Anybody who pays attention to the news and rumours mill in the NBA knows one thing about the Raptors: they’re a top-heavy team. Seemingly, Nick Nurse has admitted to his competition that this is the shallowest team he’s had to coach in years. Over the last seven games, the Raptors have paid a majority of … Read more
In a season of Murphy’s Law for the Toronto Raptors – where it seems like everything that could possibly go wrong for them, has gone wrong – this team has now forgotten how to lose games as well. Ignore the 34 losses as part of their official record. Instead, take a look at the team’s … Read more
When Malachi Flynn was selected with the 29th overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, he was a relatively unknown commodity. There was no NCAA March Madness tournament due to COVID-19, and so he was never able to carry his San Diego State Aztecs to play on a greater stage under brighter lights. Luckily for … Read more
How well has Raptors management handled this offseason? Have they gotten significantly better? I don’t think so. Significantly worse? Wrong again. So let’s go through every move the Raptors have made up to this point in the offseason and grade each one, and then average them out to decide how well it’s really gone. The … Read more
The long-awaited 2020 NBA Draft has finally come and gone. The Minnesota Timberwolves took another high-risk, high-reward project by selecting Anthony Edwards with the first overall pick. The Golden State Warriors – after weeks of leading rival teams to believe that they might take Deni Avdija, or another lower-ranked prospect – decided to draft James … Read more
The Toronto Raptors have made their first roster addition in what projects to be a hectic couple of weeks ahead. With the 29th overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, the Toronto Raptors have selected Malachi Flynn out of San Diego State. After playing his first two college seasons with Washington State, Flynn subsequently transferred … Read more
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
With the 2020 NBA Draft just over three weeks away, the Toronto Raptors have been diligent about doing their homework. According to Marc Stein of the undefeated, the Raptors have added two point guard prospects to their watch list: Kansas’ Devon Dotson, and San Diego State’s Malachi Flynn. Dotson is projected to go late in … Read more
