Title: What can the Raptors do at the trade deadline? A primer on their assets, tax bill and more
Date: January 21, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote a Raptors trade deadline primer covering all the rules and wrinkles that govern trades under the CBA. Read an excerpt!
Title: Two the Hard Way: A trio of Raptors join the exclusive G League-NBA doubleheader club
Date: January 20, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about a trio of Raptors joining the NBA’s weird double-header club by playing for Raptors 905 and the Raptors in the same day. Read an excerpt!
Title: There is no Go Daddy Curse, but Danny Green might have freed C.J. Miles from it anyway
Date: January 19, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the potential end of The Go Daddy Curse. Read an excerpt!
Title:Raptors may not be watching the East standings just yet. But we can
Date: January 16, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about a key stretch ahead for the Raptors where several Eastern Conference tiebreakers will be determined. Read an excerpt!
Title: Crunch-time minutes again a concern for Raptors in matchup with Celtics
Date: January 16, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the Raptors letting another close one slip away in Boston. Read an excerpt!
Title:Pace is the key for Raptors after tenuous victory over Wizards
Date: January 15, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the Raptors being at their best offensively when they’re pushing the pace. Read an excerpt!
Title: Raptors grateful to have found chemistry, not buying that Boston has lost theirs
Date: January 15, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the Raptors being at their best offensively when they’re pushing the pace. Read an excerpt!
Title: Late-game decisions and how they helped the Raptors hang on in an ‘exciting’ game
Date: January 14, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the Raptors’ late-game decision making in an ugly-fun double overtime against the Wizards. Read an excerpt!
Title: Kawhi Leonard’s playmaking progressing nicely for Raptors
Date: January 11, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about Kawhi Leonard’s progress as a playmaker, a development that could unlock the Raptors’ offensive ceiling. Read an excerpt!
Title:How the NBA’s roster rules brought Raptors and Patrick McCaw together
Date: January 10, 2019
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In my latest for The Athletic Toronto, I wrote about the Raptors signing Patrick McCaw and some of the collective bargaining agreement wrinkles that brought the sides together. Read an excerpt!
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