Comparing our bench to others

Although there’s ****-all to talk about the show must go on. In the recent Triano interview he said: All of a sudden we’ve got two teams now, we’ve got a starting group and a bench group, though I don’t know who’s in which one. Let me help you out, Jay. Here’s your bench: Jarrett Jack,…

Amiroll and Points in the Paint

This is the worst time of the summer. All the signings and trades have been made and everything that could be said about them has been said. I suppose we could ponder whether Amir Johnson will get any minutes behind Bargnani, Bosh, Rasho and Evans but we all know those kinds of things will be…

Wanted: Somebody who can post-up

Ask for the ball like you mean it. The post-up game is a dying thing with the game becoming more and more perimeter-oriented as making the jumper becomes sexier by the day. I blame Kevin Garnett because he started this movement of 7-footers relying on their perimeter game while being applauded for it. They thought…

The Evolution of Colangelo

If you compare the 2006-07 Raptors with the group we have currently assembled you’ll notice a significant shift in Colangelo’s basketball paradigm. Two years ago when questioned by the season-seat holders about the lack of rebounding on the team, he stated that there was no need to focus on rebounding because the Raptors could simply…

Raptors 2009-10 schedule announced

The NBA schedule’s shadow was spotted today which means that pre-season will come early this year, some time in October they tell me. I like it if we just played the schedule rather than classified it into ‘hard’ and ‘easy’ stretches because as history has taught us, the hard and easy months never go according…

Linkage for Jul 24 9am to Jul 26 7pm

Linkage for Jul 24 9am through Jul 26 7pm: The Croatian’s Summer Vacation: Roko Ukic Q&A at CroHoops.com Toronto Raptors and Rasho Nesterovic Raptors Bring Back a Familiar Face : T.O. Sports

Linkage for Jul 20 11am to Jul 21 9pm

Linkage for Jul 20 11am through Jul 21 9pm: Jack hopes friendship keeps Bosh with Raptors Jack reunited with Bosh – The Globe and Mail RAPTORS: Raptors Sign Jarrett Jack To Multi-Year Contract

Linkage for Jul 16 8am to Jul 20 9am

Linkage for Jul 16 8am through Jul 20 9am: Jarret Jack Set To Join Raptors, Pacers Won’t Match Offer – Indy Cornrows Doug Smith’s Toronto Raptors blog

Linkage for Jul 14 8am to Jul 16 7am

Linkage for Jul 14 8am through Jul 16 7am: Alvin Williams – The FAN 590 Toronto – Audio on Demand Day Six Summer League Roundup – TrueHoop By Henry Abbott – ESPN DeMar DeRozan is far more polished than advertised. He uses his quickness to build his game. As Mike Moreau said in David Thorpe’s…

Podcast: All things Jarrett Jack

To get a taste of what Jarrett Jack could bring to the Raptors I spoke with Tom Lewis, the main blogger over at Indy Cornrows. He saw Jarrett Jack play all 82 games for the Pacers last year and we talk about his character, his defensive make-up, what he brings offensively and what Raptors fans…

Linkage for Jul 12 2pm to Jul 14 7am

Linkage for Jul 12 2pm through Jul 14 7am: Mediocre Forever – A Toronto Raptors Blog: Sticky Notes there’s a lot of people out there saying, if we get J. Jack, Rasho and Delfino back… all of a sudden, the Raps are title contenders. The Raptors still need to get a really good guard, unless…