Is Jose Gone?

There is a news report by the Orlando Sentinal that the Orlando Magic are denying a rumour that a trade has been finalized (are you following all that?) sending Dwight Howard, Jameer Nelson and Hedo Turkoglu to the Lakers and Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol and, possibly soon to be former Raptor, Jose Calderon to the [...]

Why I Didn’t Watch All-Star Weekend (except highlights)

On Friday night, I took my two kids to see the Harlem Globetrotters. It brought back memories, since I remember seeing them when I was about the same age. I wasn’t even remotely a basketball fan, back then, but I was entertained and thrilled to be able to get the autograph of one of the [...]

Raptors Succumb to Linsanity (Apparently)

Yes, I know, I know. I said I’d post more and then I disappeared for a month and a half. Sorry about that. January was astoundingly busy and this blog came below family, my career, my house and my various civic responsibilities on the priority list, so unfortunately it lost out. Then February came and [...]

Or “Why tanking isn’t such a bad thing”

(If you haven’t read the first and second parts, please do, as this post will make a lot more sense if you do) So in parts 1 and 2, we looked at the 16 year history of the Raptors organization that seemed to be so focused on not losing that it couldn’t manage to actually [...]

…are condemned to repeat it.”

When last we left the Raptors, they had raised their floor, but lowered their ceiling by surrounding their franchise player, Vince Carter, with veterans. And after the inevitable fall that came, the Raptors were able to finish with a top 3 pick and draft Chris Bosh. THE ROB BABCOCK ERA Glen Grunwald didn’t even last [...]

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