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3 Players The Raptors Should Look Into At The Deadline
With the season approaching the much anticipated trade deadline, the Raptors should begin to recognize that they need some help if they want to make a deep run this year. None of the players I will look at are going to be fantasy draft style trades, and they are not going to change the fortune…
Don’t Panic
Things are never quite as bad as they seem - with good health and a few minor tweaks the team we loved watching two months ago should return.
Fighting for Minutes: Norm vs Ross Still a Thing?
Norm vs Ross was a key positional battle to start the season in Toronto, but based on the team's needs the battle may be coming to an end.
Norman Powell Is Fighting The Raptors Depth Chart
Last week in an article about Lucas Nogueira, I mentioned that Masai Ujiri is the master in the art of trade making. One of Master Ujiri’s best trades in his tenure with the Raptors came on draft night two years ago, when the Raptors traded backup point guard Greivis Vasquez, for Norman Powell who was…
Comparing Toronto Raptors schedule to opponents offers room for optimism
The Toronto Raptors hang over from the horrid early schedule and injuries to key players took a toll, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Comparing their opponents upcoming schedules offers room for cautious optimism
Fred VanVleet was ready when called upon, and will be again
Visualization, preparation, and a little less time with mom.
Lucas Nogueira Has Taken His Game To The Next Level
Masai Ujiri is a master in the art of constructing trades. It’s hard to look back at his trading resume and think of one trade he’s lost. In his time as Raptors GM, he’s turned Rudy Gay into Patrick Patterson, Greveis Vasquez into Norman Powell, and he turned Andrea Bargnani into Jakob Poeltl. Many of…
Why Ignoring Player Ceilings Is Costing The Raptors
Before I start this article, I want to acknowledge where the Raptors are since the beginning of Dwane Casey’s tenure and where they are now. When Casey came here, he gradually improved the team, but looking back at some of the past and present misuse of players might be a sign that Dwane Casey will…