Title: Gameday: Raptors @ Nuggets, Dec. 3
Date: December 3, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors pre-game broke down the Raptors’ Dec. 3 contest against the Nuggets.
Title: Introducing PRIMO – A Simple Single Game Shooting Efficiency Measure
Date: December 2, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article introduced a new-ish stat called PRIMO, which is a quick and dirty way of using box score statistics to gauge single-game scoring efficiency.
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Title: Annual Mike Dea Classic signifies start of hoops season
Date: December 2, 2012
Original Source: The Edmonton Journal
Synopsis: I am doing a short internship over the holidays at The Edmonton Journal. My second piece was a wrap on the Mike Dea High School Basketball Classic, a local tournament in it’s 15th year. The original (online) version of the story appears below, and the first copy is the repurposed version that was in the Edmonton Journal on Dec. 3.
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Title: Too Many Urkels on This Team – Grizz Stomp Raptors
Date: November 29, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors post-game broke down the Raptors’ 103-82 loss to the Grizzlies on Nov. 28.
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Title: Gameday: Raptors @ Rockets, Nov. 27
Date: November 27, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors pre-game broke down the Raptors’ Nov. 27 contest against the Rockets.
Title: DeAndre Jordan and the Crunch Time Conundrum
Date: November 26, 2012
Original Source: Hoopdata
Synopsis: This article looked at DeAndre Jordan’s poor free throw shooting and whether or not it was bad enough to justify sitting him at the end of games.
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Title: Gameday: Spurs @ Raptors, Nov. 25
Date: November 25, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors pre-game broke down the Raptors’ Nov. 25 contest against the Spurs and included my contribution to a pre-game feature for 48 Minutes of Hell.
Title: Defense and the “Fifth Factor”
Date: November 25, 2012
Original Source: Hoopdata
Synopsis: This article looked at what impact a team’s pace of play has on their defensive efficiency, asking if pace should be considered the Fifth Factor in determining defensive success.
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Title: Rapcast #120 – Bobcats Endgame, Bargnani’s Struggles, Team Defense and more
Date: November 23, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: For the newly relaunched Rapcast, I was joined by two other Raptors Republic writers to talk way too much about Andrea Bargnani, a bit about the team’s struggling defense, and more.
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Title: Gameday – Raptors @ Bobcats, Nov. 21
Date: November 21, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors pre-game broke down the Raptors’ Nov. 21 contest against the Bobcats and included my contribution to a 3-on-3 feature for Queen City Hoops.
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