Title: Preseason Wrap-Up
Date: October 28, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article took a look at some of the key storylines from the Raptors’ preseason and examined how they had developed and progressed throughout October.
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Title: Front-Court Minute Distribution
Date: October 26, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article attempted to distribute this season’s minutes among the Raptors’ front-court players, which is not an easy or obvious task given their depth at power forward and center.
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Title: 2012-13 Raptors Predictions
Date: October 24, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article brought some of the internet’s predictions about the Raptors together in one place, including some of my own.
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Title: Valanciunas Flashes Potential, Raptors Down Bucks
Date: October 23, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors post-game broke down the Raptors’ pre-season battle with the Milwaukee Bucks, a game in which rookie Jonas Valanciunas displayed his potential as a shot-blocker and disturbance-causing dive-man.
Title: Way Too Many Words on the End of the Bench
Date: October 22, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article provided a status update on the six players fighting for the last three roster spots on the Raptors this preseason.
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Title: I’m Loving Kyle Lowry
Date: October 21, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article looks at Kyle Lowry’s presence and demeanor so far on the Raptors, highlighting him as someone all real basketball fans would likely love to have on their favorite team..
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Title: Should the Raptors Use Two-Point Guard Units?
Date: October 19, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article was in response to Dwane Casey noting that he may utilize two-point guard lineups at times this year, and pulled lineup data from the past five seasons to illustrate that the Raptors have generally been very poor when playing this way.
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Title: More Evil Stats! BP’s SCHOENE Projections for the Raptors
Date: October 16, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article took a look at the SCHOENE projections from Basketball Prospectus for the individual 2012-13 Raptors players .
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Title: Will Landry Fields’ 3FG% Improve?
Date: October 15, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article looked at the changes to the Knicks’ offense after the Carmelo Anthony acquisition and the impact it had on Landry Fields’ shooting numbers. Will a move to Toronto and a more motion-oriented offense help him get his three point stroke back?
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Title: DeMar DeRozan’s Unique TS% Path
Date: October 12, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article pulled historical player data to try and find comparable historical examples to try and project DeMar DeRozan’s True Shooting Percentage trajectory. It turns out DeRozan has a very unique statistical profile, making it difficult to forecast his future.
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