The Toronto Raptors kick off their NBA regular season tomorrow night against the Cleveland Cavaliers. I enjoy following the Raptors, and have been doing so since day one, but I don't know Raptors basketball the way Kic knows Raptors basketball. Throughout this season, I've asked the Kicster to submit guest blog entries about the Raps. This is the first. To be a sports fan in Toronto these days seems...
at Boston Celtics (4-1) at Toronto Raptors (2-4) Sunday, October 18, 2009 3:00 PM ET Preseason Game #6 – Road Game #3 TV: CSN HD, DTV 751 Air Canada Centre Probable Starting Matchups Point Guard vs Marquis Daniels vs Jose Calderon Shooting Guard vs Ray Allen vs Demar DeRozan Small Forward vs Paul Pierce vs Hedo Turkoglu Power Forward vs Kevin Garnett vs Chris Bosh Center vs Kendrick Perkins...
Man, if you thought Monta Ellis had rapping skills ...guess what I just found. That's right - your boy (not mine), Marco Bellineli just dropped a new hot single since his recent move to Toronto. You think I'm joking? PEEP THIS! Not only did we trade the Raptors a talented (term applied loosely) shooting guard for a big sack of Oreos ( Devean George ), we also gave them a budding rap artist. No wonder...
This week's column seeks to add a bit more to the Jamison rebounding discussion but heads off into a long digression on the significance of Jamison's season in Dallas. First, a few words on rebounding metrics-I prefer rebound percentages. Of course, the easiest percentage is how many of available rebounds did the individual player grab. Another interesting stat is, however, the percentage of available...
More photos » by George Frey - AP Browse more photos » Not so long ago, I took a look at potential free-agent point guards whom the Orlando Magic could sign to fill out their bench. Team GM Otis Smith has made it clear that point guard is his highest priority; he's also made it clear that he'd also like to add another big man to the roster. With no movement on the point guard front--except...
Rasho Nesterovic's agent, Bill Duffy, wrote in an e-mail to the Associated Press on Saturday that the free-agent center has agreed in principle to a one-year, $2 million deal with the Toronto Raptors.
The Toronto Raptors have come to an agreement in principle on a one year contract with free agent center Rasho Nesterovic a source close to the process told ESPN.com
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP The newest Wizard Browse more photos » Michael Lee has the news , but not the contract figures. I assume Oberto's signing for the biennial exception (about $2 million), but I don't know if it's for one year or two years. A legitimate argument could be made that the Wizards should have spent a little more money to get Rasho Nesterovic or one of the...