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Nice win/payback!
Good to see Brezec actually got some PT and responded excelent
Gotta' love Primoz:
Word was that Brezec - who chatted with fellow countrymen Rasho Nesterovic after the deal went down - was going to drive from Detroit to Toronto on Thursday night and hook up with some of the Raptors staff. There is an outside chance that the Slovenian center could still get on a plane to NYC this afternoon … but it would probably be a long shot to think that Brezec would be able to suit-up against New York.
http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/...-deadline-day/
Nice win/payback!
Good to see Brezec actually got some PT and responded excelent
He and Rasho looked nice there playing together.The Slovenian Twin Towers.
WOW Breza!!! I just hope he continues with games like today.
linkCan Brezec play? We don’t know. Can he talk? Absolutely, and the Slovenian big man does it in almost perfect gangsta slang. Why does a Slovenian talk like a rapper? Fellow Slovenian Rasho Nesterovic speculates it might be because he broke into the NBA in Indiana.
“[Your English] depends on where you start in the NBA,” said Nesterovic. “I started in Minnesota, he started in Indiana. That’s a pretty tough organization to pick up English.”
Nice game for Breza, hope he gets some playing time.
He and Rasho looked nice there playing together.
aww. I missed it!
Toronto fans love Primoz and his gangster at ude. So funny....
Primoz From The Block?
Some debut, wasn’t it? A couple of Tiger-esque fist pumps, some pointing to the heavens, bunch of baskets and some general running around. (Although the next time Sam looks up and sees a 7-footer leaking out on the break instead of boxing his guy out, ol’ Primoz is going to get some gangsta pimp stuff right on his noggin). But I digress.
As a fourth big, behind Bosh, Bargnani and Rasho, he might be all right. Or he might regress to the guy who couldn’t get off the bench in Charlotte or Detroit. He’s definitely got the energy but he was playing the Knicks so you might want temper the Hall of Fame talk at the moment.
One of the best lines comes from Rasho when he’s pestered to give his opinion of his countryman and how it’ll play back home: “What am I, the ambassador?"
http://thestar.blogs.com/raptors/200...rning-a-8.html
Rasho cracks me up.
Sho's funny.
Glad the fans like Brezec, although I knew they would.
Raptors sneak into the fourth seed in the East tonight and only 3 games back of Orlando.
In their last 10 games, they are 7-3. In those 3 losses, they have lost by 4, 4, and 5 points. In the 7 wins, they have won by an average of almost 16 PPG. In this span of 10 games, they have outscored opponents by a total of 98 points.
Thriller- Raptors style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyT5-bXfAJQ
TORONTO -- Primoz Brezec is a seven-footer with a difference.
The-seven-foot-one Slovenian Centre is as garrulous as countrymate Rasho Nesterovic is quiet...
http://www.nba.com/raptors/news/ulmerprimoz_022808.html
Ten under-the-radar storylines to watch down the stretch
1. The Mighty Raptors
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insid...ylines-080228aI've been getting a lot of puzzled e-mails lately about the Toronto Raptors, who are fourth in this morning's Hollinger Power Rankings despite having the league's 13th-best record.
The Raptors didn't have a big reputation coming into the season, have only one household name in the lineup, and haven't been past the first round of the playoffs in half a decade. So what gives?
Here's the deal: They're a lot better than their record. As I keep saying, victory margin is a better indicator of future success than win-loss record, and the Raptors' average margin of plus-4.64 is better than that of the Mavs, Magic, Rockets, Warriors and Nuggets -- all of whom have better win-loss records.
Additionally, that number has ballooned of late. The Raptors haven't put together an impressive win streak, so they have slipped past everyone's attention -- the Raptors are a solid but hardly awe-inspiring 10-6 in their past 16 games.
But look closer and you'll see what an impressive stretch it's been. Five of the six losses were by five points or less, while eight of the 10 wins were by 17 or more; one of the two that wasn't was a 114-112 win in Boston that was the best shooting display a team has put on all season.
Let's put it more simply: The Raps aren't beating people, they're killing them. Toronto topped Milwaukee by 31, Washington by 39, Miami by 32, Minnesota by 23 and 22, New Jersey by 18, Orlando by 17, and New York by 23. In a 16-game stretch, half their games were blowout wins.
Sum it up and you'll see in that modest-looking 16-game stretch the Raptors are outscoring opponents by an impressive 10 points per game.
And although the Raps may seem short on star power, you might want to revisit that assumption. Check out what Chris Bosh has done lately -- he's risen to fifth in the league in player efficiency rating thanks to a huge two-month stretch. Since New Year's Day he's averaging 25.7 points per game and shooting 56.9 percent from the field.
Not much further down the list is Jose Calderon, who ranks 16th in PER thanks to his insanely high efficiency. I've already expounded on his unique combination of high assists, low turnovers and high-percentage shooting so I won't repeat myself here; suffice it to say that he's been far superior to several players with much greater reputations.
And although their supporting cast lacks stars, it also lacks duds. Everybody can shoot -- the Raps lead the league at 42.2 percent on 3-pointers -- and they have the second-lowest turnover rate in the league. So even though the Raptors attack doesn't seem that awe-inspiring, they're actually fourth in the league in offensive efficiency and first in the Eastern Conference.
And it gets better. With T.J. Ford back from injury, Toronto has a third dynamic offensive player to plug into the equation.
Yet despite their weapons, I don't see anybody taking this team seriously as a contender in the East. So I must report that they are, most definitely, a contender in the East. I still like Boston and Detroit's odds better, but if you're looking for a dark horse and thinking Cleveland, I'd suggest shifting your gaze further north.
Poor defense = not much fun in playoffs.
Depending where they end up in the seedings, I can see them getting past the first round. They should've beaten NJ last year if it didn't take the coach 5.5 games to finally adjust.
They can beat NJ, Indiana, Atlanta, and maybe Chicago and Washington in the playoffs. Anyone else (except for maybe Orlando) is not happening.
1. Bosh
2. Calderon
3. Ford
No Bargnani??
Bosh will miss the next couple of games with a knee problem and Rasho will be back in the starting line-up.
Bosh went to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he underwent an MRI. The tests revealed no structural damage, although there was some minor swelling.
The Raptors blow
It takes one to know one...
Get better Bosh.
Yea about Sho starting though.
Don't get your panties in a bunch, just stating the facts. Or are you trying to tell me that a mediocre East team that would be in 10th place in the West, that hasn't won a playoff series recently, and that is one of the softest teams in the league is something to write home about?
Just because your favorite soft Slovenian plays for the Raps, doesn't mean you can't be realistic and admit that they'll get bounced in the first round.
Just a different perspective. I don't use word blow with a team with a winning record. With team under 0.5 yes.
Raptors can go to 2nd round, ECF would be major upset, and finals is SF. I am staying realistic here. Just don't call *any* team with winning record crapy.
It is privelege to be (primarly) Spurs fan, however I don't see any need to be sublime.
Rasho starting, 13 pts (6-8 fgs) 5 rb 2 blk at half-time.
Go Rasho!
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