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Heat keep streak alive; roll right through Raptors in fourth.

The Miami Heat’s 21-game win-streak began in Toronto on Super Bowel Sunday, and leaving Toronto March 17th they took with them a 22 game winning streak. The game opened with a good first quarter, with the Raptors keeping it close despite turning the ball over 7 times in the opening frame. Miami continued to capitalize on the Raptors’ miscues in ... Read More »

State of the Union – Oh yeah, and the Bobcats tonight!

Well Raptor-nation, it’s been an interesting month hasn’t it? We came out of the allstar break enthused and energized by our big pre-deadline blockbuster deal where we acquired arguably one of the top five small forwards in the league, and the most dynamic wing player we’ve had since Vince Carter. The first two points of the Rudy Gay era started ... Read More »

Rudy Gay Kills Pacers in Overtime!

The Rudy Gay era has officially arrived for Toronto fans. The night it happened was February 8, 2013. At approximately 21:52 est Rudy Gay sank a shot over an out-stretched and recent all-star selection Paul George to stun Indiana fans at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Toronto Raptors’ most recent addition (and a player rated an 87 ... Read More »

Gay in!….Barg’s Out?…

Now that the Toronto Raptors and Bryan Colangelo have officially decided to move Toronto in a new direction, the next logical question for fans is “where, if anywhere, does Andrea Bargnani fit into this plan?” – The answer, he doesn’t. You could rationalize his shooting ability, and say he’d be a good option from deep – especially with DeMar who’s ... Read More »

Jonas Valanciunas moved to the bench, smart move?

Things needed to be shaken up in Raptorland after an embarrassing 4-15 start to the season when sights were on the playoffs. And the change to be made was to bench Valanciunas? I know what many of you are thinking, Jonas is being used as a scapegoat to further coddle Bargnani, but is that the case? Could there be more ... Read More »

Second and final week MVP

Well everybody, the Olympics have come and gone and the USA has once again claimed World basketball supremacy. We’ll bid adue to the summer games for another four years – let’s reflect one final time on the way the bracket broke down for our Raptors Olympic representatives and see who won the crown of Olympic MVP….. Linas Kleiza: During the first week ... Read More »

Raptors Big’s needs to play bigger next year…

The NBA Summer league has drawn to a close but if you’re like me you’ll be catching all the games replayed for the next couple of weeks on NBA TV. As a Raptors fan I was impressed with the play of Ed Davis (16.2ppg, 9.4rpg). He showed what we wanted to see; that he was ready to take a leadership ... Read More »

Top 3 new reasons to watch the Toronto Raptors next season…..

Bryan Colangelo has had a busy off season. Less than a week into the free agency “offer” period we have 5 new Raptors faces and see one departing. We welcome Terrence Ross, Quincy Acy, Jonas Valanciunas (expected), free-agent-to-be Landry Fields (3 years/19 mil.) and now Kyle Lowry. Lowry was acquired Thursday in a trade that sent Gary Forbes and a ... Read More »

Cut ‘em or Keep ‘em; it’s time for the report cards kids….

Raptors 2011 – 2012 Report Card: The 2011 – 2012 Regular season came to a close last Thursday night and Raptor fans were treated to a summer league game held early and in Toronto on the same night. The Raptors took the floor with key injuries to Jose Calderon, Andrea Bargnani, Jarryd Bayless, Demar Derozen and Aaron Gray, and Linas ... Read More »

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