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 [...]
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 [...]
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