Andrew Thompson
The Atlantic division is a bit of paradox, as these two teams whose front offices are actively trying to be as close to last place as possible find themselves vying for the Atlantic division lead.
I knew it was coming the whole time. I’m not claiming clairvoyance, and it’s not because I think the Raptors are terrible. It’s because I know that the Warriors are nothing close to as terrible as they were for the first 30 minutes.
Despite their best efforts down the stretch, Brooklyn was unable to hand the Atlantic Division leading Juggernaut that is the Toronto Raptors a win last night.
When I started working on a piece about the Raptor’s offence a week ago, I was nervous. It was hard to imagine an outcome that fell outside the range of a parental ‘I’m disappointed in you’, to downright scathing. I’m happy to say that instead I’ve found reason for optimism.
It's an awful lot easier to win basketball games when your shots are going in.
There was jubilation on behalf of the coaching staff, team, fans and everybody covering the team when the preseason finally ended, enabling the real games and the real basketball to start.
It’s difficult to know what the difference is between what you see in the preseason, and what you learn. You can see player-to-undoubtedly-be-released-in-January play a major role for his team, but you’d be foolish to over react to what you see (right everyone who vocalized a 2012 pre-season opinion about Gerald Green?). You could see…
Purchasing a pro game jersey is a difficult adult choice to justify. You’re paying as much as $200 to say to the world, “I really, really like this person I don’t know!” I’m not saying that I don’t support the notion on some level. I own jerseys myself and will probably continue to spend a…
Nobody seems to know what the Raptors front office is up to, and that's about the same number of people who agree on what they should do. Five Raptors Republic writers offer their takes on five burning questions about the Raptor's offseason agenda and the team's direction moving forward.
How Rudy Gay could be the Key to the Raptor’s Offence after all Many of the top offenses in the league have been winning this year playing ‘small ball.’ Miami, New York, Golden State, Houston and (though to a lesser extent) Oklahoma City have all taken a cue from the D’Antoni Suns and had…
