TORONTO RAPTORS Advanced Stats: PACE: #12 95.6 OFFENSE: #21 103.1 DEFENSE: #30 109.8 In the Chris Bosh era, the Raptors were always a mediocre defensive team, but at least they had some offensive talent and they were one of the most efficient teams on the offensive end. In the first season post-Bosh, the Raptors continued being a terrible defensive team, but this time they were atrocious on the... Read more

2009/10 Review: The Toronto Raptors knew that last season was a pivotal season for the franchise because Chris Bosh was entering his final year of the contract and the Raptors would have to show some competitiveness in order to convince CB4 to stay in Toronto, at the end we all know what happened to Toronto and Bosh’s destiny. They were involved with the Chicago Bulls in a tight race for the last spot... Read more

General Manager Bryan Colangelo had a tough and busy offseason just to "offer" Chris Bosh a competitive team that can make some noise in the Eastern Conference. Chris Bosh is entering a contract year and few doubt that he will depart from Toronto if they fail to be competitive like they failed last season. Colangelo added 9 new players (and I'm not counting the 2 rookies DeRozan and Weems) and in fact, only Bosh... Read more

Bryan Colangelo has been doing a good job in making the Raptors a competitive team and for the second season in a row, the Raptors went to the Playoffs, just to lose in the first round. The team won the Atlantic division two seasons ago with a 47-35 record, but their record last season was just 41-41, far away from the eventual champions Celtics. One of the main problems of the Raptors last season were the injuries... Read more

Boston vs Atlanta There isn't much to say in this series. The only doubt in here is if Boston will sweep the Hawks or not. Looking at the regular season records of both teams, everything appoints to a sweep ( Boston 66-16; Atlanta 38-44). But the differences are much bigger than it appears to be. First of all, Atlanta doesnt have any kind of experience at this level. Just Joe Johnson and Mike Bibby have played... Read more

Eastern Conference: 5. Toronto Raptors This team may be the East team of the second half of the season, not only because they will only play against teams from the West for eight times, but also the team with TJ Ford is finally ready to compete. There is no other team in the league, who can say they have two great PG like Toronto, who will use them to have a good ball movement for the whole 48 minutes... Read more