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Five memorable Raptors
Arsenalist: Arsenal, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Java, Tech… | July 27th 2008 by Zarar Siddiqi
Thinking about some Raptors I really enjoyed watching over the years. The obvious come to mind like Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady, Damon too but there was a second-tier of Raptors that I always looked forward to seeing do their thing. These guys w read more
Maurizio Gherardini gets rewarded for a job done
Arsenalist: Arsenal, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Java, Tech… | July 23rd 2008 by Zarar Siddiqi
Promotions aplenty! Everybody who is anybody got a promotion at MLSE yesterday. It’s quite a no-brainer when you think about it, a 5-game playoff exit merits knighthood let alone a measly bump in the old pay scale. Chuck Swirsky should’ read more
Ukic signing official + Joey Graham speaks + TJ Ford!
Arsenalist: Arsenal, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Java, Tech… | July 16th 2008 by Zarar Siddiqi
Official announcement of the Roko Ukic signing is the main news of the day. It’s a guaranteed three year deal that runs till the end of the 2010-11 season. Financial terms weren’t disclosed but given how close the Raptors are to the cap read more
Roko Ukic sale and some potpourri including Dalembert being kicke…
Arsenalist: Arsenal, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Java, Tech… | July 15th 2008 by Zarar Siddiqi
Danilo Gallinari’s play in the second half against the Cavs’ summer league team was very impressive. He played aggressively and with confidence, he mixed it up by shooting the three, going inside and displayed a tight mid-range game. Alo read more
Nathan Jawai gets a contract; Help settle a debate
Arsenalist: Arsenal, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Java, Tech… | July 10th 2008 by Zarar Siddiqi
Let’s start off today with Ryan from Hoops Addict interviewing Matt Devlin. Great job as always from Ryan who’s managed to get himself an occasional press pass: Nathan Jawai’s getting a guaranteed 2-year deal which will allow the read more
Raptors end poor O’Neal’s “suffering” as Jose becomes ric…
Arsenalist: Arsenal, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Java, Tech… | July 9th 2008 by Zarar Siddiqi
Everybody was all smiles, everybody said the right thing, everybody was optimistic, they were all looking forward to a bright future on a talented team, all that was missing was the confetti and cocktails. The lovefest which were the two press confe read more
Hassan Adams deal + Salary cap + Signings from elsewhere + Las Ve…
Arsenalist: Arsenal, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Java, Tech… | July 9th 2008 by Zarar Siddiqi
Good morning. Hassan Adams signed a 2-year deal with the Raptors on Tuesday. Terms aren’t disclosed but I’m thinking its Jamario Moon Year 1 money which was around half a million per year. A nice chunk of change just to warm a bench, or read more
The Saturday Morning Post: Shhhhh
Arsenalist: Arsenal, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Java, Tech… | July 4th 2008 by Zarar Siddiqi
Shhhh….(whispering) if you listen closely you can hear it. Shhhh….there it is..it’s the sound of nothing happening in Raptorland. It’s what the off-season is made of and results in a void around these areas for long stretche read more
Raps start pre-draft camp + MLSE looking at England
Arsenalist: Arsenal, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Java, Tech… | May 26th 2008 by Zarar Siddiqi
Blogs and new age media are a great thing and provide a candid, sometimes humorous perspective, but you often come across pieces written without any knowledge of the player/team/GM in question. Consider this little brief analysis of our friend Joey read more
Slow Saturday….Josh Howard anyone?
Arsenalist: Arsenal, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Java, Tech… | May 24th 2008 by Zarar Siddiqi
‘Tis a slow news day when you start off with Vince Carter opening up a restaurant with his Mom. I got a sneak-peek taste of the menu and there doesn’t appear to be much heart or effort put into the steak. When you first look at it you g read more
Jamario Moon gets to launch 20 footers for another year
Arsenalist: Arsenal, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Java, Tech… | May 15th 2008 by Zarar Siddiqi
There’s a sense of emptiness in the time between when the Raptors get eliminated from the playoffs and the last game of the post-season, you sort of want the whole thing to be over and free agency to begin so that the Raptors return to whatever read more
The pain of watching the Raptors offense
Arsenalist: Arsenal, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Java, Tech… | March 7th 2008 by Zarar Siddiqi
Washington Wizards 110, Toronto Raptors 106 That hurt. That one really, really hurt. It hurts me to see us suffer through offensive sets relying on Jose Calderon to do something to bail us out on every possession. Calderon’s exhausted trying read more
T’Wolves hardly challenge as Raptors aim for a 8-4 month
Arsenalist: Arsenal, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Java, Tech… | February 27th 2008 by Zarar Siddiqi
Minnsesota Timberwolves 85, Toronto Raptors 107 A nice evening for the Raptors, not too much effort expended in an easy win over the Timberwolves which takes us to 8 games over .500. February’s almost over, a home win against Indiana will put read more
TJ Ford’s having a big impact
Arsenalist: Arsenal, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Java, Tech… | February 10th 2008 by Zarar Siddiqi
Toronto Raptors 105, Minnesota Timberwolves 82 About a decade ago when Tim Hardaway and the Miami Heat were one of the best road teams in the NBA, he was asked the question where they’d rather play Game 7 of a series. Hardaway responded that it read more
Un-fucking-believable!
Arsenalist: Arsenal, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Java, Tech… | December 22nd 2007 by Zarar Siddiqi
Toronto Raptors 115, Seattle Sonics We lose the one fucking game that everybody thought we could win on this roadtrip. The Sonics who are 12 games under .500 and one of the worst teams in the NBA look like the ‘85-86 Boston Celtics and punish read more
Yeah Sam, single coverage on Lebron is a great idea!
Arsenalist: Arsenal, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Java, Tech… | November 24th 2007 by Zarar Siddiqi
Toronto Raptors 108, Cleveland Cavaliers 111 Another day, another Raptors loss, another game that was just begging to be won through the first three quarters. But when you let a team hang around for that long, they’re bound to come back and bit read more
It’s gotten so bad that any offense we get out of Bosh is consi…
Arsenalist: Arsenal, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Java, Tech… | November 18th 2007 by Zarar Siddiqi
Golden State Warriors 106, Toronto Raptors 100 So much for the 10AM PST start time and so much for the Warriors blowing big leads and so much for Baron Davis having a bad game and so much for the Raptors getting any shot they want against the much m read more
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