By Dan Levine Nothing will be official until at least Friday, but all reports indicate that 33-year old Jamaal Magloire will sign a one-year deal with the rebuilding Toronto Raptors. The details for now (CBC Sports) on the Raptors’ first Canadian player: “Contracts cannot be signed until Friday, but reports [...]
Posted By Dan Levine French audiences will get a proper taste of NBA basketball this season, after the Toronto Raptors and TVA Sports signed off on a deal to broadcast games (Ryan Wolstat, Toronto Sun). “TVA Sports announced on Monday that a two-year deal has been reached with the Raptors [...]
Posted By Dan Levine ESPN is reporting that centre Jonas Valanciunas has a (small) chance to play for the Toronto Raptors this season, contradicting all other reports to date. From Chad Ford: “Valanciunas does not currently have an NBA buyout for this season in his overseas deal, but things have changed for [...]
By Dan Levine With the NBA on its way back, the local media landscape actually includes some Raptors-related content. And sure, there are free agents to discuss and new CBA rules to digest, but it’s quickly become apparent that Bryan Colangelo has no plans to spend much coin in the [...]
By Dan Levine Many people will hate Michael Grange’s notion that it would be best for the Toronto Raptors to finish dead last this season. It’s true, nobody likes cheering for the home team to lose, especially when they’ve spent their hard earned cash to see it live. It’s also [...]
By Dan Levine Some food for thought on a Friday afternoon… Last season, it seemed like Bryan Colangelo finally understood that his team would need to hit rock bottom before it would have the chance to contend for anything that matters. That meant no trading for veterans just to squeeze [...]
By TSM Interesting side story on the NBA lockout from usually very reliable Yahoo! sports stateside. “The NBA lockout in many ways still exists because of the demands of hardline owners, some of whom have enough money to fund intergalactic space exploration.” So the league’s teams are owned by rich [...]
By Dan Levine Since pretty much nobody in the local or national media has paid any attention to Jonas Valanciunas since the end of Eurobasket, I thought I’d give Google Translate a try and interpret JV’s current stats/future schedule for the good of those who still care about basketball in [...]
By Dan Levine Michael Landsberg has scored a pretty interesting trio for tomorrow, as TSN’s Tim Chisolm blogs: “On Thursday, former Raptors Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady will be joining TSN’s Michael Landsberg on Off The Record to discuss, amongst other things, the question that has plagued Raptors fans for [...]
By Dan Levine The headline above can be a good thing or a bad thing, but regardless, it seems to be the general consensus among pretty much everybody covering this story. Let’s review (courtesy of the National Post): “The Toronto Raptors have added plenty of experience to their front office. [...]
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