Next Season Begins

Offense chokes in the fourth as Raptors exit NBA playoffs

Ball Don't Lie found this 4/29/2008 on arsenalist.com

Toronto Raptors 92, Orlando Magic 102 As I watched the final two minutes tick away on mute I realized that this was my least favorite Raptors team ever. Yes, even worse than that second year crew that went 16-66. It’s probably because with ...

NBA | Mitchell defends lacklustre Bargnani

ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog found this 4/29/2008 on www.thestar.com

Doug Smith Sports Reporter ORLANDO, Fla.–The grand total of Andrea Bargnani's offensive contribution in the biggest game of the Raptor season was four points on four measly shots, a far cry from the role everyone envisioned for the former first ...

Worst of the Night: April 28, 2008

The AltRaps Blog found this 4/29/2008 on basketbawful.blogspot.com

Toronto Raptors: This is from Basketbawful reader Colin. "Pretty sure you are going to put them there, but after what I saw tonight I just wanted to make sure. The Toronto Raptors. (I'm a Raptors fan, hurts to say this.) Not only were they the ...

I'LL TAKE RAP FOR SAM SLAM

The Globe and Mail - From Deep found this 4/29/2008 on www.nypost.com

ONLY one thing is worse than getting something dead wrong, and that's not correcting the mistake immediately. A story in Sunday's column regarding the readiness of the Raptors for a Laker game portrayed Toronto coach Sam Mitchell as being...

D'Antoni's Tenure in Phoenix Over

Robtastic posted 4/30/2008 from sportsillustrated.cnn.com

Sports Illustrated's Jack McCallum reports that Mike D'Antoni will NOT be the coach of the Phoenix Suns in 08-09. McCallum states that Chicago, New York, and Toronto are possible destinations for D'Antoni next season.