News -- May 2013
5/24 HoopsHabit: Toronto Raptors: 5 Best/Worst Moments Of 2012-13 Season : There were high hopes and expectations for the Toronto [...]The post Toronto Raptors: 5 Best/Worst Moments Of 2012-13 Season ...
5/10 A Royal Pain: Royal Reflections – Tyreke Evans’ New Contract & Cap Space, Sacramento Kings Coaching Candidates and More : For the first time in many months, it is safe for Kings fans to put the basketball aspects of a basketball team into the forefront ...
5/3 HoopsHabit: Los Angeles Lakers: Offseason Fixes To Get Back On Track : I think it’s safe to say the 2012-13 season was a disas [...]The post Los Angeles Lakers: Offseason Fixes To Get Back On Track ...
News -- April 2013
4/26 The Picket Fence: An Open Letter To Tim Leiweke : Dear Tim Leiweke, First of all, congratulations on your new job with Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. I know you just landed ...
4/25 HoopsHabit: Toronto Raptors: Should Dwane Casey Still Be The Coach Of The Raptors? : On Monday, April 22 in a news conference at The Air Can [...]The post Toronto Raptors: Should Dwane Casey Still Be The Coach Of ...
4/12 HoopsHabit: Toronto Raptors: Grading Each Players’ Performance In 2012-13 : The Toronto Raptors head into the final four games of 2 [...]The post Toronto Raptors: Grading Each Players’ Performance ...
4/10 The Picket Fence: HOW the Raptors Should Do It : In what is now the third of a three part series, I will detail in this column how what the Raptors should do after they tank. ...
News -- March 2013
3/29 HoopsHabit: Toronto Raptors: 5 Pure Shooters To Target For 2013-14 : The storyline for the Toronto Raptors has shifted to th [...]The post Toronto Raptors: 5 Pure Shooters To Target For 2013-14 appeared ...
3/27 numberFire: NBA Daily Fantasy Helper: Wednesday 3/27/13 : Listen close, because I'll only say this once: it's the Beno Udrih show!See More
Kevin Durant
Blake Griffin
Al Jefferson
Beno ...
3/23 The Picket Fence: What the Raptors SHOULDN’T Do : Note: This article is from Raptors Republic, where most of my Raptor writing can now be found. First of all, I want to thank Blake ...
3/18 StoopSports.com: Not So Shooting Stars : David Vertsberger- When Rudy Gay was traded from the Memphis Grizzlies to the Toronto Raptors this season, the motive behind the ...
3/16 NBA Jerks: Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks for Mar. 15 : The last time I wrote up a FanDuel lineup I prognosticated a one game renaissance for the Suns Jared Dudley. That happened – ...
3/15 NBA Jerks: Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks for Mar. 15 : The last time I wrote up a FanDuel lineup I prognosticated a one game renaissance for the Suns Jared Dudley. That happened – ...
3/10 Cowbell Kingdom: Sunday Musings: In a season of uncertainty, Tyreke Evans spins his tires The Kings swingman continues to search for an identity...
3/8 The Picket Fence: The State of the Raptors : With Raptor fans finally acknowledging what most of the rest of the league realized quite a while ago, that the Raptors will NOT ...
3/6 HoopsHabit: Phoenix Suns: Wesley Johnson Ready For More Minutes : As Wesley Johnson walked off the practice court, you co [...]The post Phoenix Suns: Wesley Johnson Ready For More Minutes appeared ...
News -- February 2013
2/25 Hickory-High: Weekly Stats Recap : Thanks to the All Star Break, we’ve got a Weekly Stats Recap with 43% more stats for you to enjoy. But before we dive ...
2/13 The Hoops Manifesto: Video: DeRozan Crowns Mozgov :
Wow - what DeMar DeRozan did to Timofey Mozgov last night. Wow.
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2/12 numberFire: NBA Daily Fantasy Helper: Tuesday 2/12/13 : The Rockets put up 140 on Golden State last week. We think David Lee could have his revenge tonight.See More
Nicolas Batum
Kobe ...
2/11 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Basketball Week 15 Recap : The Boston Celtics have now played 7 games without Rajon Rondo and to EVERY ONES surprise they are 7-0. They have defeated ...
2/8 The Picket Fence: Should Colangelo Swear Off The Boozer? : So with Pau Gasol now injured and out for at least six weeks, pretty much destroying Bryan Colangelo’s interest in him (for ...
2/4 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Basketball Week 14 Recap : Could the Boston Celtics be willing to trade Kevin Garnett to the Los Angeles Clippers? That is a question Sporting ...
2/3 The Picket Fence: Is Pau Next? : It was apparent way back at the beginning of the offseason that the future was now, for the Raptors. Trading a guaranteed lottery ...
2/2 HoopsHabit: Memphis Grizzlies: Why They Easily Won the Rudy Gay Blockbuster Trade : For the Memphis Grizzlies, sending Rudy Gay to the Toronto Raptors was primarily based on their financial situation. At ...
2/1 StoopSports.com: Rudy Gay Blockbuster : Jason Quint- Ah, wedding trade season is upon us. Last week Memphis kicked things off when they shipped Wayne Ellington, Mo Speights, ...
2/1 The Picket Fence: The Last Word on the Rudy Gay Trade : I’ve never written so much about one trade before. Of course, most of this post isn’t going to be my own words, but ...
2/1 The Picket Fence: Looking Deeper Into the Rudy Gay Trade : In my comments section of my initial post about the Rudy Gay deal, I wondered where the Raptor analytics consultant, Alex Rucker, ...
News -- January 2013
1/31 The Picket Fence: What Would Einstein Say About the Raptors Trading for Rudy **** : At around the same time I found out about the Raptors acquiring Rudy **** my oldest daughter ran to me in tears after discovering ...
1/31 We Talk Fantasy Sports: How the Rudy Gay Trade Will Effect Your Fantasy Team : The Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors, and Detroit Pistons made some noise around the NBA Wednesday night as they all agreed ...
1/30 NBA Jerks: Report: Rudy Gay Traded To Toronto Raptors In Three-Team Deal : The Memphis Grizzlies have been trying to shed salaries over the course of the 2012-13 season to avoid paying the luxury tax. ...
1/30 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Grizzlies Trade Rudy Gay to Raptors : In a deal that I honestly thought would never happen after the Grizzlies front office managed to get under the luxury tax threshold ...
1/29 The Picket Fence: The Raptors PG Situations and Trade Proposal Tuesday (Edition #2) : I couldn’t pass up the Kyle Lowry to Boston trade rumours, as well as the boys over on Raptor Blog Radio talking about the ...
1/28 The Picket Fence: Why the Raptors Can’t Win Close Games : Taking a break from my long awaited second part of my series on Bryan Colangelo’s three major flaws (it’s coming very ...
1/24 NBA Jerks: Week 13 Fantasy Basketball Stock Market: Terry-ble : Some weeks the league is teeming with up-and-comers, other weeks fantasy day traders have to settle for short-term injury replacements. ...
1/24 numberFire: NBA Daily Fantasy Helper: Thursday 1/24/13 : Carmelo and J.R. Smith lead the pack as they take on Boston in an ugly slate of Thursday NBA action.See More
Eric Bledsoe
Jason ...
1/20 numberFire: Los Angeles Lakers Stat Monkey Brief: Lakers/Raptors (1/20/13) : It's a battle OF the ages: Bryant and Nash against Calderon and DeRozan.See More
Kyle Lowry
Kobe Bryant
Jose Calderon
DeMar ...
1/17 The High Phive: 76ers: Bynum Shoots, Mack Signed, Wayns Released : The Philadelphia 76ers are coming off a very embarrassing loss at home to the New Orleans Hornets 111-99 in which the team was ...
1/13 Foul Line Extended: Guys Who Should Stop Shooting Three’s : The table below “highlights” the worst 3-point shooters in the league this season, min. 50 attempts. Totals Shooting ...
1/11 numberFire: NBA Daily Fantasy Helper: Friday 1/11/13 : The hot daily fantasy matchup of the night is... Toronto/Charlotte?See More
Markieff Morris
Metta World Peace
Kevin Durant
Tim ...
1/4 Cowbell Kingdom: Game 32 Preview: Sacramento Kings at Toronto Raptors : Gametime: 4:00 pm PT Where: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON Broadcast Information: TV – Comcast SportsNet California, ...
News -- December 2012
12/31 The Picket Fence: Seeing Through Colangelo’s Reality Distortion Field (Part 1) : Despite the Raptors being 7-2 in the last 9 games, there are still major problems with this team and this organization (I’ll ...
12/19 NBA Jerks: FanDuel Daily Fantasy NBA Picks for Wednesday 12/19 : Wednesday night in the NBA features 11 games, as the mass majority of teams in the league are going to be in action. That means ...
12/17 Hickory-High: Weekly Stats Recap : For this week’s study I took a look at how often (and by how much) winning teams lost individual quarters. For the 52 ...
12/12 Nets Take Over: Nets vs Raptors Recap: Finally : First Quarter: The Raptors came out with an energy knowing that they were facing a six game losing streak. Jose Calderon ...
12/12 NBA Jerks: FanDuel Daily Fantasy NBA Picks for Wednesday 12/12 : Wednesday night in the NBA features 13 games, as the mass majority of teams in the league are going to be in action. That means ...
12/10 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 09.12 : Lakers przegrywają u siebie z Jazz, a Suns notują siódmą z rzędu porażkę. Z kolei Thunder wygrali ósmy raz z rzędu.
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12/8 The Picket Fence: Andrea Bargnani Is Only A Symptom : Toronto is burning. Well, the Toronto Raptors are currently in one of the worst periods in franchise history. They have the second ...
12/5 Cowbell Kingdom: Game 17 Preview: Sacramento Kings vs. Toronto Raptors Looking ahead to tonight's match-up between the Kings and Raptors...
12/5 Cowbell Kingdom: Kings’ Speech: Game 17 vs. Toronto Raptors Previewing tonight's match-up with Kings coach Keith Smart and forward James Johnson...
12/1 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 30.11 : LA Lakers rozgromili Denver Nuggets, a bohaterami byli niespodziewanie zawodnicy rezerwowi. Phoenix Suns doznało kolejnej wstydliwej ...
News -- November 2012
11/26 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 25.11 : Trzy dogrywki, prawie triple-double Rajona Rondo, bardzo dobry występ Marcina Gortata i strzelanina za 3 punkty w Nowym Jorku. ...
11/22 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 21.11 : 14-meczowy maraton przyniósł wiele emocji. Marcin Gortat zagrał świetny mecz, Mike D’Antoni przegrał pierwszy mecz, ...
11/21 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 20.11 : Mike D’Antoni zaliczył zwycięski debiut w barwach Lakers. New York Knicks wygrali drugi mecz z rzędu, a Philadelphia ...
11/19 Hickory-High: Weekly Stats Recap : Every week I will be releasing my findings from a unique week long statistical review, but starting this upcoming week, ...
11/18 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 17.11 : Ósma z rzędu wygrana Memphis Grizzlies, trzecia z rzędu porażka Phoenix Suns w bardzo słabym stylu, a także świetna gra ...
11/13 Z krainy NBA: Nagrody dnia: 12.11 : LeBron James przełączył się w tym meczu na tryb play-off, wielu bohaterów miał też maraton rozegrany w Toronto. Na minusie ...
11/13 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 12.11 : Thriller w Toronto, popis LeBrona Jamesa i Rajon Rondo bliski triple-double. Do tego zwycięstwo Phoenix Suns nad Denver Nuggets ...
11/11 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 10.11 :
Drugie zwycięstwo Bobcats, szóste Spurs i dwie dogrywki w Golden State. Do tego najsłabszy występ w sezonie Marcina ...
11/7 Z krainy NBA: Grzmotem w Dinozaury : Pomimo słabej skuteczności Duranta, Oklahoma City Thunder rozgromiła Toronto Raptors 108-88. Z dobrej strony pokazali się ...
11/5 Z krainy NBA: Nagrody dnia: 04.11 :
Kyle Lowry wreszcie pokazuje 100% swoich możliwości, na przeciwnym biegunie Rodney Stuckey, który chce wygrać całosezonowe ...
11/2 The Wages of Wins Journal: Which NBA Team Would You Pick? Dre asks the ultimate arm chair GM question - if you could take over any NBA team, which would you and why?...
11/2 Cowbell Kingdom: Tyreke Evans takes first step to getting paid With free agency looming next offseason, the Sacramento Kings guard has a lot riding on the 2012-13 NBA season. ...
11/2 The Picket Fence: Financial Meltdown!!! : So after watching the Toronto Raptors lose a heartbreaker on opening night against the Indiana Pacers (I DVRed it, as usual, so ...
11/1 Z krainy NBA: Brodacz górą, Lakers wciąż dołują : Świetny debiut Jamesa Hardena, wybuchowe wejście z ławki Jamala Crawforda, a także pierwsze objawy świetnej gry Dwighta Howarda ...
News -- October 2012
10/23 Z krainy NBA: Nierówny, ale zwycięski Gortat : W wygranym meczu z Sacramento Kings, Marcin Gortat pokazał dwie twarze. Był bardzo dobry w obronie (12 zb. i 4 blk.) i przeciętny ...
10/20 Z krainy NBA: Top 10: 19.10 : Piątkowe mecze to kolejna dawka efektownych zagrań. DeQuan Jones, DeMar DeRozan i Metta World Peace to nasi faworyci. A wasi?
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10/17 The Wages of Wins Journal: The Miraculous Stephen Jackson Dre and Josh examine the miraculous Stephen Jackson, who defies the laws of analytics. Continue reading →...
10/1 HoopsHabit: Toronto Raptors 2012-13 NBA Preview : Toronto Raptors 2011-12 Vitals: 23-43, 4th in Atlantic Division, 11th in Eastern Conference 90.7 PPG/94.0 OPP PPG 2012-13 Roster: ...
News -- September 2012
9/25 The Hoops Manifesto: 2012/13 NBA Team Rankings & Previews: #24 Toronto Raptors : #24 - Toronto Raptors2011/12 Record: 23-43, no playoffs2012/13 Projected Record: 33-49, no playoffs
Key Additions:Terrence ...
9/25 The Hoops Manifesto: 2012/13 NBA Team Rankings & Previews: #24 Toronto Raptors : #24 - Toronto Raptors2011/12 Record: 23-43, no playoffs2012/13 Projected Record: 33-49, no playoffs
Key Additions:Terrence ...
News -- August 2012
8/7 The Wages of Wins Journal: All-NBA Teams: The Good the Bad and the Ugly : Dre breaks down the NBA in terms of the best team you could construct, the most mediocre team you could construct and the worst ...
News -- July 2012
7/3 The Picket Fence: The Case Against Signing Steve Nash : So yesterday, Canada Day here in, well, Canada, Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo and his band of minions will already have given free ...
News -- June 2012
6/29 The Wages of Wins Journal: Wages of Wins 2012 Draft Grades Reviews of the 2012 draft. Continue reading →...
6/29 The Picket Fence: Final Pre-Draft Thoughts : Just to clarify my reasoning behind why I think the Raptors need to “hit a home run” in this draft. I wouldn’t ...
6/22 Hickory-High: Draft Projections An attempt to build statistical projections for NBA Draft prospects off Similarity Scores. Continue reading →...
6/1 The Picket Fence: Let’s Make A Deal! : With the Raptors now selecting 8th, and the likelihood of finding a franchise altering player there pretty small, the team is ...
News -- May 2012
5/31 The Picket Fence: 2012 Final Raptor Report Card (Post Lottery) : After Part 1 and Part 2, the ping pong balls have settled and I can now finally give the Raptors organization a grade for this ...
5/22 The Picket Fence: 2012 Final Raptor Report Card (Part 2) : After the first part of the Raptors final grades of the season, where we looked at Alabi to DeRozan, I’ve finally been able ...
News -- April 2012
4/27 The Picket Fence: That’s a Wrap! : After the game started out 17-2 for the Raptors, and the Nets couldn’t even get a shot up in the first two minutes, the ...
4/9 The Picket Fence: Too Close For Comfort : Here are my few random thoughts on a Raptors-Cleveland game that was far too close for comfort… - It’s much more difficult ...
News -- March 2012
3/30 The Wages of Wins Journal: Could Kentucky Beat the Toronto Raptors? : The other day, Wages of Wins favorite Charles Barkley (if Magic Johnson is the God of advanced stats, Barkley is the Jesus, or ...
3/29 The Picket Fence: A Win That’s Not A Win (and other Raptor thoughts) : So after watching the Raptors beat a Nuggets team that looked nothing like the playoff team they apparently are (more on that ...
3/27 Hickory-High: Trending : No shortage on unique numbers this week in the NBA. Check out the statistical oddities, along with a couple of blind resumes. ...
3/23 Hickory-High: Last Night’s Numbers – 3/22/12 : Last Night’s Numbers is a mostly daily recap of some impressive individual and unit performances from around the NBA. Continue ...
3/7 The Wages of Wins Journal: Introducing Points over Par! Arturo and Dre put Wins Produced in terms of points to help you understand game by game splits. Continue reading →...
News -- February 2012
2/25 BBR Blog: PI+ Stat of the Day: Most Effective Lineups in a Game : Thanks to the PI+ Lineup Finder, here are the 5-man units with the best +/- in a single game this season: Net (Totals) Rk Lineup ...
2/17 Celtics Life: NBA Slam Dunk Contest to suck this year : ESPNSources said that it has a new format which will consist of only one round and in which the winner will be solely determined ...
2/12 Z krainy NBA: Jeremy Lin show ogarnia całą ligę :
Kobe Bryant na długo zapamięta nazwisko Jeremy Lina. Rozgrywający Knicks zagrał jeszcze lepiej niż w poprzednich spotkaniach ...
2/6 Z krainy NBA: Raptors spaleni żarem Miami :
Bez fajerwerków i niespodzianki. Tak w dwóch słowach opisać można spotkanie Miami Heat z Toronto Raptors. Gospodarze American ...
2/4 The Wages of Wins Journal: DeMar DeRozan is killing the Raptors : Devin examines just why the 2011-2012 Raptors are playing so poorly and DeMar DeRozan is largely responsible. Continue reading ...
News -- January 2012
1/28 Hickory-High: NBA Stock Report : Myles Ma is back with the NBA Stock Report, making buy, sell, and hold recommendations for the Hawks, Bulls, Warriors, Thunder ...
1/25 The Wages of Wins Journal: Did Toronto beat Phoenix because of the Bargnani effect? : via http://blog.raptors.com Recently I read Tom Liston’s article over on Raptors Republic. While he completes the article ...
1/16 Z krainy NBA: United Center nadal niezdobyte :
Najbrzydszy mecz Bulls w tym sezonie. Jeśli nie – to jeden z najbrzydszych. Zespół z Wietrznego Miasta trzy razy z rzędu ...
1/14 Z krainy NBA: Miami w odwrocie, Kobe w gazie – skróty i statystyki z 13 stycznia :
Sponsorem dzisiejszej audycji jest cyferka 3. Po raz trzeci z rzędu Kobe Bryant rzucił co najmniej 40 punktów, trzecie porażki ...
1/11 Z krainy NBA: Toronto lepsze od Minnesoty, Calderon lepszy od Rubio. :
Po kilku efektownych grach Minnesotę Timberwolves na ziemię sprowadzili uważani za przeciętnych koszykarze Raptors. W najbardziej ...
1/11 Hickory-High: Last Night’s Numbers – 1/10/12 : Welcome back to Last Night’s Numbers. For those of you who are new to LNN and Hickory-High, last season I quickly recapped each ...
1/10 Z krainy NBA: 9 stycznia – zapowiedź spotkań :
Poniedziałek 9 stycznia nas nie rozpieszcza. 6 spotkań, ale ciężko znaleźć bardzo ciekawie zapowiadające się spotkania, ...
1/7 Hickory-High: Rants, References and Revelations : Rants, References and Revelations is a weekly collection of links and responses, covering the latest developments in the basketball ...
News -- December 2011
12/30 Z krainy NBA: Pacers lepsi od Raptors :
Po pierwszej połowie, której oglądanie bez zaśnięcia momentami graniczyło z cudem, Pacers i Raptors z dużą nawiązką ...
12/26 The Wages of Wins Journal: Toronto will be terrible. : The following post uses the Wins Produced metric. During the long offseason Dave Berri took a little time to tweak it a little. ...
12/21 The Picket Fence: …are condemned to repeat it.” : When last we left the Raptors, they had raised their floor, but lowered their ceiling by surrounding their franchise player, Vince ...
12/19 Z krainy NBA: Boston wygrywa po świetnej końcówce z Raptors :
W swoim pierwszym meczu przedsezonowym Boston Celtics pokonał na wyjeździe ekipę Toronto Raptors 76:75. Przez większość ...
News -- October 2011
10/23 A Substitute for War: NBA Franchise Power Rankings: #22 – Toronto Raptors : Previous rankings: #30 - Charlotte Bobcats (+ introduction) #29 - Phoenix Suns #28 - Denver Nuggets #27 - Detroit Pistons #26 ...
10/15 Z krainy NBA: Mix akcji z offseason DeMara DeRozana :
Wszystkim koszykówki spod znaku NBA brakuje jak rybie wody, więc każdy nawet fragment gry na najwyższym poziomie bierzemy ...
News -- September 2011
9/6 NBA Wired: The NBA's Top Five Up-and-Coming Duos #4: Danilo Gallinari and Ty Lawson : After trading Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups to New York last season, the Denver Nuggets roared into the playoffs as the ...
9/1 NBA Wired: The NBA's Top 5 Up-and-Coming Duos Countdown: #5 : The Toronto Raptors didn't have a very good decade in the 2000s, especially when it came to perimeter players. They lost ...
News -- August 2011
8/18 IamaGM.com: Watch all 45 points Kobe Bryant scored at The Drew League :
In case anybody forgot, Kobe Bryant goes hard. Hopefully DeMar DeRozan and James Harden got in a few buckets of their ...
8/5 Z krainy NBA: Podsumowanie 2010-11: Toronto Raptors :
Trzeci dzień podsumowania to trzecia najgorsza drużyna ostatniego sezonu. Przyszła więc pora na jedyną drużynę spoza USA ...
News -- July 2011
7/12 BBR Blog: 2012 APBRmetric Player Rankings: By Position : As a follow-up to this afternoon's list of the Top 593 Players of 2012, here's a positional breakdown for the 452 players who ...
News -- June 2011
6/22 The Picket Fence: Could Parker Be A Raptor? : So as we get closer to the draft, more and more rumours start floating around. We’ve seen Bogut being offered for the 2nd ...
6/16 NBeh?: 2010-11 League Opponent Stats : New readers, please check out the basics before leaving any comments.
It's been over a week since I posted the league team stats...time ...
6/16 NBeh?: 2010-11 Raptor Charts Part II : New readers, please check out the basics before leaving any comments.
Yesterday I posted part one, which included both team and ...
6/16 NBeh?: 2010-11 Raptor Charts Part I : New readers, please check out the basics before leaving any comments.
I have a couple of things to post today (with more to ...
6/5 NBeh?: 2010-11 League Opponent Stats : New readers, please check out the basics before leaving any comments.
It's been over a week since I posted the league team ...
News -- May 2011
5/15 NBeh?: 2010-11 Raptor Charts Part II : New readers, please check out the basics before leaving any comments.
Yesterday I posted part one, which included both team and ...
5/14 NBeh?: 2010-11 Raptor Charts Part I : New readers, please check out the basics before leaving any comments.
I have a couple of things to post today (with ...