The AltRaps Blog

I’ve come to one inescapable conclusion over the past month or two: Basketball journalists in Canada, by and large, do not have a clue.
Toronto have sputtered and floundered their way to a record 3 games above .500 as of Sunday afternoon, with some terrible losses, some convincing wins, and some squeakers. As you would expect [...]

Where the team stands

The holidays are over, and how. After returning from their marathon 7-game road trip with an as-good-as-can-be-expected 3-4 record, the Raptors endured a shellacking at the hands of Detroit, who still look like the class of the conference despite being written down, if not off, by several pundits pre-season. Toronto played [...]

Good quality game by the boys tonight. Amazing what a little crisp ball movement, some flashes to the bucket, and talking on the defensive end will do. I was ecstatic to see the Raptors actually talk to each other, call out screens and, most importantly, keep verbal tabs on Dirk all night. That is how [...]

- yeah, it was just another game. Sure. An almost perfect one.
- it was also record setting: greatest margin of victory on the road and fewest points given up on the road.
- Sam says it will take 20 games for Bosh to be able to play his regular minutes. That doesn’t sound right.
- video highlights.
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- Moon wins! Moon wins! Mooooooooon wins!!
- another Canadian in the NBA. No, not Carl English.
- here is the Suns take on the Atlantic division and here is their look at the entire league.
- TJ just wants to be the best this year.
- a look at the Raptor roster.
- Mitchell is the longest serving head [...]

Found some stuff while surfing here at my local Timothy’s….
- As a tip of my hat to our own Lansdellicious, here is a snippet from someone who will go down as one of the gentlemen of the game when he retires. If you need clarification of who he refers to toward the end, feel free [...]

- 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 [...]