Heels at the Game – Miami Heat @ Toronto Raptors
The Raptors need to stop the skid – TODAY! The 4 game road trip hardly turned out the way the team would have liked it to. With Hedo and Antoine Wright jumping in and out of the line up, the team dropped 3 of the 4 games. The lone win was hardly convincing as they clawed out of a 22 point hole to beat arguably one of the worst teams in the league. The game in Phoenix was the most complete game the Raptors have played all season. They did everything to give themselves a chance

Bulls @ Raptors – 2 for the price of 1?
The title of this post is exactly how I felt leaving the game. It was like I watched 2 for the price of 1. Coming back from a West Coast road trip, this could have played out like a trap game. The Bulls were tired after losing a heart breaker the night before and the Raptors made things easy on them in the 1st half. As the buzzer went off to end the 1st half, I looked up at the LED Ribbon that goes around the arena with game stats. Just one stat stood out. 2nd chance points… Raptors 0, Bulls 14. 2nd half

Back in Action
No sure anyone cares but I wanted to explain my sudden lack of updates on the blog. The reason = LIFE! I have been away due to a series of unexpected events that have gone down in the past 10 days. While I may have been away the games have gone on. Its kinda nuts when you break it down. 2 weeks into the season and we have been served a total of 108 NBA games. People are already filling out NBA All-Star game ballots (the one thing I loathe about this game), Steve Nash has already had 2 20-20 games an

Number Crunchin’ – Money Talks
Starting this segment a week into the season but it will be back as a daily feature. Rajon Rondo cashed in to the tune of 5 years $55 million this week. I guess along with the fat wallet comes a bigger mouth. Apparently he felt the need to do some trash talking about Chris Paul and things didn’t go so well from there. Adrian Wojnarowski, has a really great column breaking it down both and talking about the direction of the Hornets. (

A 6′10″ Forward, The Turkish Michael Jordan… Hedo Turkoglu!
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