Gameday: Raptors vs Warriors – Nov. 8/10

After putting up a big fat donut after four pretty tough games out West, the Raptors return home to face the Warriors in a game that folks wil be anxious about who’s on the other team: Stephen Curry. I really love this kid, and that sentiment is shared by many of you. We miss him…

Statophile, Volume 1

Welcome to a new idea here at RR. The goal of Statophile is to produce a weekly summary of advanced metrics - to analyse beyond what's beyond the basic boxscore. We will also address a few perceptions from readers each week and look to confirm or bust them.

Gameday: Raptors vs Blazers – Nov. 6/10

It’s been incremental, but there has been improvement in this team as the season progresses. We’re not going to morph into some serious playoff team that will be a pest come the post-season, but things are happening. Also, I should have had Evans dressed at PF in my fantasy league instead of Odom, but the…

Gameday: Raptors vs Lakers – Nov. 5/10

The Game Thread in the RR Forums Every year, this team has some sort of built in excuse that stirs debate among us about what to really expect/feel about this team. Taking care of business has been a big problem for the Raptors over the last couple seasons. Had they beaten the Knicks and Kings…

Raptors own the Suns

Raptors 121 – Suns 100 – Boxscore Sorry to dissapoint, but WordPress crapped out on me while I was in the midst of publishing this article and I lost pretty much everything, so I’ll just make a few points, and post my game notes:

The defensive stopper is overrated

Injecting one good-to-great defensive player as a remedy for a poor defensive unit sounds like a bad strategy, and one the Raptors have been guilty of too often.