Raptors fall to Bucks despite impressive afternoon from Amir Johnson | National Post “People don’t understand how hurt Amir is,” DeRozan said. “He comes to practice the next day and can barely get through practice. “It makes us look at it like we can’t have no excuses when we’re out there on the floor. When…
Raptors’ stingy defence silences Bobcats in dominating victory | National Post You have to wonder: Did Casey’s efforts last year pay dividends this year? “We were just trying to build a defensive mindset. I thought we took a step back from that,” Casey said. “[We need] a culture of toughness, a culture of competing every…
Raptors starters must live in the paint | National Post Now, Calderon is the only viable three-point threat along the starters. Wings DeMar DeRozan and Landry Fields are not factors from deep, with the former a 29% shooter and the latter missing each of his three attempts from long range this year. And if either…
Raptors feel NHL players’ pain when it comes to shortened season | National Post More than 200 NHL players signed with European teams during the lockout while many others spent time in the American Hockey League. That number is far greater than the amount of players who took basketball jobs elsewhere during the NBA lockout.…
Trading For Gay No Longer Worth It | RaptorBlog Here’s what Rudy Gay is right now, and what he’ll probably be for the majority of his prime years (he’s 26): A borderline All Star from year to year who can be depended on for 17-18 points and 5-6 rebounds per 36 minutes while playing inconsistent…
Thunder: Conquerors of the Great White North – William Bennett Berry Alan Anderson’s big game not enough as Raptors fall to Thunder | National Post “We compete, we fight, we did a lot of good things,” Calderon said. “But against this team we cannot make one turnover, you make a mistake you’re going to pay…
DeMarcus Cousins, Kings cool off Raptors | National Post There is ample evidence suggesting that the Raptors were not flat until Cousins flattened them. Nominal starter Aaron Gray had two fouls in five minutes; the Raptors’ best option at centre, Amir Johnson, fouled out in just over nine minutes. The Raptors relied on going small…
Raptors whip Trail Blazers to win for eighth time in last nine games | National Post It was a bizarre evening for the Raptors. Only five players scored for the team through three quarters, with neither Jose Calderon nor Lowry appearing particularly interested in ever shooting. The two wound up combining for no points and…
Toronto Raptors face plenty of questions, challenges in new year | National Post The Raptors need to create a blueprint for sustained success that goes beyond trying to fight for one of the last playoff spots. It is on ownership to entrust Colangelo or someone new with that task, fully and completely. Raptors have changed…
Raptors’ Kyle Lowry dominating as reserve point guard | National Post “I think he had a chance to sit back and see how we played, to understand how we played, and not necessarily just playing fast and not moving the ball. We’re a little bit more structured than [how] he first started playing in the…
CHISHOLM: INSIDE THE RAPTORS RECENT TURNAROUND | TSN The Toronto Raptors are four games out of the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference. They are one of the hottest teams in the East right now, having won seven of their last eight games, and are staring at a six-game home stand that will see them…
Raptors’ Kyle Lowry says he’s OK with not starting | Toronto Star “Guys are playing well, the team’s coming together, they’ve been moving the ball, we won some great games,” he said. “(Wednesday night in a 100-80 loss to San Antonio) we had one bad stretch and it gave one of the best teams in…