I know, its still early to preview the East, since many free agents still remain unsigned and there is still talk of some teams looking to make some major moves (ie/ McGrady to Detroit etc).  However, with the start of summer league action underway, all of the major unrestricted free agents signed, and the Raps all capped-out, its time to look forward to the fall - to get a sense of where this team fits (as it is constructed right now). Continue Reading

You see, the problem with this years free agent crop is just that….everyone is…restricted.

A couple of days a go it looked like only Arenas would be the only real FA of any value, but then the crazy Elton Brand and Baron Davis opt outs happened and the result has been even more craziness. Continue Reading

Quickly- by a show of hands, how many Raptors fans thought that if they drew Detroit in the first round this year that they stood a chance of winning that series (put your hand down Chuck Swirsky- you’d think that they could beat God and Ditka in tennis match, and Chuck Norris in just about anything). The truth is…even the most staunch Raps fan must concede, that beating Orlando seemed really possible this year, as did Jersey last season…but Detroit…fuggeddaboutit. Continue Reading

Those of you out there dreaming about some big name accusation for the Raps in the off season may want to think again for the simple reason that at the current moment, the Raps don’t have a lot of room under the salary cap. Every summer only 1-2 teams find themselves in a position to be significantly under the cap to take a run at the big name free agents. Last summer it was Orlando and Memphis, this summer it looks to be Philly and Memphis, and in 2009 it will be Toronto. Continue Reading

The Toronto Raptors (35-34) are back home to take on one of the most explosive offensive teams in the Western Conference, the Denver Nuggets (41-28). The Nuggets are third in the NBA, averaging 109.1 ppg. Continue Reading

It will be a possible playoff preview Friday night in Cleveland when the Toronto Raptors (35-33) visit the Cleveland Cavaliers (39-30). If the playoffs started today the Cavaliers would host the Raptors in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Continue Reading

The Toronto Raptors (34-28) hit the road for a five game, seven day road trip starting Tueday night against the Western Conference leading Los Angelos Lakers (44-19). Continue Reading

The Toronto Raptors (17-16) invite LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers (16-17) to the ACC for a matinee match up Sunday. The Cavaliers won the first meeting of the season on November 24th, 111-108. LeBron had his third triple-double of the season scoring 37 points, grabbing 12 rebounds and dishing out 12 assists. The Raptors bounced back to beat the Cavaliers on November 30th, 91-82 with LeBron out of the line up. Carlos Delfino led the Raptors with 24 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. Continue Reading

Another boring game, especially without Bosh and Lebron. The Raptors played pretty good, until they went up by 20 in the 4th with about 8 minutes to go. Then the Cavs scored 5 in a row. Normally, a timeout would be called, to stop the momentum, even though you’re up. Not in this lifetime it seems. I haven’t seen the proper use of a timeout during Mitchell’s tenure, and I don’t suspect I will. Very frustrating…. Continue Reading

There are a lot of question marks going into the Friday match up between the Cleveland (9-7) Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors (8-7). The injury bug has plagued the Cavs all year and is hitting the Raps lately. Superstar forward LeBron James suffered a sprained finger in Wednesday’s loss to the Detroit Pistons. The Cavs are already without Larry Hughes (leg) and Donyell Marshall (wrist), but they can ill afford to lose LeBron for anytime. James is a game time decision. The Raptors lost forward Chris Bosh (groin) and Andrea Bargnani (knee) in Wednesdays win over the Grizzlies. Bargnani is expected to be in the line up and Bosh is considered day to day. Continue Reading