Brandon Rush might be Phoenix’s top prospect. This saddens me to no end because Phoenix is picking two spots before us at #15. It would amount to nothing short of tragedy if the Raptors fail to get a chance to pick Rush who by all accounts is raising his stock higher than most in the…
The Raptors held a workout session yesterday but two big names – Darrel Arthur and David Padgett – canceled on us due to injuries. ‘Tis never a good sign when you’re getting turned away by players looking to make it in the NBA. That didn’t stop the workouts from happening and nor did it stop…
There’s something about Bryan Colangelo that gives the impression that he knows what he’s doing. The rewards of leading a team to two successive exits in the first round of the East continue to pile in. Colangelo was appointed to the Canadian basketball board of directors yesterday which is so nice and such a cool…
There’s talk of Garbajosa being bought out of his contract. This probably will be the most complicated buyout in NBA history given the insurance implications, nations involved, federations involved, injury and just about everything else. Anytime the GM refers to something as the “Garbo scenario”, you can’t help bu think its more a salvage/rescue mission…
There’s more workouts scheduled for Friday. Players include: F Darrell Arthur, 6′ 9″, 225 lbs, Kansas G Tyrone Brazelton, 6′ 0″, 180, Western Kentucky F James Gist, 6′ 9″, 235, Maryland G DeMarcus Nelson, 6′ 4″, 200, Duke C David Padgett, 6′ “11, 230, Louisville This means one thing: more Jim Kelly. Remember how Michael…
Serge Ibaka. If you haven’t heard that name before, remember this blog as the one that told you about him. On Day 1 of the Euro Camp he was the guy that people couldn’t take their eyes off of; this prompted a salivating Fran Fraschilla (European hoops guru apparently) to utter the generic hyperbolic complement…
Raptors War Room Colangelo: Who do we take in this draft? Mitchell: I need a rebounder, a scorer, a playbook, some athleticism and defense. Gherardini: I know a few guys overseas who can supply that in one package. Colangelo: What? Who? Mitchell: Oh no, here we go again…. Gherardini: Ronalds Zakis. Mitchell: Who? Colangelo: Who?!?…
Stop the presses, put the phones down, ignore the workouts, screw the draft – we have some breaking news: Starting this fall the Raptors will play under a brand new 17-screen scoreboard supplied by Mitsubishi Electric which uses the “Black Package” Diamond Vision high-definition technology! The idea is to distract the other team by having…
I’m looking through my RSS reader and finding zilch from Doug Smith, Michael Grange and Eric Smith concerning yesterday’s workouts at the ACC. Maybe I’m not looking hard enough but on this note I’d like to point to Oregon Live as having the best basketball coverage for a home team. Jim Kelly had this to…
After the workouts yesterday Raptors Director, Player Personnel Jim Kelly didn’t have much to say but did drop the hint that the Raptors are a “fairly active team in the trade market” and one of the reason for that is because our “wing scoring wasn’t good” last year. That’s good because the first step of…
OK, the Raptors have a busy midweek ahead with player workouts scheduled on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. June 3rd – Tuesday: G – Wayne Ellington – North Carolina G – Shan Foster – Vanderbilt G – Jamont Gordon – Mississippi State F – Danny Green – North Carolina G – Malik Hairston – Oregon G…
Misconception #1: Bargnani is a candidate to be traded There is a better chance of the Raptors shipping out Chris Bosh than Andrea Bargnani. It sounds ridiculous but as of today its a true statement. The fact is that we don’t know what kind of player we have in Bargnani, I mean we know that…