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 [...]

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 [...]

What To Expect When You’re Expecting (the worst)

Tonight we can finally forget all the predictions, all the conjecture and all the talk. Until then, here are more predictions, conjecture and talk… So I was trying to figure out an interesting format I could use to discuss the upcoming season. I came up with the idea to combine my predictions and season preview. [...]

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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