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, [...]

My All-Stars And Other Stories…

Just a quick post with the All-Star reserves being announced later today. The Rookies and Sophomores were announced and while DeMar DeRozan was selected, Ed Davis was not. Was Davis deserving? Sure, but wouldn’t call it a snub. Favors, who got in over Davis, has similar numbers and with the Nets not having anyone with [...]

At Least You’re Not Andy Rautins

Okay, maybe sitting on the bench of an NBA team getting paid lots of money isn’t such a bad thing, but imagine if all your family came to watch you in your first NBA game and all you could do is wave to them from the bench? As for the game, despite losing 98-93 to [...]

Grading the Offseason: The “Advanced” Teams

FINALLY, we come to the last teams in this series. I’ll try to keep it short. Or at least as short as I can make it. The next post will give readers a quick overview, for those that just want the Coles Notes version. So far, here are the grades… Here’s the rundown so far… [...]

A Rundown, What Not To Do…And My Best Case Scenario

As I figured, none of the big three free agents made any decisions on the first day. There goes the theory that everything was planned weeks ago. Of course, there was some action the first day. The best news for the Raptors is that Amir Johnson re-signed. More on that later. Joe Johnson was one [...]

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