Raptors

The Mavs lost on Derek Fisher and Chauncey Billups game winners on back to back nights. Just sayin’

    This article looks at Jose Calderon’s 2007-08 season, in the style of Hardwood Paroxysm’s Lost Season series. When Steve Nash signed with the Seven Seconds or Less Phoenix Suns, he kickstarted the era of the point guard, resulting in the Golden Age we’re still in. One of those point guards has, for the most part, fallen between the cracks, despite the fact he produced one of the most efficient seasons in recent memory. I speak of Jose Calderon’s 2007-2008 season with the Toronto Raptors. Nowadays, when you imagine Calderon, it’s as an example of the mixed bag European [...]

My spot on Avry’s Sports Show’s re-debut episode. I come in for the last fifteen minutes to talk Raptors, the loss against the Wizards and some general NBA chat. Watch live streaming video from avrysports at livestream.com

It is going to be a long week guys. After coming into the Raptors so called “Hell Week” with optimism (maybe foolhardy optimism) that the Raptors would run their table in five of their seven games, making their back to back matchup with the Bulls and Hawks less of a setback. Boy was I wrong, This weekend the Raptors became the Raptors we have known for as long as I can remember. Slow starts, players going half speed, bad rebounding, terrible 3 point defense. I mean when Anthony Morrow looks like Ray Allen, you probably need to start closing out. [...]

Game one of 66 in the Toronto Raptors 2011/12 campaign started off with what may just be a rare win. The Raptors gave Dwane Casey a successful debut as head coach while ruining rookies Kyrie Irving and Tristan Thompson’s NBA debuts. What was most impressive about the Raptors win was the fact that they did it without dominant performances from Demar DeRozan or Andrea Bargnani. The Raps had balanced scoring throughout the game and only got 15 points from Demar in his season debut. Jose Calderon was the Raptors player of the game as his eleven assists helped with the [...]

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

        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 [...]

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 [...]