0 comments by Matt Zemek on 2/10/2016
All-Star Weekend is just about here, but while the NBA gears up for fun and festivities in Toronto, the serious business of the league — the occasion which demands our attention — is the upcoming trade deadline, February 18 at 3 p.m. Eastern time. Plenty of assessments will be made in the past tense once […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 1/30/2016
The Toronto Raptors are going to enjoy hosting the 2016 NBA All-Star Game — not just because the midwinter spectacle comes to Canada for the first time, but because the local team has begun to emerge as the favorite for the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. Yes, after months of uncertainty in the […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 1/26/2016
There are dozens of different ways in which to solve the upcoming NBA All-Star Game’s fascinating first-world problem: Which coaches should coach this game in Toronto? After Monday night’s resounding win by the Golden State Warriors over the San Antonio Spurs, it’s clear that the Dubs will be ahead of the Spurs on January 31, […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 12/28/2015
DeMar DeRozan combines a rare amount of speed and skill on this play to throw down a monster dunk on the break…. DeMar DeRozan can FLY! 👀 https://t.co/ItSgWj5kBF — NBA (@NBA)
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/23/2015
My colleague here at Crossover Chronicles, senior writer Joe Manganiello, wrote a piece last week in which he argued that the Eastern Conference, though deeper than the past few seasons, is not necessarily better. Joe appears to be right, but the specific point of emphasis is that in the days since his article was published, […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 11/29/2015
DeMar DeRozan hit Cory Joseph in the corner for a wide open three pointer and he knocked it down as Toronto beat Washington on Saturday night….
0 comments by CC Locker on 11/19/2015
Sweet mercy. Actually, no mercy was shown at all by DeMar DeRozan in this throwdown against Rudy Gobert on Wednesday night. Little Man Posterizes Big Man — details at 11.
Nov 18, 2015; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry (7) drives to the hoop past Utah Jazz guard Alec Burks (10) for two points in the final seconds of the second quarter at EnergySolutions Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Swinger-USA TODAY Sports
0 comments by Matt Zemek
The Toronto Raptors are coming face to face with a fundamental truth about life, sports, and NBA road back-to-backs: none of them are even remotely fair. Lurking behind that up-front reality is a more specific truth about competition: You can acquit yourself well and have nothing to show for it; good process doesn’t guarantee good […]
0 comments by Sean Woodley on 11/11/2015
Andre Drummond has been the breakout star of this young NBA season. In concert with his pick-and-roll maestro of a point guard Reggie Jackson, and a more streamlined Pistons roster that better suits his strengths, Drummond has been a terror. His post maneuvers are smoother, and his runs to the rim are impossible to stop. […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
It is the afternoon of Wednesday, November 11, just two full weeks into the new NBA season. Teams have generally played seven to nine games at this point. Naturally, any team with a 1-6 or 1-7 record has lost at least three games in a row. Yet, what’s utterly fascinating about the young season, just two […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 11/10/2015
Home sweet home? In Cleveland and Oakland, yes… but not in many other places. The NBA we see today is not a place where home-court dates lead to happy fans leaving an arena’s gates. This is not a new revelation. However, the extent to which the young season has reaffirmed this truth might come as […]
TORONTO, ON – OCTOBER 28: Paul George #13 of the Indiana Pacers passes the ball past Kyle Lowry #7 of the Toronto Raptors during the NBA season opener at Air Canada Centre on October 28, 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 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 Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D on 10/28/2015
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0 comments by Matt Zemek on 8/17/2015
All this week at Crossover Chronicles, we’re going to unpack a specific component of the NBA schedule. It is widely — I’d say universally — acknowledged that the league and commissioner Adam Silver have done a very good job of improving the schedule in terms of easing the amount of stress and strain placed on […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 7/24/2015
Presented with minimal commentary, here are the 10 worst uniforms in NBA history. The challenge was not to rank any of these rank uniforms in the back half of the top 10 (or bottom 10, as it were). So many of these uniforms look like top-3 contenders. How can one separate one piece of trash […]
0 comments by Sean Woodley on 7/21/2015
Can’t wait for the 2015-’16 season to start? Us neither. Now that most of the off-season’s major moves are complete, we’ll dive into some ludicrously premature predictions for next season. In the coming days and weeks we’ll attempt to project the standings in each conference, five teams at a time, before trying to lock down […]
