Vince Carter’s Trilogy Got The Covid Treatment
Vince Carter has a complicated Toronto history. It made it a perfect place to return in April and say goodbye.
Pascal Pressure: All Eyes on Him
The Raptors will go as far as Pascal Siakam takes them
Nick Nurse Wasn’t A Fluke
Nick Nurse will try to do the impossible. Repeat as champions without his best player.
I Was Right About The Raptors in September. I Am Right About the Raptors Now.
The Raptors were not the favorites but then again pressure makes diamonds
Not An Asterisk Championship
The Raptors deserved the 2019 championship in spite of the Warriors injuries.
The Raptors Have Doubters, Critics, and a Lot to Prove
Pascal Siakam should win Most Improved Player. But that is the only sure fire thing about the Toronto Raptors. Yes, Kawhi Leonard has to be reckoned with. Yes, Danny Green has had an incredible bounce back year. Yes, Marc Gasol takes pressure off of Kyle Lowry and can facilitate the offense. But this is the…
The Fake Dwane Casey Outrage
The moaning and groaning about the Dwane Casey firing (as if no one saw this coming) is pure theater. It was akin to an alternate universe where television and social media were suddenly obsolete and no one witnessed what had been going on the past few years. The best predictor of future behavior is past…
If It’s The Playoffs, Then It’s Toronto Insanity
It is the true definition of insanity. Doing the same thing and expecting different results. it messes with the Raptors mind. It messes with everyone who picked Toronto to win the series against Cleveland. It reminds everyone you can’t veer from what you know. There is the truth. And then there are the facts. Fact.…
The DeMarre Exile
Once you move beyond the data sets to explain how a 38 win team became a 60 win team, how they were a top-5 shot making team, the second best three point shooting and assist team, fifth in steals, sixth and seventh in field goal percentage defense and three point percentage defense, sixth in offensive…
Who Is Kyle Lowry Going to Say No To?
A day after it was rumored by “sources” that Kyle Lowry had zero interest in returning to Toronto, Lowry set the record straight. Don’t believe anything until you hear it from him. Masai Ujiri basically followed that up with “Lowry told me he wants to be here.” Ujiri, the Raptors GM, hopes so, and even…