In organizations where people are the key resources that dictate performance, human resource managers often use replacement charts to visualize which employees can, and will replace their outgoing co-workers. In the basketball realm, replacement charts could be equated to teams’ depth charts – something that is used both formally by teams, and casually by the … Read more
According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, the New Orleans Pelicans are openly discussing a trade involving Jrue Holiday with several contenders. The 30-year-old defensive juggernaut has two years and $52M remaining on his contract, with a player option for the 2021-2022 season. We’ll begin by addressing the elephant in the room: if Jrue Holiday … Read more
It’s a hard idea to grasp isn’t it? DeMar DeRozan – a player who was near the top of the basketball world during his tenure in Toronto; one half of the two-headed dragon that led the Raptors to The Playoffs for five consecutive years; but whose time north of the border ended so bitterly – … Read more
The year is 2020, and Kyle Lowry is almost unanimously the greatest Toronto Raptor of all-time. After six consecutive All-Star appearances, and being at the forefront of the most successful era in Canadian basketball, Lowry might even be one of the greatest Canadian sports icons ever. Don’t let the accolades fool you though – it … Read more
Midway through the 2019-2020 NBA season, the Toronto Raptors were faced with a decision. Should they be trade deadline buyers, and go all-in on contending for another championship? Or should they be trade deadline sellers, with veterans such as Marc Gasol, Fred VanVleet, and Serge Ibaka all set to hit free agency in the summer, … Read more
NBA fans were expecting to have a couple days to catch their breath as they impatiently wait for the NBA Finals to begin on Wednesday, but that break didn’t last long. As the most dramatic professional sports league, the NBA takes no days off. This afternoon, Jared Weiss of The Athletic reported that Victor Oladipo … Read more
One week ago, the Boston Celtics found themselves up two points against the Toronto Raptors with 0.5 seconds remaining in the game. They were half a second away from putting the defending champions in an unrecoverable 3-0 series deficit, and proclaiming their third Conference Finals berth in the last four years. It’s been anything but … Read more
For the better part of the past decade, Toronto Raptors fans have longed to see Giannis Antetokounmpo don the red and white colours of the North. What began as a pipe dream with photoshopped images circulating Twitter, and fans stirring up stories of how the Greek Freak might appreciate Toronto’s cultural diversity on Reddit, may … Read more
The 2019 NBA defending champions, have been pushed to the brink of elimination by the shorthanded Boston Celtics, after being blown out in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Last night was just the seventh time all season that the Raptors have lost a game by 15 or more points, and interestingly enough, four … Read more
There are few to no words remaining in the entirety of the English language that can describe how Kyle Lowry plays basketball. After one of the most impressive performances of Lowry’s career in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Boston Celtics, where he dropped an efficient 33 points, and made the game-winning … Read more
