Month: December 2010
Raptors Boxing Day Blowout!!!
This time of year, it’s Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, the last day of school, and New Years Eve that get all the love. But I say screw that. Boxing Day’s my sh*t.
RR Ratings – Part II
After my third round of Wiser's, I concluded that my ratings for Part I were way too generous. So I'll make it up this time.
RR Ratings – Part I
One-third of the season is over and we'd be remiss not to do a player evaluation.
T-Mac finds Fountain of Youth (aka Raptor defense)
Teams have good memories, even bad ones like the Detroit Pistons. They remembered the embarrassment that was dealt to them on their home floor and delivered a dominating performance as they ran the Raptors off their own court last night. Their was one Piston whose memory was not so good, however. Tracy McGrady forgot he's…
Toronto Raptors Morning Coffee Dec 23
“Keep booing me. I love it. It really doesn’t bother me at all,” McGrady said. “It’s not like I was like Chris Bosh and selling out the city like the city was horrible or something, making crazy comments about the city.”
Rapcast #91, Kleiza Starter/Bench Stats, Detroit Preview
Detroit tonight before the Raptors take a few days off for Christmas. The Raptors have tons of injuries ranging from Bargnani, Calderon, Kleiza, Weems, and Johnson and I'm pretty sure the athletic trainer is also carrying a knock of some sort. Most of them will suit up but we'll know for sure closer to tip-off.
Where to go from here
For the first time in awhile, I believe the Raptors are in the strongest position in years. Huh?! Bear with me.
Toronto Raptors Morning Coffee Dec 21
“No Amir [Johnson], no Jose [Calderon], no Andrea [Bargnani], so Sonny [Weems], no Peja [Stojakovic], no Reggie [Evans],” he said, stopping short of adding no hope to that list.
Raptors fight, fall short against Lakers
With Andrea Bargnani out, that was about as close as this Raptors team could have played the Lakers. The Raptors rose to the occasion in the first quarter, bent but didn't completely break in the second, mounted a challenge in the third, and ran out of gas in the face of experience in the fourth.