After suffering a tough loss to the Miami Heat last night, the Toronto Raptors prepare to take on the Charlotte Bobcats on the second night of a back to back. The Raps hit the road after hanging tight in front of a sold out crowd against the defending champs. A loss was expected against, the Heat, but the Raps certainly have to … Read more
The first week of the Toronto Raptors’ 2013-14 season is officially over, and that means it’s time for our first Weekly Rap of the year. The season opener was against the Boston Celtics, which was a very, very sloppy game. The Raps pulled away with a strong overall performance in the fourth quarter. The second game was a loss on … Read more
After suffering a disappointing first loss of the season, the Toronto Raptors travel to the great state of Wisconsin to face off against the Milwaukee Bucks. Last night against the Atlanta Hawks, the Raps really played sub-par in many aspects and will certainly have to be better tonight. Toronto (1-1) is on the second game of a back-to-back … Read more
The Toronto Raptors are 1-1 on the season, after a loss to the Atlanta Hawks, 102-95. Though some positives can be taken away from this game, they proved to be not enough for a win at Philips Arena. After trailing by double digits for the majority of the game, the Raps clawed back but it wasn’t enough. … Read more
The Toronto Raptors are undefeated as they took down the Boston Celtics 93-87 in the season opener in front of a sold out ACC crowd. It doesn’t get more classic than this as the Raptors led by 16 only to head into the fourth quarter tied. Fortunately, a strong fourth quarter performance gave the Raps a W. Offense: C+ … Read more
Buckle up, folks. The Toronto Raptors 2013-14 campaign begins tomorrow night vs the Boston Celtics. We’ve touched just about every basis there is with regards to key factors for the upcoming season, however I would like to take a crack at some advanced stats today (kinda). If you’ve read our other stuff, you know we aren’t too … Read more
Here we go again. The Toronto Raptors head into the 2013-14 NBA season with very low expectations once again after a disappointing 2012-13 season. Analysts have predicted various things, but the common trend seems to be a low seeding in the Eastern Conference. This is also a season new GM Masai Ujiri will use to determine the direction that … Read more
Landry Fields displayed some nice handles against the New York Knicks. But of course, he misses the dunk. The play made me laugh more than anything to be honest. That’s so Landry.
In anticipation of the 2013-14 NBA season, Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose of Grantland.com have ranked all teams 30-1 for the month of October. The series kicked off by placing the cellar-dwellers, no. 30 (Philadelphia) and no. 29 (Phoenix), as the two worst squads, deservedly. Next to follow were safe-bets including no. 28 (Orlando), no. … Read more
This is an exclusive report brought to you by MoVernie of PPTV It’s been a big weekend for Rudy Gay, who was named as an ambassador for the Kids, Cops & Computers program on Friday as he donated 22 laptops to a well-deserved selected group of kids. Then on Saturday, Rudy followed it up with … Read more
