contract ends.

"I had a chance to talk to Chris and Bryan and it is not true," Raptors interim head coach Jay Triano said.

Bosh is signed with the Raptors through the 2009-10 season, with an option for 2010-11.

"He is not on the trade market, he is not informing anybody here that he has got intentions to do something different and 2010 is a long ways away for everybody," Colangelo said. "Chris, as has been the case since I have been here, is the cornerstone of the franchise right now and that is how we're going to continue to look at it."

Toronto's franchise player is having a solid season, averaging 22.8 points and 9.7 rebounds — enough to be named an Eastern Conference all-star for the fourth time.

But if Bosh is planning on going anywhere beyond his current contract, he hasn't spoken to Colangelo about it.

"No. No. No. I have not told him that," Bosh said. "Me and Bryan talk about how to improve this team and what we can do to get better as far as personnel-wise, pushing the guys, practising better and what I can do to get better."

"You just don't have those conversations this time of the year," Colangelo said. "We talk about the team and the season.

"But we don't talk contract or his future with the team now. You just don't do that … and he's not on the trade market."

With files from the Canadian Press