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Flashback Week: "The Worst Starting Five in Raptors' History" 26 Aug 2013 | 09:31 pm
A fun NBA parlor game is to rank a team's all-time starting five. For some teams, it's a who's-who of basketball royalty; the Lakers might roll with a backcourt of Magic Johnson and Jerry West and a f...
The SMNT, Olynyk, Bennett, the NBL Canada and On Point highlight Canadian Content 26 Aug 2013 | 05:15 pm
First we start off with some National Team stuff ... SENIOR MEN FALL IN TUTO MARCHAND OPENER | Canada Basketball ARGENTINA’S SHOOTERS POWER PAST SENIOR MEN| Canada Basketball SENIOR MEN’S COMEBACK ...
Raptors HQ Season Preview for Sheridan Hoops: "5 Things To Watch" 25 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
RaptorsHQ again participated in Sheridan Hoops series of blogger previews, this time the theme being "5 Things to Watch." A big thanks to Sheridan and his crew for having us on board again, and yes, ...
Rudy Gay: Not Overrated, Over-Paid 23 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
Recently ESPN ran a piece, as part of their 5-on-5 Roundtable series, assessing the NBA's small forward position. Somewhat predictably, all five analysts had Rudy Gay down as the most overrated small ...
The SMNT, Anthony Bennett, the NBL Canada Draft and the Carleton Ravens highlight Canadian Content 22 Aug 2013 | 05:15 pm
First we start off with some National Team looks ... And then there were 14 ... TUTO MARCHAND ROSTER ANNOUNCED | Canada Basketball I agree with this here ... Tourney a crucial tuneup for Canadian ba...
"What If"...Andrea Bargnani DID Become the Next Dirk Nowitzki? 21 Aug 2013 | 09:01 pm
At this point, to say that Andrea Bargnani is the next Dirk Nowitzki is a bit like saying Roko Ukic is the next Steve Nash. It's done. Finito. If anything Andrea Bargnani is the next Vladimir Radma...
Three Raptors Make SB Nation's "Top 100 Players of 2017" List 20 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
Yesterday afternoon SB Nation dropped an interesting off-season project on the basketball masses. It's a "Top 100 NBA Players" list, but with a twist. It's set in the year 2017. Yes, the year when ...
The SWNT, the SMNT, On Point, Olynyk, Jamal Murray and more in Canadian Content 19 Aug 2013 | 05:15 pm
First we start off with some National Team looks ... SENIOR WOMEN OPEN IN BRAZIL WITH A WIN | Canada Basketball SENIOR WOMEN DEFEAT PUERTO RICO AT SUPER FOUR TOURNAMENT | Canada Basketball UNDEFEAT...
On Wilt Chamberlain and Perspective in Present-Day Sports Media 17 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
One of the worst byproducts of today's 24/7 sports media culture is our collective inability to put things in perspective. Today's breaking story becomes tomorrow's afterthought. Any attempt to put th...
Is Time Running Out for Terrence Ross? 15 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
On Sunday I polled our readers asking them which player they thought would bust out this season. No surprise, half of the near 900 respondents picked Toronto big man Jonas Valanciunas, the Vegas Summ...
