The Curious Case of Cleveland

This past season, Cleveland won a league best 66 games with a roster that consisted of one of the best players of all time, and a bunch of players who probably looked a lot better simply because they were playing with him. The second best player was Mo Williams, who only made the All Star [...]

What He Really Needs Is A Ring (The Epic)

For those of you just joining us (from the esteemed website Raptors HQ), you will probably want to read the posts in order (and clear some time from your calendar to do it). Part 1: Pre-Colangelo and his arrival. Part 2: Colangelo’s first and second season. Part 3: This past season. Part 4: The summer [...]

What He Really Needs Is A Ring (Part 4)

This is the last part. I promise. I was away for a bit, which is why it’s taken me so long to post this last one, but from now on I’ll post on a much more frequent basis. Most probably won’t be as long as these have been, so no need to clear your schedule [...]

What He Really Needs Is A Ring (Part 3)

Well, this didn’t start out being an epic, but as you may have guessed by now, I don’t have a real problem when it comes to padding my word count. I also didn’t intend to take so long before I posted the third volume, er, part. So with the Raptors coming off a somewhat disappointing [...]

But What He Really Needs Is A Ring (Part 2)

When last we left Bryan Colangelo and the Raptors, he had a summer of remaking the team. Gone were the perennial losers and the malcontents, in were the team players and upstanding citizens. For the most part, anyway. He was even able to extend Chris Bosh’s contract until 2011 (with a player option for 2010). [...]

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