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One of the nice surprises this season has been the emergence of Antoine Wright as a viable and effective rotation player. Considered a defensive role player, Wright was one of the Raptors important offensive contributors during their successful run in January and February. For two months, the offensively challenged Wright averaged 7.1 points on a decent 45 percent shooting and hit on over 40 percent of his ...

After an unexpected practice on Monday, a more mellow Chris Bosh told reporters, “Put up or shut up…crying or pouting is not going to get it done.” A practice the first day back after a week on the road may have seemed unusual to the media following the Raptors.  However, no one should have been surprised by the fact the coaches and the players were not ...

Since the All-Star break, the Toronto Raptors have only beaten the very worst the NBA has to offer, accumulating a 3-8 record and falling to just one game above the .500 mark.  Now in the middle of a four game western road trip, dropping below .500 has become a definite possibility. And they did this by allowing their scoring to drop to just 101 points per game while ...

With less than 20 games left in the NBA schedule, five teams in the Eastern Conference are left fighting it out for one of the final four playoff positions. No. 5 Milwaukee Bucks 34-29 No. 6 Toronto Raptors 32-31 No. 7 Charlotte Bobcats 32-31 No. 8 Miami Heat 33-32 No. 9 Chicago Bulls 31-33 And except for the 9-1 Milwaukee Bucks, the other three lucky playoff teams may be ...

It was seven games ago that the Toronto Raptors playoff push hit a sudden and unexpected speed bump in the form of a Chris Bosh ankle injury. And while the Raptors have managed a 3-4 mark during Bosh’s absence, the only teams they have been able to beat are currently fighting to get the fourth worst record in the league by the end of the season. Okay, the Knicks officially don’t care ...

With about 20 games left in the season for most teams, the final push for playoff and lottery seeding has begun. And Brothersteve's simplified, objective performance ranking shows where the teams stand based on their season and current trends. In the West, Memphis, New Orleans, and Houston have fallen five games off the pace and barring another significant Portland injury situation, they have little chance of making the ...

Since the start of the season, Jay Triano and Bryan Colangelo have made it clear that the development of their prized rookie DeMar DeRozan would be a priority this season.á For the most part, thatÆs a strategy one cannot argue with. From preseason on, DeRozan found himself in the starting lineup.á The rationale being this would give the rookie valuable experience playing against top talent and enable ...

It has been a long time since Reggie Evans suffered that minor preseason mid-foot injury that sidelined him until the All-Star break. But it didn’t take long before Raptors fans restarted the “Reggie, Reggie, Reggie” chant from that first preseason game in London, Ontario when Evans was the best Raptor on the floor.  After only five minutes in his first game back, the completely winded Evans was being ...

The whispers have started. Jay Triano could and should finish the 2009-10 season as the winningest head coach in Raptors history, on a percentage basis. This seems rather odd. It was only three months ago that it looked like Triano could be competing for the Raptors head coaching alumni biggest loser title. Triano took over last season from the 8-9 Sam Mitchell only to run the Raptors ...

When the Toronto Raptors ownership group went out and acquired Bryan Colangelo from the Phoenix Suns in 2006, it sent out a message that it was not happy just to be in the NBA. It wanted experienced, successful management to operate its franchise. After years watching the success of ColangeloÆs approach to developing a basketball franchise, most expected the Raptors to become Phoenix North in short order. That change did not happen ...