Linkage for Apr 8 6am to Apr 10 7pm

Linkage for Apr 8 6am through Apr 10 7pm: FAN590 – Raptors May Be Delayed <b>Raptors vs Wizards Stream</b> The Other Side: Toronto Raptors – Wizards Insider Could a Lewis for Bosh trade happen? – Third Quarter Collapse Bosh asked about leaving all the time – USATODAY.com Dino Nation Blog: The End Of Some Dreams 3…

Just four more to go, hang tight

I guess the schedule maker thought we’d be in some sort of a tight race with the Wizards for playoff positioning and scheduled consecutive home and away games late in the season. He wasn’t the only one who predicted the record wrong at the outset. Let’s look back at the early season poll which asked…

Pacers Exact Terrible Vengeance

Anthony, try to put those arms up. Raptors 101, Pacers 130 If there was a mercy rule in the NBA it would’ve been fit to invoke here. The Pacers laid down a beating to remember on the Raptors and unlike the last time we were in Indiana, there was no comeback to feel good about.…

At some point you have to play some defense

Douby and O’Bryant both played. And it wasn’t garbage time. Hawks 118, Raptors 110 In my efforts to compose poetry yesterday I completely forgot about Hoop Heads North winning the RR March Madness Pool. Here’s his bracket in which he went a whopping 51/63. Congratulations and take a bow, I’ve dispatched my carrier pigeon which…

Ode to a season

The season ended with fresh new wounds, a Magical defeat, oh so soon There was work to do, with options here, and options there With Ford as bait, at a going rate, not too high but not too low A trade was made, lot went out, one came back He came at a fee, and…

Linkage for Apr 5 9pm to Apr 8 12am

Linkage for Apr 5 9pm through Apr 8 12am: FAN590 – The Josh & Joe Show In T.O. Preview and Game Thread #79: Toronto Raptors @ Atlanta Hawks – Peachtree Hoops Raptors Blog » Game 77: Raptors vs. Hawks – Post-game Raptors Blog » Game 78: Raptors vs. Pacers – Pre-game The Associated Press: Hawks…

Back to Reality, Oops There Goes Gravity

The little fella’s a handful. Knicks 112, Raptors 103 It’s hard to say much about a game where the base requirement of any competitive arrangement isn’t there – effort. The Raptors figured the ‘away’ part of the home-and-home set is supposed to be the tougher game and since they won that, the return matchup is…

Linkage for Apr 4 3am to Apr 5 7pm

Linkage for Apr 4 3am through Apr 5 7pm: East Preview 1.0 | RaptorsTalk.com Knicks Blog <b>Raptors vs Knicks Stream</b> Doug Smith’s Toronto Raptors blog Not as quick as elephants but good nonetheless. Why the Toronto Raptors frustrate us so much | Cuzoogle FAN590 – Blowing Up The Tank Theory Bosh, ‘Sheem and my own scouting (The…

Best player on the court: Bargnani

Raptors 102, Knicks 95 The silver lining to this disappointing season continues to be Andrea Bargnani. He was the best player on the court on Saturday and drew enough of those oohs and aahs from the crowd that showed both a respect for his game and the underlying fear of his abilities. He was a…

Raptors are gamers, Knicks are tankers

For those of you who want to fully enjoy an old fashion back-to-back, home-and-home weekend mini-series against our favorite and forever hated divisional rivals, the New York Knicks, than start by imagining that the Raptors and the Knicks are both engaged in a season-long heated battle for the 8th and final spot for the playoffs.…

Good things about the streak + BC’s grades

This streak hasn’t influenced my opinion of the team in the slightest. I’m not undermining our efforts against Orlando and Chicago, just stating that a 5-game winning streak does not earn anyone a reprieve for the disastrous season we’ve had. The biggest mistake a team can make is look at false positives late on in…

Will the real Raptors please stand up?

The Bosh-Howard matchup rarely disappoints. Raptors 99, Magic 95 A man can try to watch a game on tape-delay without knowing the score, he can try to avoid all human contact, he can answer the phone with a warning instead of a hello, he can not check his email, he can cover his ears in…