Raptors vs. Grizzlies: The Old Canadian Battle….sort of

Didn’t have a chance to watch this game but caught chunks of it on radio so I was at the mercy of Paul Jones when trying to understand what exactly was going on. After the Arsenal defeat, things are in a bit of a daze but as I was drifting in and out of consciousness,…

Cavaliers rout Raptors but hey, NJ lost!

The only good news coming out of tonight is that New Jersey lost. Thats it. End of story. It’s games like these that make you test your resolve to maintain a Toronto Raptors blog so here goes. A back-to-back game on the road after a tough loss is a tough proposition, now add to the…

Sloppy Raptors beat up by Bucks

I’m going to write this post the way the Raptors played this game – sloppy. Bargnani gets to play tonight because his flight got canceled because of the weather but he’ll miss the Cleveland game and fly home to Italy. This reminds of the time Vince Carter chose to graduate on the day of Game…

Best places to watch Raptor games in Toronto

As a basketball fan living in Toronto, there’s always competition against those lowly Leafs when it comes to TV screens in bars and restaurants. But I’ve managed to scout out a few places where to possibly watch basketball. Some of them are great and some are just good enough: St. Louis Bar & Grill: The…

Take that T-Mac! Raptors beat down on Rockets

Glad to see the Raptors put the Spurs nightmare behind them, that was as much a game to forget as this one was to remember. No Anthony Parker as he was still recovering after the Bruce Bowen cheap shot so Mo Pete was in the starting lineup. But the stars of the game in order…

Marty York rips Chuck Swirsky

Marty York is a stain on professional journalism, there is no doubt about that. Nobody respects his opinion or bothers to give him a decent interview and that probably explains why he’s lingering deep in the shadows of insignificance and covering the CFL on a full-time basis. He’s a disgrace to journalists everywhere and the…

Raptors crushed in San Antonio; Bruce Bowen is a thug

A game like this is hard to stomach under any circumstances but when the pain is compounded by those stupid Oh Henry commercials, things quickly deteriorate to unbearable and eventually into unwatchable. The Law of Averages had already scheduled this game as one for the loss column but even I was surprised when the result…

Raptors destroy Pacers as Fred Jones era comes to an end

I cheered for Fred Jones every time he was in the game. I practically begged God for his jumpers to go in but even He couldn’t do much about it. The writing was on the wall and when Mitchell played Fred Jones for a whopping six minutes against Cleveland, I thought he was giving him…

NBA All-Star Saturday Night ’07: Not the worst but still bad

It wasn’t completely miserable and it was almost watchable. Given the pathetic quality and composition of All-Star Saturday Night for the last 7 years, this was, we can safely say, not the worst. But there were elements of what the worst All-Star Saturday Night might have had. Some portions of the telecast were moderately entertaining…

Carter stinks it up as Raptors build 4.5 game lead

These Vince Carter returns are getting a little boring. The crowd wasn’t as great as the last time but an interesting moment early on: With Bosh on the line and the crowd chanting MVP, Carter smirked and pretty much rolled his eyes at the chants, here’s the video. Aside from the return of Carter, this…

Raptors vs. Bulls: The Streak Ends!

December 2002 is when it began and more than four years later it ended. A 15 game losing streak to the Bulls barely came to an end at the United Center. The Raptors outplayed the Bulls for the considerable part of the game but the lack of defense on either end, especially on the Raptors’,…

Cousin Shahid reminisces about the NBA

bosh is killing lately. Okur, man he’s a dangerous big man, because he can bang under the basket and he kills from three point range. his game is so much like bill laimbeer from the old school pistons. the team with vinnie the microwave johnson. lol. man i wish you could have seen this dude…