The Toronto Raptors are very well represented this summer at the European Basketball Championships. Five Raptors have taken part in the tournament and all five have enjoyed success. Spanish starting point guard Jose Calderon has helped quarterback his team into the finals, averaging 11.1 ppg and 2.6 apg. Fellow countrymen Jorge Garbajosa, whom many felt shouldn’t have played this summer, came off the bench and averaged 8.0 ppg and 2.4 rpg. Spain will meet a powerful Greece squad which should turn out to be a great final. Continue Reading

Having had the time to digest the season for what is was, and not what it could have been, it is easy to get excited about the future. They assimilated 9 new players, Mitchell survived his lame duck status - parlaying it into a big payday, Colangelo cemented his GM genius, MLSE made millions more than they anticipated, and Embry apparently lost a couple pounds. A GREAT SUCCESS! Continue Reading

How do you do Mr. Jackson? Talk about making me eat my words, and giving me something to close the regular season out with. So in 39 minutes, Mr. Jackson went 12-16 from the floor, 4-5 from the line, 4 boards, 5 assists, a steal…topped off with 30 points. He played so well, it kind of overshadowed Bargnani’s return, for me anyways…for some reason, I have been obsessed with Luke Jackson since he got drafted. Once Chicago nabbed Deng, I wanted either Iguadala or Jackson, but we got Araujo…and we know how that worked out, but I digress….

So a couple points about tonights game:

1. Why was Bosh, Parker, TJ Ford playing more than 15-20 minutes?
2. Why did we lose with both Iguadala and Korver not playing?
3. Why wasn’t Slokar playing after he put up a career night the night before?

Truth be told, I was flipping between the Raptors game and American Idol (really wanted to see if Sanjaya lasted another week), so I missed a lot of the games happenings. That being said, it seemed like every time I flipped back to the game, it was either Jackson or Green making a basket, got funny after a while. Tonight’s game has kind of inspired me to keep the ‘Line on Luke’ series going. I know this was the best it is going to get, and he is going to be riding major pine, but whatever…dude endeared himself tonight.

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