Archive for March, 2011

He’s back. Fan favorite and one of the game’s best rebounders/hustle players, Reggie Evans is slated to make his return from a foot injury that has sidelined him for a majority of the season. One would hope that his passion and hard work translates into an all-around team effort as what Evans brings are things the Raptors sorely need. If Evans plays like he did before the injury and brings down 15+ rebounding efforts on a nightly basis we may see a turnaround at the ACC. Evans joins his teammates after a entertaining, but winless London road trip against the [...]

Tonight is the last matchup of this year’s Duke/North Carolina rivalry, yes this a NBA blog and more importantly a Raptors blog, but hey I will be watching this tonight. Pretty much everyone else, NBA or college fan, will be watching to because this is game is a must see game year after year. Which brings up the question, what makes a basketball rivalry great? Duke and North Carolina obviously have most of the major elements and as a result their games are national events and the rivalry’s stories are of legend. Some teams have great games for a certain period of [...]