Toronto Raptors

First Dwane Casey. Then DeMar DeRozan. And then Bismack Biyombo. Okay, we’re not sure about the other two, even though the Toronto Raptors are expected to retain DeRozan (player option) once he enters free agency. But they don’t need to worry about losing head coach Dwane Casey anytime soon. Per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/737826987675246592] [...]

The Toronto Raptors will not let the NBA’s Feb. 18 trade deadline pass without a fight. An aggressive fight. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein and Brian Windhorst, the Raptors are still actively seeking an upgrade at power forward: The Raptors are chasing a power forward this week. Sources say Brooklyn’s Thaddeus Young, New Orleans’ Ryan [...]

Dwight Howard is available for trade. Maybe. We think. We’re not really sure. The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Thursday that the Houston Rockets were acquiescing to a request/demand/general wonderment by Howard’s agents and dangling him in trades around the league. Both Howard and his agent denied such a request exists, per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, [...]

Here we come, NBA All-Star break. Which means here comes the NBA playoffs! More than half of the Association’s 2015-16 season is in the books, and save for a cluster of steady teams at the top of our power rankings, the league’s hierarchy knows no order. For every certainty like the Warriors, Spurs, Cavaliers and [...]

Now that Jeff Hornacek has been shown the door, it appears as if the team will try and revamp the roster too. Might as well. If this is the case, the first guy that should go would be Markieff Morris. Keef still hasn’t gotten over the fact that the Suns traded his brother, and it [...]

What time is it? NBA power rankings time. A lot has happened since we last met. All-Star rosters were finalized. The Warriors refused to lose. The Suns refused to let Jeff Hornacek keep his job. The Cavaliers found their mojo. The Bulls forgot how to score. The Spurs unleashed Kyle Anderson. The Knicks proved they’re [...]

Let’s ask the question that’s been burning a hole in our brains for months. Are the San Antonio Spurs as good, if not better, than the Golden State Warriors? No. No, they are not. Golden State proved as much during its 120-90 romping of San Antonio on Monday night, setting the stage for our power [...]

Half of the 2015-16 NBA season is in the books. Pat yourself on the back. You’ve done it. You’ve watched, you’ve cheered, you’ve moaned. You’ve wondered why it’s taken the Suns so damn long to sell off Markieff Morris. You’ve pondered the meaning of life whenever the Spurs or Warriors take the floor. You’ve lamented [...]

It took an 11th hour voting surge, but Kyle Lowry finally did it. He edged out Kyrie Irving for a starter’s spot on the Eastern Conference’s All-Star roster. And Irving is totally cool with that. From Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com: He deserves it, man,” Irving said of Kyle Lowry. “It was going to be either [...]

It has to suck playing in the NBA’s Western Conference. Unless you’re the Warriors or Spurs. Then it’s probably pretty chill. For those other 13 squads? Yeah, it sucks. Especially for the good-to-great contingents. The Clippers. The Thunder. The Mavericks, too. They scrap and they claw and they win, and yet no matter what they [...]