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, [...]

Let The Overanalyzing Begin!

So the Dirk Nowitzki-led Dallas Mavericks have defeated the evil empire, AKA the Miami Heat, and whenever a new champion is crowned, everyone loves to figure out what it all means. It happens every year and every year it usually ends up meaning about as much as an apology from a celebrity. Not much. No, [...]

The Ed Davis Era Begins!

In a game where the Raptors seemed to lead by 20 points for most of the game, how do you think Julian Wright feels to be the only player with a negative +/- rating? So after the long awaited debut of Ed Davis, you have to like what you saw. Davis scored 11 points on [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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