May 3
Fictional works II
icon1 admin | icon2 Images | icon4 05 3rd, 2008| icon34 Comments »

According to MLSE, Andrea was energetically riled up for Game 4 against the Pistons…

May 2
Fictional works
icon1 admin | icon2 Images | icon4 05 2nd, 2008| icon31 Comment »

Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, well-publicized-ly short on revenues this year, in the vein of diversifying their interests resorted to publishing fiction:

Apr 29
Intensity
icon1 admin | icon2 Images | icon4 04 29th, 2008| icon36 Comments »

On a lighter note…a hilarious picture from the last home game of the season. (courtesy Harprit S)

Apr 23
Live from Orlando
icon1 admin | icon2 Images, Media | icon4 04 23rd, 2008| icon37 Comments »

(with pictures from renowned paparazzi scum-bag and gravedigger, Brent Addison)

Intense warmup, everyone focused on the task at hand.

Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 19
Taking attendance
icon1 admin | icon2 Images | icon4 04 19th, 2008| icon317 Comments »

Charted above, is the Raptors’ attendance (red line) relative to their record and cost to attend a game - ranked out of 30 teams in the league. Points to note: Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 15

Like the White sox, yet, in basketball - and truer to the name…

Two games ago, I returned from a beer-run to notice the Raptors had the all-white lineup in, (a lineup we’ve dubbed BLANCA), so I did some light-hearted research to see who could field the best ‘all-white’ lineup in the NBA.

 

I had em like this (a close 1-2 tilt):

1) Raps: Calderon-Delfino-Kapono-Bargnani-Nesterovic (Brezec-Garbajosa)
2) Lakers: Vujacic-Karl-Walton-Radmanovic-Gasol (Mihm)
3) Blazers: Blake-Rodriguez-LaFrentz-McRoberts-Pryzbilla
4) Grizzlies: Cardinal-Jacobsen-Milicic-Miller-Navarro

Honourable mentions:

Indiana: Diener-Dunleavy-Foster-Murphy
Suns: Nash-Giricek-Piatkowski-Marks
Spurs: Barry-Bonner-Ginobli-Oberto*
Jazz: Korver-Kirilenko-Harpring-Okur*

Spurs and Jazz could probably play 4 on 5, and give the other teams a run for their money.

Apr 14
Sam Mitchell Overloaded
icon1 admin | icon2 Images | icon4 04 14th, 2008| icon327 Comments »

What Sam’s up to, when he’s not planning ways to come up with more shats. There are 64 of these gems. (click below to see ‘em all)

(source: RealGM’ers from a while back. Guys, I had these saved as the best ones and thought I’d share some of your brilliance with readers who wouldn’t otherwise be able to find them - teary eyed laughing at some of these.)

Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 11

Where teddies indicate current SUSTAINED intensity from 0-10 (0 being Yogi Stewart, 10 Kevin Garnett) and grey bars indicate potential; ie. playing with KG or Stephen Jackson would probably bring each guy close to intensity potential.

Fresh off viewing the bloody battle that was the Denver-GoldenState game, it was tough to compare the intensity of any of the partaking players to that of the anemic Raptors . One legitimate knock on Sam Mitchell has been his inability to toughen, energize and breed some intensity in this Raptors team. Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 9

Keeping up the mathematic streak…

(and yes these positions fluctuate throughout seasons/careers for many reasons, but this is approximately where it lies now).

Apr 8

Courtesy reader Rhys Z:

“I’m preparing for the pregames of the playoffs like this, depending on the opponent.

Orlando - few drinks / well behaved, all things considered
Cleveland - copious amounts of alcohol / poorly behaved
Detroit - might not make it past the first half / atrocious behaviour
Boston - might not make it into the stadium / possible jail time”

« Previous Entries