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I’ve been getting a lot of puzzled e-mails lately about the Toronto Raptors, who are fourth in this morning’s Hollinger Power Rankings despite having the league’s 13th-best record.
The Raptors didn’t have a big reputation coming into the season, have only one household name in the lineup, and haven’t been past the first [...]

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Q: I forget which GM it was, but when Sherm Douglas was running the show in Boston, this GM said of the Little General, "He’s just good enough to get you into the playoffs, and just bad enough to get you knocked out." Who are the Sherms of today’s NBA? – [...]

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"I think Jose is doing a good job as a starter, he should continue to start probably for the rest of the year," Ford said. "I don’t think starting is a big deal to me, I just want to get out and help the team win, and at the end of the day it’s all [...]

We all, each and every one of us, do a great job of second guessing Sam’s play calling, substitution patterns, and the like. I think it is fair to say that he is an average X’s and O’s guy, that some guys on this team have a tough time executing or remembering plays, and this [...]

The return of T.J. Ford arrived the moment he touched the floor to begin last night’s fourth quarter.
This wasn’t a case of Ford playing second-fiddle, looking to pass or finding his legs.
This was Ford pre-injury problems, attacking the rim with abandon, pushing the ball in the open floor, finding his teammates and directing [...]

There’s a new gangsta in town for the Toronto Raptors.
He’s an unlikely one, in that’s he’s 7 foot 1 and Slovenian, but Primoz Brezec, acquired Thursday, took advantage of his first opportunity in a Raptors uniform with a high-dose of energy during the game and his own brand of hip-hop-inflected, European-accented English afterward as he [...]

"Do I think it can continue to work? Yes I do," said Ford this week, when asked about sharing duties with Calderon. "I think we both continue to make each other better. We set high expectations for one another (and) I think we do a good job supporting one another and I think our relationship [...]

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