Toronto Raptors

Toronto's diversity, including its significant Turkish community, helped the Raptors acquire sought-after free agent Hedo Turkoglu.

In the new NBA, winning teams are built around a core of 3 or 4 star players. Elite talent wins. That’s the formula that every successful team has used recently from Boston to LA to San Antonio to Orlando. A starting five of Chris Bosh, Andrea Bargnani, Hedo Turkoglu, Jose Calderon and possibly...

By coach(noreply@blogger.com) Here in Toronto , B.C. is busy with his Europeanization of the Raptors' line up . Fresh addition to the team is Turkey's Hedo Turkoglu . One report said that Hedo chose TO because of its large immigrant population from Turkey . Hmm . Not sure about that . I know that there are gazilion turkeys and chick...

By Gourmet Spud Kind of strange how Hedo, a crucial cog in the Magic's run to the NBA Finals, ends up with the Raptors right after he gets replaced in Orlando by Vince Carter. And while some may blanche at the team giving $50 million plus to a thirty-year-old, even the faintest notion that he got pushed out the...

By coach(noreply@blogger.com) 1. Joe Blowhard : Raptors' ready to sign Varejao to help collect rebounds . TO's Mayor Miller to sign him to collect garbage that accumulated due to the city strike .TWEETUM.COM 3. Comeback Kid : Toronto bringing back Delfino , Villanueva and Chuck Swirksky . Rookie De Rozan happy . He is sure of 1 vo...

The Raptors are widening their NBA free-agent search that now includes one of the more intriguing players on the market.

With one move made and another that wasn't, the Raptors sent a couple of messages yesterday as they get ready to enter the NBA free agency waters.

By RaptorTalk DeMar DeRozan has landed at Air Canada Centre and Bryan Colangelo hopes he can fill the Raptor’s glaring weakness at shooting guard, next year and for many years to come. Chad Ford of ESPN had this to say about the ninth pick in the 2009 draft:

DeMar DeRozan isn't worried about living up to expectations, no matter how unrealistic they may be for a 19-year-old who has spent all of one season playing major college basketball.

By Ryan McNeill In this writers humble opinion, the Toronto Raptors dropped the ball when they failed to entice the Golden State Warriors into trading Jamal Crawford north of the border. While Bryan Colangelo never talked about Crawford as being a player he was targeting this summer, one of the focal poi...

 Bahrain to have a lot of fun, a lot of excitement, and we're going to give them a good time," said Williams, who played in the NBA for nine years, first with Detroit Pistons and later on had stints with Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks. ...

By Joel Brigham The Toronto Raptors are a team with too many questions. Because they finished the 2008-09 season finished so well for them, the front office seems pretty convinced that the current roster has the capacity to win some games. ...

Brian responded by saying that he knew of no other fans who fall in love with their players like Raptors fans do. He went on to say that Chicago fans revered Michael Jordan in a manner which was beyond comparison – but James felt that the love that (then Toronto Raptors) Vince Carter and Tracy M...

By Ryan McNeill While that may have been said to get a laugh from reporters, this is a quote that is sure to strike a nerve with Raptors fans. Ever since Stoudamire demanded a trade out of Toronto and Vince Carter followed suit a couple years later, one of the biggest concerns for Raptors fans is whether marqu...

By Arsenalist I think Steve Kerr finally recognized this in Phoenix and tried to add another dimension to the Suns by trading for Shaq, things didn’t work out and it was a bad trade to start with, but give the guy credit for recognizing that his team wasn’t going anywhere. Colangelo tried to first suppleme...

By Arsenalist I spoke with Jack Armstrong about the state of the Raptors and the importance of the upcoming draft. We also discussed Jay Triano and he gave his take on NBA intricacies like the overuse of timeouts and the possibility of coach’s challenges being used in the future. We also talked about Bryan...

By Arsenalist Colangelo admitted that one of his biggest failings was not to sure up the backup PG spot and that relying on the platoon of Solomon and Ukic was a huge gamble. Once Calderon got injured and was unable to perform at expected levels, this fatal mistake by Colangelo was further illuminated upo...

By Arsenalist Colangelo’s very confident that Carlos Delfino will return to the Raptors and will add the toughness, grit that he admitted the team lacked. “We are too nice, we are too nice. Collectively, the group is too nice”, said Colangelo. The doubt I have is that Delfino’s too much of a nobody to light a...

By RaptorTalk Is Bosh a top ten NBA talent? Flip any of those top six or seven superstars with Bosh and the Raptors probably make the playoffs this season. That’s the difference between the NBA’s upper eschleon elite and Chris Bosh. If those players are A+, then Bosh is an A.

By Rashad Mobley Just three days later, the Raptors and Wizards faced off again in Washington, except this time, the Raptors were in position to win. Raptors forward Chris Bosh found himself alone just to the right of the top of the key, he looked down at his feet, got set, then shot and made a 3-point shot whic...

By Realizar In what could be considered one of the most fun games to watch this season, the Raptors suffered a 100-98 buzzer-beater defeat against the worst team in the Eastern Conference. What was interesting about the game was the fact that neither team chose to tank. Check out the box score. The Wizard...

By Ryan McNeill Before a game against the Toronto Raptors on Sunday evening, Hoops Addict was able to chat with Jeffries about being 34 minutes away from playing 10,000 minutes in his career, how he overcame some recent injuries, how playing for Mike D’Antoni has helped him improve as a player and what he...

By Ryan McNeill Far too often fans are quick to dismiss a player just on what he does on the court while the television cameras are rolling. It’s because of this that countless Toronto Raptors fans aren’t aware of the impact Jake Voskuhl has had on the team this season. Despite only playing 225 minutes this se...

By Ryan McNeill Despite an already busy schedule due to his commitments with the Raptors, Gherardini added more to his plate when he assumed a role on Canada Basketball’s Advisory Board. He recently sat down to chat with Hoops Addict about what his new role entails, his desire to contribute to the growth o...

By Ryan McNeill No player likes to see his coach fired, however when Sam Mitchell was fired earlier this season it was just what Graham needed to jump-start his NBA career. This year he’s averaging career highs in points (7.8), rebounds (3.8) and minutes (20.3) and is thriving under new head coach Jay Triano.

By Arsenalist Having said all that, look for the Knicks to be somewhat content after earning a split and probably drop one on Sunday but it doesn’t mean a thing. At some point we’ll have to consider pulling the plug on Chris Bosh and Jose Calderon and give that time to Jawai, Ukic and Banks so that proper eval...

By rss@youtube.com (1EDmanLV) EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., January 28,2009(AP) -- With Jose Calderon back in the lineup, the Toronto Raptors are hoping the second half of the season is a lot better than the first. Calderon had 17 points and 11 assists and the Raptors escaped with a 107-106 victory over New Jersey on Wednesday ni...

By Ryan McNeill Another pleasant surprise for Toronto was the play of Anthony Parker. He led the way for Toronto with 26 points while going a sizzling 13-for-16 from the field. It was a shocker that Toronto (39) snagged more rebounds than Orlando (31).

By J.E. Skeets 2. Cleveland Cavaliers — Knick-knack patty wack 'Bron gives Cleveland a bone. [J.E. Skeets] 16. Detroit Pistons — I don't know. You rank 'em. [JE] 21. New York Knicks — See above. [JE] 28. Washington Wizards — Google Image Search. [JE] 30. Toronto Raptors — Rock. Bottom. [JE]

Jason Quick of The Oregonian: "If there has ever been a finer performance at the Rose Garden, somebody find it, because no one who was in attendance Thursday night will ever believe there was a greater game played than that of Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy. Roy scored 52 points -- the secon...

By takman_777 Technorati Tags: Andrea Bargnani, Andrei Kirilenko, Anthony Parker, Bryan Colangelo, Carlos Boozer, Chris Bosh, Deron Williams, Glenn Davis, Jamario Moon, Jason Kapono, Jay Triano, Jermaine O’Neal, Joey Graham, Jose Calderon, Kevin Garnett, Kosta Koufos, Matt Harpring, Mehmet...

Michael Grange of the Globe and Mail: "One of the most accomplished players in Canadian basketball history, Jay Triano, 50, will make his debut as the Toronto Raptors' bench boss tonight in Salt Lake against the Utah Jazz, becoming the first Canadian-born head coach in the NBA. Those in th...

By Basketbawful Welcome to Canada: Jermaine O'Neal, Jermaine O'Neal's giant contract, Jermaine O'Neal's history of injuries, Hassan Adams, Nathan Jawai (is that the plural of "Jawa"?), Roko Ukic (sounds like an enemy of the mighty Thor), Willie Solomon

By J.E. Skeets Key Players Added: Jermaine O'Neal (imported from Indiana), Hassan Adams (free agent), Nathan Jawai (traded from Indy, drafted from Australia), the pride of East Hartford, Connecticut Will Solomon (free agent), Roko Ukic (found in Italy wearing a toque, glasses and a red-and-white...

By Ryan McNeill After being a second round pick by New Jersey in the 2006  Draft, Hassan Adams started eight games his rookie season and played in 61 games in total. Despite shooting over 55% from the field, Adams wasn’t able to sign a contract with an NBA team last summer and elected to play in Italy instead. T...

By noreply@blogger.com (FLCeltsFan) CelticsBlog Runnin' Fives: Toronto Raptors Zebraphobia part II LOY's Place Brawl breaks out in WNBA game Rumors and free agent updates - options are dwindling edition 2008 Beijing primer USA Basketball: The (defensive) pressure is on FL's Take: Defense wins, whether in the NBA or the Olympics. They are wise to stress defense. ESPN Team USA's quest for gold begins with a few questions Red's Army So we're done right? Rick Mahorn fights chicks Connecticut Post Can Pruitt do it and other thoughts Sports of Boston Celtics player review: PJ Brown The NBA Source Winners of this offseason so far The Silver Tongue of Dan Dierdorf Bye James Raps poised to be a force Bleacher Report Boston Celtics rejuvenation based in money not in team   [read the full post]

By scottb75 One of the Raptors from the previous build is still functional but not in use at the moment. So, would it make any sense to install that Raptor and use it as a pure gaming drive (no OS, or any other files)? Would I see any benefit from ...

By Ryan Ben from Third Quarter Collapse claiming Jose Calderon should have started for the Eastern Conference in the All-Star game this season Rock from Waiting For Next Year giving his thoughts on all the trash talking that went on between Washington and Cleveland

By Basketbawful Washington: If the refs hadn't given the Cavaliers a gift, Washington still could have stolen home-court on Wednesday if 1. they had beaten Orlando and 2. Cleveland lost in Detroit. Now they have no other choice but to open the playoffs on the road.

Starters for Toronto are Jose Calderon, Anthony Parker, Jamario Moon, Andrea Bargnani and Rasho Nesterovic. Toronto All-Star Chris Bosh is out with a sore right knee he injured against Indiana on Feb. 29. The Raptors are 1-3 without Bosh in the lineup. Bosh is the team's leading scorer (22.6 p...

Chris Bosh got the start for the second consecutive year, replacing the injured Kevin Garnett in the starting line-up for the Eastern Conference squad. Bosh would play a solid game in helping the Eastern Conference hold a lead throughout the first 41:04 of the game.

By KinnonY As a point guard, Juan Dixon has finally developed some court vision. It’s certainly not his fault that he’s been pressed into service, but at the same time, it’s probably in his best interest in the long run. As a scoring point guard, Dixon doesn’t have to defend taller guards as often and can...

By Jeff W Kinnon: I think Bryan Colangelo’s gonna have to look to make a trade, maybe a three-for-one (Graham, Baston, and Delfino) to get a player to come over who might be more consistent. With Delfino opting out of his contract, it’s doubtful that we’ll be able to re-sign him and Calderon.

Toronto (15-12) at Seattle (7-19) Scouting the Raptors: Toronto is in the middle of a seven-game trip through the Western Conference. The Seattle stop is the Raptors’ third game on the road. Chris Bosh leads the Raptors in scoring (19.1 points a game) and rebounding (8.9 rebounds a contest).

33 -- The number of assists the Sonics had, a season high, on 47 field goals as Seattle defeated Toronto 123-115. Overheard -- “Get back and play some defense!” Toronto coach Sam Mitchell implored his team to do most of the night, but it didn’t matter as everything Seattle shot seemed to go in.

By ClipperSteve Quick, name four NBA teams with three regulars sporting a PER over 20.  Spurs.  Check.  Suns.  Check.  Mavs.  Check.  Celtics.  WRONG!  (Ray Ray is a paltry 18.)  The Toronto Raptors have three players over the magical 20 threshold in PER - Chris Bosh, TJ Ford and Jose Calderon.  In a league where gre...

By Matt Watson If I'm T.J. Ford, I want the assist," said Mitchell, by way of example. "So instead of me swinging it to (Jorge Garbajosa) and Garbo swinging it to Anthony Parker in the corner and Anthony Parker shooting the wide-open shot, if I'm T.J., why don't I just see if there's a way I can skip Garbo and throw...

By FLCeltsFan Boston Celtics vs Toronto Raptors Comcast SportsNet , NBA TV From noon on, NBA TV will be running Celtics related programming. Pregame show begins at 2:00 ET on CSN Ray Allen vs Jason Kapono. This matchup pits two of the leagues premiere 3 point shooters against each other. Kapono has the edge in 3 point percentage (46% for Kapono vs 37% for Allen) but Allen has the edge in experience. Doc Rivers vs Sam Mitchell. Sam Mitchell went from being a lame duck coach on the verge of being fired to being coach of the year. Doc has all the pieces right now to win and is going to have to prove himself this season. Coaching matchups are going to be crucial.   [read the full post]

By DJ Ace Regular Season Awards Playoffs Miami over Washington in 6 games  Detroit over Celtics in 7 games 2. Houston Rockets( Top 3 spots) 7. New Orleans Hornets(5 and below)  8. Golden State Warriors/LA Lakers (5 and below) San Antonio over Denver in 7 games  Rockets Vs. Detroit Spurs Vs. Detroit

By David Friedman If these series go as I have predicted, we will see second round matchups of Detroit-Chicago, Cleveland-New Jersey, Dallas-Houston and San Antonio-Phoenix. Each of those series could go six or seven games. I think that the conference finalists will be Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas and San Antonio. Those two matchups also look like they could last for six or seven games. The seeding fell into place perfectly for the Cavaliers: they will have home court advantage against anyone in the East but Detroit and will face weaker opposition while Chicago has to battle past both Miami and Detroit, which will take a toll. I think that LeBron James will lead Cleveland past Chicago and into the Finals. The Dallas-San Antonio showdown is something that bask...   [read the full post]