The AltRaps Blog

Sure, a broad question and one that could never be answered. But then we never thought we would be a .500 team this year, did we…
What we’ve done is come up with a knock-out bracket of Raptor players with the intention of crowning one player as the “best”. Up to you what that means: best, [...]

While Peddie said that Tanenbaum had met with Schumer, he said the Raptors would play all 41 of their regular-season games in Toronto for the foreseeable future.
“We had over 30 sellouts last year,” Peddie said. “We’re one of the top NBA teams in gate in the league. One of the very top.
“Economics aside, our fans [...]

Okay, let’s get to this whole mid-level exception obsession that’s running rampant and throw cold water on any of the Corey Maggette, Mickeal Pietrus, Ron Artest, James Posey, I don’t know who else stuff that’s out there.
Every team that’s over the salary cap, as the Raptors are, can make use of the mid-level exception every [...]

Sure, a broad question and one that could never be answered. But then we never thought we would be a .500 team this year, did we…
What we’ve done is come up with a knock-out bracket of Raptor players with the intention of crowning one player as the “best”. Up to you what that means: best, [...]

So it’s gonna be a quite free agency year, huh? Good call. Looks like the Warriors are all kinds of pissed at seeing the back end of The Baron and have offered Elton Brand 5 years at $85-90mill. This is AFTER offering Gilbert Arenas 5 years, $100 mill and WHILE sitting down talking to Monta [...]

According to sources, 2005 second-round pick Roko Ukic, a 24-year-old, 6-foot-5 Croatian who can play either guard spot, will come over from Rome to back up Calderon, while the team will also add hard-nosed swingman Hassan Adams, to back up Anthony Parker and Jamario Moon.
Adams, a 6-foot-4, late second-round selection by the New Jersey Nets [...]

Early this morning, through my agents, I reached a preliminary agreement with the Toronto Raptors. I want to thank Bryan Colangelo, Maurizio Gherardini, Sam Mitchell and all of the Raptors family for the confidence that they have placed in me. I am sure that together we are going to achieve big things in the future.
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Dear Homey,
I am mere hours away from being free agent. I think Lakers are looking at me to come be big man behind that guy who always gets hurt. I pray tonight that they call agent. L.A. would be bomb diggity. I would hang with all my peeps. Ice-T, Kool Moe Dee, Whodini. It [...]

Sure, a broad question and one that could never be answered. But then we never thought we would be a .500 team this year, did we…
What we’ve done is come up with a knock-out bracket of Raptor players with the intention of crowning one player as the “best”. Up to you what that means: best, [...]

Not too many people over here have ever seen Nathan Jawai in person, let alone seen him play basketball.
So we turn to someone who’s actually been on the same court as the Aussie Shaq to offer this assessment:
“He’s a beast, man. He’s a monster.”
That comes for Canadian national team veteran David Thomas, who’s played about [...]