- The World Sports Exchange lists the Raptors at 15-1 to win the Eastern Conference title. There are five teams ahead of them in that futures list: Cleveland (4-1), Detroit (4-1), Chicago (4-1), Boston (4-1) and Miami (6-1). What do you think?

- Jalen Rose bought billboard space to celebrate the old Fab Five.

- Ever wonder what happened to Kevin Johnson? You might not want to know.

- If you had to pick an All-Beard NBA team, who would be on it? Here is one suggestion.

- if you love college ball, you need to check out the Basketball Prospectus.

- The Raptors don’t appear on the list of teams that Chad Ford thinks will woo Kobe.

- Great article from Portland that criticizes local commentators flying their teams flag a wee bit too much. Somebody forward this to Chuck, please.

- From one of Granville’s favourite sites, the unboxing of season tickets. I remember when this joy was shared amongst Raptor fans, but the nice perks have gone missing since BryCo came to town.

- Matt Bonner wants to remind you that he has more rings than Kevin Garnett. Also features the video of him taking down KG and another example of Chuck being so far up the Raptors ass….

- Eric Smith things Garbo will be in the starting five.

- Seems Charley Rosen really doesn’t like the Raptors chances or Chris Bosh.

-Digressions with Sam Mitchell.

- The guys at HoopsWorld are beginning to wonder if Kapono will live up to the hype.