Toronto Raptors

The Toronto Raptors may be getting ahead of themselves. Less than 20 games into the Rudy Gay experiment the Raptors are already thinking long term, which is fine. Acting on such thoughts at this juncture, though, isn’t. Per Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports, Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo intends to offer Gay a contract [...]

People have criticized the NBA All-Star Dunk Contest over the years for not having enough star power to captivate the world’s attention. With names like Darrell Armstrong, Jonathan Bender, and Chris Morris, the dunk contest hasn’t even captivated the attention of the basketball world. Even with contestants like Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter, Shawn Kemp, and [...]

Carlos Boozer has gone from a potential amnesty candidate to the NBA player most likely to be moved by the trade deadline. Or at least that’s what Vincent Ellis of the Detroit Free Press is hearing: Mildly surprised when I just asked league guy most likely to be moved: Expected Smith, but he answered Carlos [...]

And finally, it’s over. After years—literally, years—of speculation, the Memphis Grizzlies finally traded Rudy Gay. According to Marc Stein of ESPN.com, the Grizzlies agreed to send Gay to the Toronto Raptors in a three-team deal that lands them Ed Davis from Toronto and Tayshaun Prince from the Detroit Pistons: The Grizzlies, Raptors and Pistons agreed [...]

When it comes to Rudy Gay, I’m an optimist. I try not to pay attention to his 40.8 percent shooting from the floor and 31 percent shooting from deep in favor of his athleticism, ability to develop efficiency and understated defense. Though I’m against teams with isolation-heavy scorers pursuing him(cough, the Los Angeles Lakers, cough) [...]

Kobe Bryant is a lot of things, but patient isn’t one of them. With the Los Angeles falling to 17-23 and three games outside of the Western Conference’s playoff picture, naturally, the Black Mamba’s patience is wearing thin. Everybody who calls Hollywood home is undoubtedly at their wits end and everyone has their own idea [...]

These Danny Granger trade rumors just won’t go away for the Indiana Pacers and I, for the life of me, cannot figure out why. I understand the Pacers have the third-best record in the Eastern Conference. I understand that they’ve won a franchise record nine in a row at home and two straight over conference [...]

When the Toronto Raptors dealt for Kyle Lowry, Jose Calderon was deemed expendable. Now, however, it’s Lowry who may prove to be the odd man out. According to Dough Smith of the Toronto Star, upon his return from yet another injury, Lowry will be coming off the bench in favor of Calderon: Injured Raptors point [...]

You would think after acquiring Dwight Howard and Steve Nash, the time for the Los Angeles Lakers to remain outside of the rumor-mill had finally come. Apparently not. Los Angeles improved their roster by leaps and bounds this past summer, adding not only the likes of Howard and Nash, but also the offense-heavy presences of [...]

July 13, 2012 – Dan Favale After having a second consecutive free agent roster decimation, the Dallas Mavericks appeared to be on the verge of NBA obscurity. But then they got down to business. [...]