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The new-look Raptors couldn't have dreamed for a better way to start their 2009/2010 seasons. On Wednesday night, the Raptors began their season with a huge win over the Cleavland Cavaliers. Any questions that had been asked about the Raptors were answered in the first half last night. The Raptors defense showed that it can stop a power-house team; Cleavland was held under 40 points at half time. Leading the way on ...

áA tell tale sign that a conference is doing well is when every player, coach, and fan believes that their team have a shot to make the post season. The 2009-2010 season may be the strongest the East has been in a decade or more and will probably be the most exciting. áA lot of you may disagree with these rankings, but I have compiled a list of the way the ...

Does anyone remember when the word Iverson was synonymous with unstoppable? When Iverson could go coast to coast making defenders look like pylons? Those were the daysùthe days when Iverson could say or do whatever he wanted and it never mattered because he was just too good to sit on the bench. Eight years removed from his 2000-2001 MVP campaign Iverson entered the Memphis training camp a different man. Now in season ...

In my previous article I previewed the Raptors' upcoming season, and in that article I briefly touched on the potential of CB4 returning to Toronto. In this article I would like to further elaborate on this and discuss whether or not the Raptors' franchise player will return. With training camps underway, the main question swirling around Toronto is and probably will be for the whole season: Will Bosh be ...

David Stern is a marketing machine. The man is credited with adding seven franchises, the D-League, and the WNBA. For quite some time I considered Stern the best commissioner in sports, but the other day while I was reading a preview of Golden Stare on RotoEvil.com I came across this. "The Thunder got shafted as far as nationally televised games go. TheyÆll have just 1 ESPN game and 0 TNT ...

As training camps are set to begin, all isn't well for David Stern and his association. The referees are without a CBA and it looks like the NBA will be using "replacement" refs until a contract agreement is reached. So, in the big picture, what does this mean for the NBA? Will we have many missed calls? Will these refs hurt the credibility of the league? No. If we are indeed going ...

The Toronto Raptors, essentially a team since 1995 who have ranged from horribly below average to slightly above average. Could this be the year that the Raptors are a legitimate contender 1 through 12? Probably not, but this is without a doubt the most important season in franchise history. á Key Additions: Turkoglu, DeRozan, Jack, Belinelli, A. Wright, A. Johnson, Nesterovic, Evans, Weems á Losses:á Marion, A. Parker, Kapono, Mensah-Bonsu, Ukic, J. Graham, Delfino á As you could probably ...