Toronto Raptors

By Arsenalist Wed vs CHI: Like the Raptors, the Bulls have collected a couple impressive scalps already by beating San Antonio and Cleveland. This game will be the second of a back-to-back for them so we’ll be looking to go 3-0 when that’s the case. Despite shooting only 42%, the Bulls have four games and th...

By Arsenalist First up, could Vince Carter be welcomed back in Toronto? According to the Orlando Sentinel, it might happen on November 22nd when the Magic make their second and last trip to Toronto. The Raptors will first ask first ask Carter if he’s OK with it and if so, they will go ahead with it. This only m...

By Ryan McNeill When Vince Carter rolled through the locker room the laughs continued as he brought up the topic of Master P being part of Toronto’s training camp roster one year when he was a Raptor.     *    *     *    * That all changed when Orlando and New Jersey made a deal involving Vince Carter that the M...

By Ryan McNeill I’ve got to hand it to the fans at the Air Canada Centre for giving Alvin Williams one of the loudest ovations of the night. Sure, they gave some love to former favourites Jamario Moon and Anthony Parker while giving some love to Chris Bosh and Jose Calderon, but the applause rained down like t...

By Arsenalist Doug Smith was there, he can tell you a lot more. Did a super-quick podcast with Nicole Cartier, the Associate Producer for the Timberwolves broadcast team. Have a listen: According to the box-score Bosh took full advantage of Al Jefferson’s absence and had himself a monster game. Share

By Ryan McNeill Both players were sprinting off curls while being fed passes by assistant coach Alvin Williams and were dripping with sweat by the time they left the court.     *     *     *    *     *    *     *    *     *    *     *    * Not the kind of stuff Celtics fans have to be happy to see.

By Ryan McNeill I looked up at the scoreboard late in the first half  and the only player for Houston on the court that had scored tonight was Shane Battier (11 points). His teammates Aaron Brooks, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Carl Landry and Chase Budginger had yet to score. So much for a balanced scoring attack with...

By Arsenalist Anybody else sick of these douchebags laughing it up every time? Raptors 90, C**tics 106 – Box Well, that offense sure looked like it hadn’t been practicing much. A third quarter filled with a barrage of bad shots and defensive mistakes pegged the Raptors back as they dropped another one to...

By Ryan McNeill One of the big players today for the Raptors was Amir Johnson with his great hustle. After the game I talked with him about his block on Nick Young, his 12 rebounds and how each time I see him he has a new bandage somewhere on his face: One of the big players today for the Raptors was Amir Johnson wi...

By Arsenalist The final from Minneapolis was 112-97. Chris Bosh got his first action of the pre-season and according to our podcast guest, John Focke of the T’Wolves radio network, looked “like a gazelle”. He even managed to get T’d up in an altercation with Ryan Hollins. Booyeah! Bring on Danny Granger. Ch...

By Ryan McNeill Shortly after that I was able to chat with new Sixers head coach Eddie Jordan about how he feels the players are doing at picking up the Princeton offense, his thoughts on having two young point guards looking to average significant minutes this season and how Jrue Holiday’s defensive pre...

By Ryan McNeill Not only that, but Colangelo provided some great insight into a play during a recent scrimmage that will be sure to get Raptors fans excited about the upcoming season. A huge thanks goes out to Raptors HQ for throwing out this question to Colangelo.

By Arsenalist The question of leadership often comes up and this year’s team appears to be very mature as Ryan pointed out in the interview. Jarrett Jack, Reggie Evans, Antoine Wright, Jose Calderon and Rasho Nesterovic are no-nonsense players that can keep this group in check when things start going s...

By Ryan McNeill While the Raptors stole most of the headlines in Toronto this summer due to the teams flurry of roster moves, it was the Canadian National Team that stole the hearts of basketball fans. When the team left for Puerto Rico few fans cared about the team but once they returned with a third place fi...

By Arsenalist AltRaps is back, Raps Fan crawls out of his hole and phdsteve returns to the mix as we warm up to pump out the first ever podcast with more than two people. We have some talk about season ticket holders, how MLSE screwed us out of an All-Star game, Doug Smith's precious chair, the statistical im...

By Ryan McNeill This summer Marcus Banks seemed to be a lightning rode for controversy and speculation. Between not playing in Las Vegas for the Raptors to being rumored as part of a deal involving the Dallas Mavericks, the veteran combo guard seemed to continually see his name in the newspaper for all the...

By Arsenalist We tried to get the whole RR team for a podcast but in the end it was just AltRaps and myself. The man who serves the Morning Coffee gives his thoughts on the Raps as we discuss all imaginable topics ranging from how much money RR makes, where Khandor is, new Raptors blogs, Hedo Turkoglu, Jordan...

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’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 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 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 Arsenalist Orlando comes into this one in a dead heat with Boston for second in the conference 5 1/2 games behind Cleveland. The Pistons are sitting in the 7th spot with a one game lead over Chicago and I have to think that Orlando wants no part of Detroit in the first round and would much rather face the Six...

By Ryan McNeill After Toronto’s win in overtime Jose Calderon was smiling from ear-to-ear. And why shouldn’t he? The Raptors had just pushed their winning streak to a season high four games and Calderon tied the franchise record for assists in a game (19) in the process.

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 Ryan McNeill I had a blast chatting hoops with Chris and our chat covers a wide range of topics like the NBA granting bloggers media credentials, some of the ways online media is changing sports journalism, the story about Chris Bosh getting stuck in an elevator earlier this season, Charles Barkely’s...

By Arsenalist Nobody in Toronto has seen much of Marcus Banks so I though I’d get a take on him and the rest of the trade from a Heat perspective. I talked to David Dwork from Peninsula is Mightier about what Banks and Marion bring to the Raptors. Thanks again to David and to see how Jamario Moon and Jermaine O’N...

By Arsenalist OK, I tried to get as many questions in as I could, Jack only had 15 minutes and I had about 25 questions so there were many that were left out. I’ve basically taken the questions that were posted and asked them verbatim, there wasn’t much time for follow-ups. He had just crossed the border and wa...

By Arsenalist The good man from Bright Side of the Sun organized a little blogger roundtable with myself and Steve from the Celtics Blog. Andrea Bargnani’s topic #1 but others include: Jermaine O’Neal, shutting Rajan Rondo down, the Celtics/Raptors home-and-home, Kapono to the Celtics, Marbury as t...

By Arsenalist I spoke with Tim Chisholm of TSN.ca about a variety of topics including Chris Bosh’s franchise player status, Jose Calderon’s strengths and weaknesses, Bryan Colangelo playing the scapegoat card, possible trade scenarios, Andrea Bargnani’s VL status and much more. The upcoming roadt...

By Arsenalist I previewed tonight’s matchup with Benjamin Hochman who is a beat writer for the Denver Post and covers the Nuggets on a daily basis. It’s a conversation between two fans more than an interview and we touch on various topics including Iverson vs Billups, JR Smith, Kleiza, Nene, KMart’s ste...

By Arsenalist Miami in town today and what’s so special about them? Instead of the boring mugshots every NBA team uses they’re dressed up like the Reservoir Dogs. Classy to say the least, except for Chris Quinn who looks a lot like…well…Chris Quinn. I previewed the game by talking to Mike Wallace of the Mia...

By Ryan McNeill Photo Credit: Icon Sports Media Jamario Moon talked with Ryan McNeill during the Toronto Raptors media day about his summer, how his faith impacts how he lives his life, his thoughts on the addition of Jermaine O'Neal this summer and what his goals are for the upcoming season.

By Ryan McNeill Toronto’s latest free agent addition, Will Solomon, talked with Ryan McNeill during the Toronto Raptors media day about his experiences playing overseas, what he did during 10 hour bus rides in Europe, what motivated him to return to the NBA, and he shared his expectations for the upcom...

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 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

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...

By Matt Caputo will go on - Ettore Messina, CSKA head coach from Italy explained what http://www.ballineurope.com/national-teams/european-basketball-something-between-college-basketball-and-nba/“>European basketball for him is like.

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.

TORONTO Bryan Colangelo is following his fathers path, although he didnt pay attention to the weather.

The Toronto Raptors will be Atlantic Division champs, meaning Bryan Colangelo should become the third person to win NBA Executive of the Year twice in a threeyear span.

Money chats with Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo before their win over the Lakers.