Raptors sill playing .500 ball

With only 11 games under their belt the Raptors are holding onto their second place standings with only 4.5 games between them and Boston, but Toronto’s win a game lose a game playing this season might not be the year Raptor fans had in mind. After letting a 20 plus point lead against Dallas turn [...]

Toronto drops to third place in the East

With two wins and two losses last week the Raptors have fallen to third place in the Easter Conference so the three days off this week for them seems very welcomed.
The loss to the Bucks followed the next night by a loss to the Magic was like watching the Raptors of yesteryear when they lacked [...]

Toronto Raptors win home opener

With the Raptors 106-97 season opening win over the 76ers last night at the ACC it would aprear that Bryan Colangelo and company can put together a team Toronto can be proud of. Even starting their 13th season on halloween couldn’t stop their victory.
Overall the Raptors are looking much stronger this year, and having had the [...]

Raptors preseason schedule announced

The Toronto Raptors announced Tuesday their preseason line up . There were a lot of firsts last season for the Raps and this season is starting off the same way as they head to Treviso Italy for their training camp on October 1 and then it’s off to Rome to face the Boston Celtics on [...]

3 Months and Counting

With no trades or signings from Bryan Colangelo and company it has been pretty quite around the Raptors World, but the first game of the ‘08 season was announced yesterday and October 31 will be the first game against the 76ers followed up on November 2 against the Nets.
Going into this season the Raptors will [...]

Mo Pete is no longer a Raptor

Bryan Colangelo confirmed today that Toronto Raptors veteran Morris Peterson (Mo Pete) will not be returning next season to Toronto and he is looking at offers from Utah and New Orleans.
This is no surprise, and is more just confirming what everyone already knew part way through last season. After seven years with the Raptors it [...]

Two new Raptors

After trading their draft picks away as far back as 1999 the ‘07 draft left the Toronto Raptors with no picks but they did pick up small forward Giorgos Printezis last week from San Antonio for a second round draft pick in ‘08.
On Sunday as the free agent market opened up the Raptors signed the [...]

Calderon is staying in Toronto

A terrible rumor came out yesterday that Jose Calderon was going to be traded to Golden State, but today Bryan Colangelo denied those rumors.
I think it would be a big mistake to get rid of Jose who always comes to play and is generally a good team player on the court. Jose is one player [...]

Tim Chisholm on Bryan Colangelo and company

TSN’s Tim Chisholm has a good peice on Bryan and company HERE.
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Jim Todd exits the Raptors

Assistant coach Jim Todd has left the Raptors and is on his way to the Milwaukee Bucks. Rumor has it that talent scout Mike Evans will take Todd’s place on the bench with Sam Mitchell but nothing is official right now. No reason has been given for Todd’s leaving.
Jim has spent three seasons with the [...]