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Toronto Raptors: 5 Best/Worst Trades In Team History -
NBA Playoffs 2013: Ranking The 5 Best Performances in Raptors’ History -
Toronto Raptors: Should Dwane Casey Still Be The Coach Of The Raptors? -
Toronto Raptors: 2012-13 Offseason To-Do List
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Toronto Raptors: Grading Each Players’ Performance In 2012-13 -
NBA: One Player Each Team Can’t Do Without -
Toronto Raptors: 5 Pure Shooters To Target For 2013-14 -
NBA: 5 Lottery Teams Who Could Make the Playoffs Next Season -
Toronto Raptors: Grading Jonas Valanciunas’ Rookie Season
Toronto Raptors: 5 Best/Worst Trades In Team History
The Toronto Raptors have been very active in the trade market since joining the NBA for the 1995-96 season. The team has only made five playoff appearances in 18 years, but there have been many attempts to shake up the roster in hopes of becoming a perennial contender. There were many trades to sort through, however I was able to narrow down my top five best and worst deals in team history. Worst 5. The Raptors trade David Andersen, Marcus Banks and Jarrett Jack to the New Orleans Hornets for Jerryd Bayless and Peja Stojakovic, Nov. 20, 2010....
read moreNBA Playoffs 2013: Ranking The 5 Best Performances in Raptors’ History
On Friday, April 26, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment installed Tim Leiweke as its new CEO. His job will be to oversee a number of sporting outfits, but most importantly the Toronto Raptors, who have advanced to the playoffs just five times since joining the NBA in the 1995-96 season. It is hoped that under his guidance and expertise, the team will end its current five-year playoff drought and become a contender as early as the 2013-14 season. As fans hope that the team is headed in the right direction, here is a look back at some of the...
read moreToronto Raptors: Should Dwane Casey Still Be The Coach Of The Raptors?
On Monday, April 22 in a news conference at The Air Canada Centre, general manager Bryan Colangelo proclaimed that head coach Dwane Casey will return for his third season in 2013-14, if the decision is his to make. Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, the team’s ownership group, holds an option on Colangelo’s contract for next season that has not yet been exercised. Presumably an announcement will be made in the next couple weeks and I suspect Colangelo will be retained for three more years. Only then will we find out if Colangelo...
read moreToronto Raptors: 2012-13 Offseason To-Do List
The Toronto Raptors finished 34-48 in 2012-13, four games behind the eighth-seeded Milwaukee Bucks. As such, the Raptors missed out on playoff basketball for the fifth consecutive year, but strong play in April left the team with a sense of optimism heading into the offseason. Here are a few items on the agenda for the Raptors as they begin preparing to take a step forward next season. I. Determine the future of the general manager and coach: The ownership group, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, will need to clarify the employment status...
read moreToronto Raptors: Grading Each Players’ Performance In 2012-13
The Toronto Raptors head into the final four games of 2012-13 with nothing to play for but pride. So with the team set to miss the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year, the time has arrived to hand out a report card to each player on the roster. Overall, I have to say there have not been many bright spots for the Raptors in this very disappointing season. The Veterans Rudy Gay, SF: B On Jan. 30, the Raptors made a big splash by acquiring Rudy Gay and the $37.2 million owed to him for two more years beyond this season. The team sat in...
read moreNBA: One Player Each Team Can’t Do Without
The phrase “franchise player” gets thrown around a lot. Teams usually have a player that encapsulates what the franchise is about. They help sell tickets, bring in new fans and most importantly — win games. Let’s look at one player each team in the NBA couldn’t manage without. Atlanta Hawks: Al Horford Al Horford is a very underrated player. A very skilled big man, Horford doesn’t get the attention of frontcourt mate Josh Smith — perhaps due to J-Smoove’s dunks — but he is definitely more of an elite performer....
read moreToronto Raptors: 5 Pure Shooters To Target For 2013-14
The storyline for the Toronto Raptors has shifted to their summer plans as the team quietly plays out the remaining 11 games in yet another disappointing season. Currently ranked 22nd in field goal percentage (44.2 percent), the Raptors will join a long line of teams hoping to upgrade their roster with a pure shooter. I wish I could tell Raptors fans that Dell Curry, the best pure shooter in team history, will come out of retirement and be 20 years younger–but since that is clearly impossible, here is a profile of five players who could...
read moreNBA: 5 Lottery Teams Who Could Make the Playoffs Next Season
The 2012-13 NBA season is drawing to a close and the vast majority of playoff spots are all but locked up, with only the final spot in the Western Conference looking like much of a battle. But while a lot of teams no longer have a shot at making this year’s playoffs, there are a fair amount who are in pretty good shape for next year. Let’s take a look at some current lottery teams who could make a serious splash in 2013-14 season. 5. New Orleans Hornets A lot of things went wrong for the Hornets this year, particularly at the...
read moreToronto Raptors: Grading Jonas Valanciunas’ Rookie Season
Jonas Valanciunas is far from being a household name and he is not a candidate for NBA Rookie of the Year. However, the 6’11”, 231-pound center from Lithuania is a major part of the blueprint for the Toronto Raptors next season and beyond. Drafted fifth overall in 2011, the 20-year-old played an additional year for Lietuvos Rytas of the Lithuanian Basketball League before making his debut with the Raptors this season. In 50 games played (45 as a starter), Valanciunas has averaged 7.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and slightly more than one block in...
read moreNBA: Power Ranking The 10 Best Small Forwards In The NBA
The athletic wing player. Whoever lines up at the small forward position has the unenviable task of guarding some of the league’s premier players. But who are the best small forwards at the moment? 10. Chandler Parsons, Houston Rockets In a league filled with overpaid players, it is remarkable to learn that Chandler Parsons is only earning $888,000 this season. Parsons is averaging a very solid 15.2 points a game–on a team that includes volume scorer James Harden. His shooting is vital to the Rockets team, 38.6 percent from...
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