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11 Mar 2010

The Assassin Returns… Bloated and Unable to Inflict Pain

By Zach Harper 84 Raps

I recognize that he’s coming back from an injury and that could be a reason he didn’t move well, but this is something you could see developing over the past year. In Orlando, he had three shooters and an athletic god playing around him so it was hard to truly notice his increasing decline. But in Toronto’s system that doesn’t necessarily maximize his remaining abilities, he sticks out like a sore thumb.

04 Mar 2010

The Sonny Should Come Out Tomorrow

By Zach Harper 60 Raps

Sometimes trying to find the guy that means the most to your success can come out of the places you wouldn’t expect.

26 Feb 2010

Raptors “Meet and Greet”

By Arsenalist 21 Raps

Thursday night at a Raptors season ticket holder meet and greet at the Air Canada Centre, Tom Liston and Phdsteve had a chance to talk with Raptors brass Richard Peddie, Bryan Colangelo, and head coach Jay Triano. During their conversations, some things were revealed.

23 Feb 2010

Hedo, not Hero (for now)

By Tom Liston 60 Raps

Tom Liston looks at Hedo Turkoglu’s numbers and uncovers the facts behind Hedo’s struggles (spoiler: he’s not really struggling that much) while suggesting ways the Turk can get out of his funk.

22 Feb 2010

Re-signing Chris Bosh is not enough

By Arsenalist 182 Raps

What would it be like? Would it be as dark as some make it out to be? Would the Raptors be reduced to the NBA equivalent of a wasteland, or would it just be a bump in the road towards what seems to be the eternal destiny of this franchise – mediocrity? Stepping out of the vacuum of this season and looking at the bigger picture of what’s been accomplished in the six seasons he’s been here, anyone trying to make a case that it would be a death-blow to this franchise will be hard-pressed to do so.

18 Feb 2010

Raptors dormant on Deadline Day

By Arsenalist 108 Raps

I doubt a home loss to a Memphis team playing on a back-to-back was going to make Bryan Colangelo pick up the phone and make a deal, because if he felt the team was lacking what it needed to achieve its objective, he would’ve addressed the issue by now. What that objective is can be debated for days.

09 Feb 2010

Reggie Evans finally gets to play

By Arsenalist 134 Raps

There’s nothing to complain about. It’s an odd feeling for a Raptors fan, or even a Toronto sports fan. The team’s rising in the standings, coming together as a unit defensively, playing the offensive team basketball that we all hoped to see in pre-season and even getting some attention down south. The “fire the coach” chant is barely audible and there’s even talk in the air of an MIP award for Bargnani and a MVP award for Bosh. So what do we talk about?

05 Feb 2010

Scanning the scene

By Arsenalist 219 Raps

Colangelo’s labeled the Raptors as “buyers” this trade deadline but what exactly he’s buying is anybody’s guess. It could be a tweak for salary cap reasons or it could be a mini-overhaul of a position, the rumour mill has us interested in Josh Howard, a player that was mentioned last year around this time. You have to believe that where there’s smoke there’s fire which means Colangelo is at least open to the possibility of a shake-up as long as it makes sense. The 2/3 positions have given us minimal point production this year (21st, 22nd in the league) as Turkoglu has failed to get himself going and DeRozan and Belinelli struggle with consistency. Is this reason enough to address the wing spot?