Archive for November, 2011

A moment of silence for the players who did not sign a opt-out deal with their foreign clubs. You will be missed. Hilton Armstrong France Hawks 53 9.2 1.7 2.5 0.3 48.7 48.5 50.0 8.8 0.5 Aaron Brooks China Suns 59 21.8 10.7 1.3 3.9 37.5 88.6 29.7 13.1 1.1 Rasual Butler Spain Bulls 47 16.4 4.7 1.6 0.6 33.3 66.7 33.8 6.2 -0.1 Wilson Chandler China Nuggets 72 33.3 15.3 5.7 1.7 45.0 80.7 35.0 14.6 3.9 Joey Dorsey Spain Raptors 43 12.1 3.1 4.4 0.6 52.5 47.7 0.0 14.2 0.8 Chris Douglas-Roberts Italy Bucks 44 20.1 7.3 2.0 [...]

Only 28 days until season tip off.

      November is the wasteland of the NCAA regular season. Out of conference play in November essentially serves as the NCAA’s pre-season; freshmen are rusty, cupcake games and meaningless out of conference games give November a sort of empty feel in the NCAA calendar. But hey, there are 200 regular season invitationals on, at least one or two games have to mean something. Right? Friday Davidson at #6 Duke 6:00 PM EST ESPN U Duke looks vulnerable early with a one point win over Belmont on opening night. Can Davidson conjure up images of the Steph Curry era [...]

      Well, here we are guys. We are officially two plus weeks deep into the NBA lockout and nearly all hopes of a season this year were dashed yesterday when the player’s union refused the owner’s deal and decided to disband and file an anti-trust lawsuit. With that being said we likely have some long months ahead of us, but Raptors Rapture will still be talkin ball all through the lockout. Here is what you can expect from yours truly for the coming months: Why I Love the NBA:  A series of articles of well, things that make [...]

    With the NBA Lockout still looming (Opening Day has came and gone) and with no clear end in sight, Raptors Rapture has decided to stay positive and give you five reasons why you should actually be excited for the 2011/12 Toronto Raptors Season. 5.  A Shortened Season Actually Helps Think about it. The last shortened season created sheer chaos as certain players were out of shape (Shawn Kemp) and the long layoff allowed for teams to succeed that probably would not have in a regular 82 game slate. Now I will admit that today’s NBA is much different, [...]