Archive for the ‘NBA Ball’ Category

6 weeks from the draft and short on Raptors content, I explored the top-10 point guard options available in the draft and analyzed if they would be a good fit at their projected ranges, given the Raptors’ pick positions (8th, 37th, 56th). Check it out!

The RRRRRRR results are in! After polling our RR readers of their top-14 draft ranks from a Raptors perspective, I amalgamated them to create an RR ‘consensus’ rankings. Check it out!

While we await the RRR-Draft-R results, I took a look at some options facing the Raptors for the offseason, including UFAs, RFAs, cap holds, and potential cap space situations. It’s robust, but pretty pointless as an early-May article. Check it out!

To kill time during the NBA Playoffs and give Raps Nation something to discuss, we’ve opened up our inbox to the public – RR readers can now email us their top-14 prospects, and I’ll put together a “Raptors Republic Reader Draft Rankings.” Check it out!

After some other teams played their penultimate games, the Raptors’ possible draft outlooks changed ever so slightly ahead of The Night of the Living Tank, also known as the last day of the 2012 NBA season. Check it out!

With just a single game left on the schedule, somehow the Raptors’ range of lottery possibilities were still expansive. This was a breakdown of the best and worst case scenarios, with everything in between. Check it out!

How high should our expectations be for Jonas Valanciunas when he arrives next year? Muted, but being the 2nd best prospect from that draft class isn’t out of the question as an upside. Check it out!

Standard pre-game feature, assuming “standard” means “trying to toe the line between an actual analysis and really crossing my fingers for a few more ping-pong balls.” Check it out!

With just 7 games to go, I took a look at some tools for those in Raps Nation hoping for a full-on tank job. Check it out!

The Raptors head to Indiana hoping to play well but not continue their slide out of the top-5 in the reverse standings. Check it out!