Building Redundancies

Two seasons ago, the first time the Raptors lost in the playoffs at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the numbers told a clear story about that team. That group of Raptors simply lived by the rule that when Kyle Lowry was on the court, they played like an elite team, one of the best…

SI Rankings: Raptors have two in the top 30

Sports Illustrated continued their Top 100 players list today with the players ranked from 30th to 11th, and there were two Raptors(and one former Raptor) in the mix in today’s group. These rankings are always interesting to get a look at where players are considered relative to each other going into the season, and there’ll…

How innovative can Raptors’ Nick Nurse get?

An offseason ago, the Toronto Raptors organization preached a culture reset. It was an all-encompassing statement vague enough to leave observers unsure of what the ensuing changes might be, but loud enough to establish that said changes would be ground breaking. The season came, and from day one, the walk backed the talk. Gone was…