Certainly its the time of year to lay blame for what's been a tough season. But where does the blame lie? The easiest/laziest method is to simply blame the coach.
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What does Reggie Evans mean to the Toronto Raptors, and a quick take on James Johnson, who's been a nice "surprise" for the Raptors.
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The challenge is Leandro Barbosa is not a good shooter this season. He's an excellent break-'em-down-and-get-to-the-hoop player, but not a good shooter.
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The myth of the hot hand While this study was presented at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference two years ago, I reviewed it again during this year’s conference and thought it was
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Dorkapalooza Edition We had the opportunity to attend M.I.T.’s Sloan Sports Analytics Conference this year. The conference offered sessions for a wide range of sports, but we focused our attention on the
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Salaries are not PERfect Edition: Trade options We’re not likely to be active at the trade deadline (ending this Thursday), but I developed a database that compared salary, number of years under
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What happens when you boo a former Raptor All-star? Let's look at the numbers.
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The "Love thy current PFs" edition.
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There is a lot of negatively around these parts and its not difficult to understand why. We barely had a 30 win team at the start of the season and plenty of
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A quick statistical recap of the first 41 games and some comparison to last year's squad.
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I'm not your ideal "X and Os" guy, so I welcome your input.
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The validity of plus/minus has been debated frequently here at Raptors Republic with several misconceptions around both “basic/raw” and “adjusted” measures. The NBA posts raw +/- scores here. A few days ago,
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