Month: June 2013
Andrea Bargnani Traded to Knicks For Marcus Camby, Steve Novak and Multiple Picks
Well, that escalated quickly.
Raps looking at Kabongo, JL3 won’t return
Raptors taking hard look at Canadian Myck Kabongo who surprisingly went undrafted. We heard today John Lucas won't return. No coincidence. — Brett Poirier NBA (@BrettNBA) June 28, 2013 Interesting, although probably not surprising. Not sure an undrafted guy as “PG2” is a safe move, as I wrote this morning, but as a PG3 it…
Goodbye, David Stern
David Stern made his final pick announcement as NBA Commissioner just now, announcing a made-up player going to Golden State or something. The Brooklyn crowd did him right, giving him a Standing O and booing Adam Silver. Silver then brought out Hakeem Olajuwon, the first pick Stern ever announced, wearing the same suit he wore…
Congrats to Anthony Bennett, First Canadian Selected #1 Overall
The Cleveland Cavaliers have selected Canadian Anthony Bennett from UNLV 1st overall in the 2013 NBA Draft, making him the first Canadian-born player to be selected first overall. Congrats to Bennett. Big day for Canadian Basketball.
NBA Draft Day Open Thread / Live-Blog-ish Thing
Come discuss trade rumors, draft speculation and whether or not the Raps can move into the draft.
Drafts and Trades
The Raptors are without a draft pick (at least for the moment) but here are the moves the Raptors should, and possibly could, make in tonight's draft.
Bryan Colangelo Steps Down as President
Bryan Colangelo has stepped down as the whatever-he-was for the Toronto Raptors.