Pre-Game
Gameday: Raptors @ Hawks, Feb. 7
It’s the time of year where mundane early February games can’t hope to contend with the rampant trade market. The Raptors engine of the past 7 years (Lowry) is mired in trade talks for Pete’s sake, if the SuperBowl couldn’t overshadow the NBA drama in Atlanta, the Raptors-Hawks game likely won’t. So for posterity, I’ll…
Gameday: Raptors @ 76ers, Feb. 5
As luck would have it, the Raptors are to Ben Simmons, what Jrue Holiday is to Kyle Lowry and Damian Lillard. The Raptors bold defense of “Shoot it, coward” has had brilliant early returns against the young phenom from Australia. Unfortunately for the Raptors, the same defense has been played against the Raptors as a…
Gameday: Clippers @ Raptors, Feb. 3
On Superbowl Sunday, the Raptors will have a visit from the Los Angeles Clippers and Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will play his first NBA game in his home country. In the first meeting of the two teams this season the Raptors delivered a 123-99 victory, led by a 25-point outing for Serge Ibaka and 21 from…
Gameday: Bucks @ Raptors, Jan. 31
I’ve made the drive from Milwaukee to Toronto before, and I’ve gotta say, NBA teams are pretty clever to do this whole “flying” thing. As glorious as it sounds, a friend once told me that you could see the curvature of the earth when you were in a plane and based on that comment alone,…
Gameday: Raptors @ Mavericks, Jan. 27
After a sobering night against ‘The Beard’ and co. in Houston, the Raptors travel to Dallas to take on the Mavericks. Against the Rockets, the Raptors played with a general malaise, and the Rockets stingy and disciplined defense made them pay for it. It was the Raptors third game in four nights, but altogether, still…
Gameday: Grizzlies @ Raptors, Jan. 19
Toronto is in the middle of a tumultuous period of performance ill-fitting their status atop the league’s list of most wins. After puking on themselves against the Boston Celtics in crunch time, they yawned their way through 48 minutes against the Phoenix Suns, only for Pascal Siakam to bail them out of the leaky boat…
Gameday: Suns @ Raptors, Jan. 17th
Running through shooting drills was always really relaxing and fun despite the fact that it was hard work by the end of it. Dripping sweat, the ball is heavy, and you’re not taking set-shots, you’re still pushing yourself to elevate. When you miss a few in a row, it starts to get really frustrating, so…
Gameday: Raptors @ Celtics, Jan. 16
The Boston Celtics are here to prove everyone wrong, about everything. The world is flat. Jayson Tatum is in fact, 12 years old. Al Horford is modern day Bill Walton.