Following the Toronto Raptors & the NBA
Big-spending teams are on the sidelines As we consider what next season and beyond might look like for the Toronto Raptors, money sticks its ugly nose into the tent. Here’s a lengthy quote: Seven of the NBA’s 10 biggest spenders in 2023/24 have already been eliminated from championship contention, tweets ESPN’s Bobby Marks. Those teams are, in […]
So much bad stuff The Toronto Raptors’ season ended as we could have predicted, namely, with double-digit losses, both in Miami against the Heat. At what might laughably be called the high point of 2023-24, on November 24 the Raptors were 8-8 following a home win over the Chicago Bulls. After that, Toronto went 17-49, […]
Getting quality minutes from unlikely source On Wednesday, the Toronto Raptors failed to hang on to their narrow lead going into Q4, and lost to the Brooklyn Nets by a 106-102 count. Given how threadbare the roster was, again, this result was respectable, or a bit better than that. Gradey Dick buried 6 long balls […]
Are Masai & Bobby through? My pre-season prediction for the Toronto Raptors season was a record of 41-41. Before surprising the Milwaukee Bucks 117-111, the Raptors had one win in their previous 18 games. Their record of 25-53 actually flatters the team, whose recent losses have been so one-sided as to be embarrassing. If Toronto […]
A pipedream, or perhaps not I’m looking ahead to the Paris Olympics in late July, at which both our Canadian men’s and women’s national teams will be battling for medals. Surely that’s better than considering the present state of the Toronto Raptors, who dropped their 14th straight game (another blowout at home) to the Los […]
1 W, 12 losses so far, plus… I’m hard-pressed to remember a worse month for the Toronto Raptors than March, 2024. The team has managed exactly one victory against twelve losses (and I’ll boldly predict a thirteenth is pending, as they are facing the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday the 31st). They have suffered an array […]
Jontay Porter brings unwanted attention The Toronto Raptors’ 2023-24 season has already sunk beneath the waves. After trading away luminaries Pascal Siakam and OG Anunoby, the Raptors seemed to be treading water. However, a rash of injuries to critical players, plus ex-Knicks Immanuel Quickley and RJ Barrett being away from the team due to personal […]
Time to reconsider all positions The Toronto Raptors rolled out another minor-league roster on March 20 against the Sacramento Kings, and got embarrassed by a 123-89 count. That’s not a reason to write this post, but here’s one that is: Jontay Porter managed fewer than three minutes on court before heading to the dressing room, […]
Crippled by injuries, Toronto looks to draft lottery With one W in their past ten tries, the Toronto Raptors are sinking beneath the waves. Critical members of their roster are sidelined with long-term injuries. Then we learn of the death of RJ Barrett’s younger brother, which puts all other woes in the shade. I hope […]
A few thoughts on Toronto’s rookie coach While watching the Toronto Raptors noble attempt at a comeback victory in Portland, Christina turned to me and asked whether I thought Coach Darko Rajakovic would be ‘one and done’. Given how miserable his first opportunity as an NBA head coach has been so far, it’s a worthy […]