bryan colangelo

Rudderless

Lack of direction, blowing in the wind, a spinning compass.

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Beyond the Raptors: Dallas Mavericks

Another week before the Raptors start a manic month or so of activity, so until then, we will talk a little ball about the Mavs, Dirk, Beaubois and Bosh (and maybe a lil Turk).

Sam Holako

Winners spend well over the tax

The eight teams that remain in the playoffs spent an average of $80.0 million this year. And only Atlanta spend less than $75 million. We can conclude that we likely need to spend in Colangelo's "higher than that" category to be a contender.

Tom Liston

The Raptors, Chris Bosh, and the salary cap

The Raptors will no doubt renounce the rights to O'Bryant, Wright and Nesterovic thus freeing up a cap-hold of $5.57M. This amount would otherwise be counted against the cap when making any transactions. The only question is whether they will renounce Amir Johnson or not. His cap-hold is $7.88M.

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Toronto Raptors Morning Coffee March 22

The Celtics are 3-0 so far this season against the Raptors, and there's a simple reason why: The team just can't defend anyone. Jay Triano really doesn't seem to have figured it out.

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Toronto Raptors Morning Coffee March 21

The Nets tried to defend Bosh by either denying the ball, staying with his first move, or double-teaming on the catch to force a pass. Boone admitted that if Bosh gets that first step, he’s among the best in the league at finishing the play. And even when Bosh struggles, he remains capable of reeling…

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Morning Coffee March 7

Dalembert vs. Bargnani - Maybe the defining matchup of the game. Sammy is going to have to really do a good job on the high pick and roll, making sure not to leave Bargnani open for threes. He also needs to dominate the glass in his limited minutes.

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