Whispering In Colangelo’s Ear (Trades)

The last of my trilogy of articles before draft day. If you haven’t read the first, involving the offseason strategy I think Colangelo should use, or the second, discussing the draft, I’d recommend it. Now, obviously there going to be some trades going down this summer involving the Raptors. I think that’s pretty much guaranteed. [...]

The Trading Post

When I worked at EA Sports a number of years ago, I was involved heavily in `Franchise Mode’. It was a natural fit for me and I loved it. Though gameplay was fun, it was managing the roster that I found the most fun. Making trades, drafting etc. What the game never achieved, however, was [...]

And The Walls Came Crumbling Down!

Anyone who’s followed, or played, basketball for a number of years knew this was an incredibly dangerous game against the Pacers. There were four reasons why I had a feeling the Raptors were going to lose tonight: 1. The Raptors had come back from double digits in four of their last five game, and one [...]

The Only Indispensable Raptor (and other stories)

[Update: I've added a poll for the blog, and the first one is at the bottom] There’s a line of thought among some Raptor fans that Chris Bosh is not worth the maximum contract, and that the Raptors should let him go (either via trade or sign-and-trade) and build around Bargnani and the rest of [...]

How To Fix The Raptors (Part 2)

In the first part, I looked at (mostly) what could be done internally to help the Raptors. I came to conclusion that lineup and coaching changes don’t really fix was is fundamentally wrong with the Raptors and wouldn’t really have much of an effect, at least positively. Today, I looked at trades. TRADE CALDERON He’s [...]

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