0 comments by Zac Voynow on 12/8/2016
In the present day NBA, there’s only a handful of teams that most general NBA fans would consider contenders. Most of those teams are in the Western Conference. Out west there are the Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs, and Los Angeles Clippers. That leaves the only true contender in the East to be the […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 12/2/2016
Check out this big time dunk by Toronto Raptors guard Norman Powell as the Raptors have jumped out to a 20 point lead on the Los Angeles Lakers in the third quarter of Friday nights game….. Powell gets way, way, way up for
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 10/1/2016
Pre-season NBA basketball is here! Here’s the first highlight of the pre-season as the Toronto Raptors face off with the Golden State Warriors and DeMar DeRozan gets out in transition and sticks the dunk….. DeMar DeRozan takes flight for the
Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan (10) shoots next to Indiana Pacers center Jordan Hill (27) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Thursday, March 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 7/1/2016
There were some very worried people in Toronto after DeMar DeRozan opted out of his contract but DeRozan has come back to the Raptors. DeRozan has agreed to a five year deal that will pay him $139 million. DeRozan has spent all seven years of his career with Toronto where he has averaged 18.1 ppg […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 6/13/2016
Raptors G DeMar DeRozan has officially opted out and is a free agent, league sources informed
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 5/28/2016
LeBron James is a terrible leader. You might be surprised to think this opinion can possess such a shelf life, given that LeBron has reached a sixth straight NBA Finals, the best display of uninterrupted annual consistency in this league since Bill Russell. However, the constant media circus surrounding No. 23, fed by national carnival […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
Cleveland is starving for a world championship in professional sports, but on Friday night in Toronto, its Cavaliers once again found a place at the table in the NBA Finals. In an unprecedented basketball moment, a turn of events not seen in northeastern Ohio in over 50 years, a team from “Believeland” earned the right […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
The Toronto Raptors became, in the end, the NBA’s most inconvenient team of 2016. Dwane Casey’s ballclub embodied numerous contradictions and tension points. The Raptors carried sharp contrasts into the playoffs. They developed more contrasts during the playoffs. They leave the postseason as a team whose future can easily be spun in a positive or […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 5/26/2016
The Cavs of Cleveland do not have to win in Toronto on Friday night in Game 6 — not in a narrow, immediate, technical sense. The Cavs could lose. Heck, they could even get drubbed by the Raptors. It wouldn’t matter in the Eastern Conference Finals — not in all likelihood. LeBron James and head […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
The Eastern Conference Finals between the Toronto Raptors and the Cleveland Cavaliers is the five-minute series. No, this isn’t a reference to the length of time in which these games cease to be competitive; it’s a reference to an old saying about climate change (in the older and less political sense of the term): Don’t […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – MAY 22: Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors reacts to their 133 to 105 loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder in game three of the Western Conference Finals during the 2016 NBA Playoffs at Chesapeake Energy Arena on May 22, 2016 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 5/25/2016
Professional basketball possesses the most intense spotlight in North American team sports — perhaps not in terms of the amount of media coverage devoted to the endeavor (the NFL wins that distinction), but in terms of the extent to which one or two players get a disproportionate share of credit or blame for their team’s […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
It’s not an original observation, but it’s the main observation which should be advanced at this point in the NBA playoffs: The 2016 postseason is shattering our perceptions of the league and its balance of power. The power of the statement lies not in any relevatory quality — the revelations taking place on the court […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – MAY 22: Draymond Green #23 and head coach Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors argue a call with referee Tony Brothers #25 in the second quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder in game three of the Western Conference Finals during the 2016 NBA Playoffs at Chesapeake Energy Arena on May 22, 2016 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by J Pat Carter/Getty Images)
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 5/24/2016
A major postseason sporting event featured an important kick on a Sunday… and it had nothing to do with three points in an NFL playoff game. This wasn’t a missed 27-yard kick by Blair Walsh. This was a made one-yard kick by Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors. He committed what the NBA called […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 5/22/2016
Whenever a best-of-seven NBA series begins with two wins by the home team, Game 3 invariably becomes a do-or-die occasion for the trailing team, even though it’s not technically an elimination contest. Students of sports history are well aware that no NBA team has successfully overcome a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven battle. Three teams […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 5/21/2016
Toronto Raptors guard Cory Joseph nailed this buzzer beater at the end of the third quarter to give his team a 10 point lead heading into the final quarter of game three against the Cleveland Cavaliers….. Cory Joseph beats the buzzer from downtown!
