AGRI Biz

With NBA training camps set to open at the end of the month, some rookies, and anyone else who realizes their NBA future may be at risk, are already in town to start their preparations for next season. Not surprisingly, the Raptors' coaches feel the same way. Doug Smith of the Toronto Star says, "According to people in the know, the entire coaching staff’s in town now working out DeRozan, O’Bryant and ...

In perhaps what was the Raptors’ second most exciting signing of the 2009 offseason, Jarrett Matthew Jack, the restricted free agent point guard of the Indiana Pacers came to Toronto. Like any restricted free agent acquisition, the Pacers had the right to match Toronto’s four year, $20 million offer.  However, the Pacers have reportedly been feeling the financial pinch and weren’t at all interested in testing this season’s luxury tax line. As ...

The Western Conference teams and numerous slightly biased (or band wagon jumping) sports commentators have long proclaimed that the Western Conference playoff teams are, on average, far superior to their Eastern Conference counterparts. They point to the wealth of NBA Championships won by the Lakers and the Spurs, the 50+ wins required to merely enter the Western Conference playoffs and then sneer at the under .500 clubs from the East that ...