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NBA Rumors – Toronto Raptors Trying to Trade Kyle Lowry & DeMar DeRozan
The Toronto Raptors aren’t losing enough, so Masai Ujiri is trying to kick things up a notch, and get rid of more players who might help the team in its tanking efforts. Next on the list of tradeable players? First is their point guard Kyle Lowry, who will be easier to move than DeMar DeRozan.
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Toronto Raptors – Masai Ujiri Making All The Right Moves
For some reason, despite a lot of good decisions over the years, the Denver Nuggets decided to let go of Masai Ujiri, who then signed with the Toronto Raptors to be their GM for the next five seasons. It didn’t take him long to starting doing a lot of good, mostly by getting rid of the Andrea Bargnani and Rudy Gay contracts via trades.
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Raptos vs Lakers – Kobe Bryant Needs a Lot More Time
Too much focus on Kobe Bryant, and not enough on the rest of the game. The Toronto Raptors should be a team the Los Angeles Lakers beat at home, but it’s going to take time getting used to life with Bryant, for good or bad, back on the court again. The visitors didn’t mind not having Rudy Gay playing for them anymore by the looks of it.
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No Deficit is Too Much When Stephen Curry is on Your Team
Down by 27 in the second half? That should be a sign to give up on the game, right? Not when you have someone like Stephen Curry on your team. The Golden State Warriors shouldn’t have been able to comeback from an awful start to their game against the Toronto Raptors, but a huge fourth from Curry and Klay Thompson paved the way for the comeback of the season and a 112-103 win.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers Want to Trade Dion Waiters
The Cleveland Cavaliers have been one of the most disappointing teams in the NBA so far this season, which is causing some unrest in the locker room and one unhappy camper in Dion Waiters, which has to do with his role coming off the bench and other things. It seems the issue has gotten so bad the Cavs are looking to trade the second-year player.
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Nets vs Raptors – Momentary Relief, Not Salvation
The Brooklyn Nets are still an expensive, yet pretty bad basketball team, with Jason Kidd not really doing a great job in his attempt to lead them. But there is a bit of light at the end of the tunnel for them, as their 102-100 win over the Toronto Raptors showed, suggesting that even without their two best players, there’s still hope to create a foundation that will eventually get them into the playoffs.
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Bulls vs Raptors – Rose Isn’t Needed For First Road Win of the Season
While Chicago Bulls fans are still waiting to see a more efficient version of Derrick Rose, getting their first road win of the season, 96-80 over the Toronto Raptors, who aren’t going anywhere while DeMar DeRozan and Rudy Gay continue to contend each night on who has the worse shooting day, isn’t such a bad way to continue without their struggling point guard.
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Longest Playoff Droughts in the NBA
In the NBA, one great draft pick is enough plenty of times to change the fate of the franchise, which is why long playoff droughts aren’t that common. But managements that don’t change make repeated mistakes, which means there are four teams in the league: The Minnesota Timberwolves, the Sacramento Kings, the Toronto Raptors and the Washington Wizards, who haven’t been to the playoffs in five years.
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NBA Rumors – Toronto Raptors Will Trade or Buyout Quentin Richardson
It seems that the big trade between the New York Knicks and the Toronto Raptors wasn’t about getting players for the Raptors, but simply dumping one big, bad contract from their payroll, as Quentin Richardson is the next player from that deal who probably won’t be playing in Canada next season.
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NBA Rumors – Toronto Raptors to Amnesty Linas Kleiza
After another season of barely playing any basketball, Linas Kleiza seems to have run out of NBA credits, and will be amnestied by the Toronto Raptors, which will presumably send the Lithuanian forward back to Europe.