Toronto Raptors

People close to Steve Nash were talking to him this past summer about how he thought things would work out this season with the Suns as they fully abandon the D'Antoni era and embrace a Shaq-focussed, Terry Porter-driven, bore-the-hell-out-of-everyone approach in Phoenix. "It will either work out great - Follow link to read full post

An email glitch hung this missive up in cyber space and then I was on a plane, unable to fix. Just pretend it was yesterday. Oh, and did you see that Nash left the Suns-Lakers games with back spasms? Does Nash play in the all-star game in Phoenix in February or not? Some quick stuff before we leave - Follow link to read full post

So through 10 games the Raptors are 5-5, but they have a 3-7 feel, you know? But maybe that's just me. I'm writing this on my Blackberry on the road to Miami (no worries, I'm not driving) so I might be a little brief, in the interest of not getting completely car sick, but we'll give it a shot. Some - Follow link to read full post

Some interesting takes on 1) JO's tendency to travelling when he wheels in the paint and 2) his tendency to get his shot blocked. We'll get to that. But first: Talked briefly with Calderon at shoot-around and if I had to bet he'll play tonight, but he's not a lock. He participated in the shoot-around - Follow link to read full post

So kind of a weird weekend. One of the few Fridays this year that the Raptors don't play and I don't work, and then the boss man thought it wise that I take Sunday off (Mr. Macleod covered as you can see here). And then the fan-friendly folks at Rogers/TSN/MLSE decided to let one game pass without making - Follow link to read full post

Franchise looks ahead to tonight's game ala 007, hoping that a solid win could set the tone for the next stretch of matches.

The Toronto Raptors got back in the win column by beating the Miami Heat 101 to 95 last night but Vicious D wonders if wins like this really do the team any good in the long run...

Another MVP type performance from Chris Bosh was wasted as the Toronto Raptors dropped a 103 to 90 decision to the Orlando Magic Tuesday night. Franchise breaks things down and previews tonight's match against the Heat.