Archive for December, 2011

Here is the 45 minute conversation on the Atlantic Division. Enjoy!

So Fansided’s very talented Atlantic Division team of Buckets Over Broadway, Sixers Sense, and myself will be getting together and breaking down the Atlantic Division podcast style at 7:00 PM EST. Here is the link hopefully you can join in and chat as you please. http://www.vokle.com/events/39339-fansided-nba-season-preview-atlantic-division

I don’t know if this is good or bad for his on-court game, but good for the Perk.    

This is one in a series of NBA Team Season Previews. Check back daily for more NBA Season Preview news and daily Raptors updates.       The Oklahoma City Thunder are part of a dying breed in the NBA. A team made out of patience and not a short term superstar alliance, the Thunder have been built by savy trades, great draft picks and good old fashioned patience. “The Zombie Sonics” no more, Oklahoma has one of the loudest and most passionate fanbases in the league and might just be able to earn their first ever NBA Finals berth [...]

This is one in a series of NBA team season previews. Check back daily for more season preview articles and Raptors news.     The New York Knicks had a weird season last year. Yes, they did get Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire on the squad and made the playoffs for the first time in years, but in doing so they traded their entire core and looked over matched at times in their opening round series with the Celtics. The Knicks are back and have added Tyson Chandler for some much needed depth and defensive presence. Here is the preview: [...]

        Canada’s only team has finally nabbed their first Canadian player in their franchise’s existence. Jamaal Maglorie is coming to play for the Raptors. Maglorie will likely be used to fill the space that is left by Jonas Valanciunas’, who is spending one more season in Lithuania before starting his career in Toronto. Maglorie will add to an already tough post rotation that includes Amir Johnson, Ed Davis, and hopefully Reggie Evans. Maglorie anticipates the opportunity to play for his country’s NBA team and even made a hint at returning the team to the early 00′s glory [...]

        It is quite uncommon to see a role player on a losing team become a valuable asset to a teams rebuilding process. Role players often are expendable pieces to young losing teams as they are looking for players with upside and the great role players end up on championship contenders as the integral depth players needed to withstand a Finals run. (See: Posey, James. Horry, Robert) But Reggie Evans has broken the mold and has became the Raptors most important unsigned player. He has turned his hard nosed style and tough play into becoming one of [...]