2011 NBA Draft Report Card!

TORONTO: Exceeds Expectations 5. Jonas Valanciunas It’s deja vu all over again. Last year, a team above them unexpectedly took an athletic defensive power forward which resulted in a higher ranked big man unexpectedly falling to the Raptors. Colangelo and the Raptors brass probably can’t believe their luck. I was afraid they might still take Knight, [...]

Trades, Trades and More Trades!

It says something about me that my three favourite times of the year, in the NBA, are the Playoffs, the Draft and just before the trade deadline. It’s like Christmas three times a year, but my bank account doesn’t get drained by it. Like my offseason grades, I’m going to look at each team and [...]

The Wright Question

So the Raptors lost against the Bobcats. Just look at it this way, they’re one step closer to a top 3 pick. Since I’m sick to death of the knee jerk reactionary Raptor fans whining about who didn’t play well, who should sit and who should start, I’m going to do what I do best [...]

At Least It’s A Moral Victory

After the first quarter shellacking delivered by the Lakers, I thought we might be in for a boring route, but just like against Utah, the bench came in and turned things around. In fact, this reminds me a lot of last season when the team would be down double digits after the first quarter in [...]

Grading The Offseason – The “Special” Teams

In the last post, I gave Toronto a `Meets Expectations’ grade. So how does the rest of the league compare? CLEVELAND: Your Kid’s Just Stupid – Fired Danny Ferry and hired someone else Okay, I have no idea who the guy is that replaced Danny Ferry, but Ferry had arguably the best player in the [...]

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