Raptors G Lowry out with leg injury
Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry is out indefinitely with a strained adductor muscle in his left leg suffered during training camp last week in Halifax, Novia Scotia. Lowry was acquired in July from the Houston Rockets in exchange for forward Gary Forbes and a future first-round lottery pick.Lowry averaged 15 points, seven assists, five rebounds, two steals and two 3-pointers per...
Raptors, Rockets finalize Lowry trade
The Raptors and Rockets completed a trade Wednesday sending point guard Kyle Lowry to the Raptors for forward Gary Forbes and a future first-round draft pick. Lowry, 26, averaged 15.9 points, 7.2 assists and 5.3 rebounds in 38 starts last season and overall set career-highs with averages of 14.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.6 steals. The Raptors have been rumored to be considering...
Report: Raptors obtain Lowry in trade with Rockets
The Toronto Raptors obtained guard Kyle Lowry from the Houston Rockets in trade that sends forward Gary Forbes and a protected future first-round draft pick to the Rockets, ESPN.com reported. Lowry averaged 15 points, seven assists, five rebounds, two steals and two 3-pointers per game prior through the All-Star break, but saw his season end with an abdominal injury that required...
Rockets trade Kyle Lowry to Raptors, extend offer sheet to Lin
The Houston Rockets continued what has bee an off-season of major changes Thursday, trading rugged point guard Kyle Lowry to the Toronto Raptors for Gary Forbes and a first round draft pick. The Rockets then agreed to terms on a four-year, $29 million offer sheet for Knicks restricted free agent Jeremy Lin, a deal the [...]
Report: Rockets obtain Lowry in trade with Rockets
The Toronto Raptors obtained guard Kyle Lowry from the Houston Rockets in trade that sends forward Gary Forbes and a protected future first-round draft pick to the Rockets, ESPN.com reported. Lowry averaged 15 points, seven assists, five rebounds, two steals and two 3-pointers per game prior through the All-Star break, but saw his season end with an abdominal injury that required...
Rockets trade Kyle Lowry to Raptors
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The Houston Rockets have traded Kyle Lowry to the Toronto Raptors. In return, the Rockets will get a first-round pick and Gary Forbes.
Via ESPN:
The Toronto Raptors are on the verge of acquiring guard Kyle Lowry from the Houston Rockets, according to sources briefed on the discussions.
Sources told ESPN.com that the Rockets will receive a protected...
Raptors 98, Nets 67
Ben Uzoh had 12 points, a career-high 12 assists and 11 rebounds for his first career triple-double, and the Toronto Raptors routed New Jersey 98-67 in Thursday night's season finale, a loss that slightly improves the Nets' chances in the NBA draft lottery.
Uzoh's triple-double was the first by a Toronto player since Alvin Williams did it against Atlanta on March 23...
Raptors bounce back against the Wizards
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The Toronto Raptors bounced back after a big loss to the Miami Heat on Friday night, with a 99-92 win over the, also struggling, Washington Wizards. Both the Raptors and the Wizards are in rebuild/re-tool modes, and are certainly looking forward to finishing their respective seasons strong and to what the off season will bring...
Raptors 105, Nuggets 96
Andrea Bargnani scored 26 points, Jose Calderon had 10 points and 10 assists and the Toronto Raptors snapped a nine-game losing streak against Denver, beating the Nuggets 105-96 Wednesday night.
Toronto's two former Nuggets had big games. Gary Forbes had 11 points and 10 rebounds and Linas Kleiza scored 15 points. DeMar DeRozan added 17 points as the Raptors beat Denver for...
The Starting Lineup: Clippers Tease Us With Much-Needed Win
Watching the Clippers crush the Grizzlies was a lot of fun. We saw the Clippers do a lot of the things we want them to do. They played aggressively on both ends of the floor, earning 33 free throw attempts and forcing 16 turnovers. They didn’t take a whole lot of threes (16), and a fair amount of the threes that were taken were pretty solid looks. Blake Griffin and Chris...
Raptors snap Knicks' five-game streak
DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points before leaving with an injury, Andrea Bargnani had 21 and the Toronto Raptors routed the Knicks 96-79 Friday night, snapping New York's five-game winning streak.
The Raptors, who had lost seven of 10 coming in, never trailed and led by as many as 22.
Gary Forbes scored 19 points, one shy of his career-high, and Jose Calderon had 10 assists as...
Raptors Pre-Game Report: March 23, 2012
For my first Raptors Pre-Game report, I explain what to look for in these reports, Jeremy Lin’s impact on the ACC crowd the last time he was here and Gary Forbes strong play off the bench.
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Forbes Is Grateful For His Opportunity
I usually arrive at the Air Canada Centre on game nights around 4:30 to go over my notes and do some last minute research for the game. For the most part, the court is empty. However, two Toronto Raptors players routinely are shooting around with the coaching staff: James Johnson and Gary Forbes.
Johnson, unlike Forbes, has been able to enjoy the perks of his hard work as he has...
Grizzlies thrashed by Raptors in overtime
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Jerryd Bayless scored five of his 28 points in overtime and added nine assists to help the Toronto Raptors beat the Memphis Grizzlies 114-110 on Friday night.
Bayless split a pair of free throws with 15.7 left in overtime for a 111-109 lead, and it was enough to snap a six-game losing streak to Memphis.
Gary Forbes, who came in averaging 3.8 points, finished...
Raptors 114, Grizzlies 110, OT
Jerryd Bayless scored five of his 28 points in overtime and added nine assists to help the Toronto Raptors beat the Memphis Grizzlies 114-110 on Friday night.
Bayless split a pair of free throws with 15.7 left in overtime for a 111-109 lead, and it was enough to snap a six-game losing streak to Memphis.
Gary Forbes, who came in averaging 3.8 points, finished with a career-high...
Anthony Carter’s Done In Toronto
Doug Smith is reporting the Toronto Raptors are set to either waive Anthony Carter or release him. Not a big shock, as the team is set at point guard with Jose Calderon eating up the majority of the minutes Jerryd Bayless with Gary Forbes providing spot duty when needed.Carter was brought to town to provide a veteran leadership and the front office clearly feels they’ve...
Anthony Carter’s Done In Toronto
Doug Smith is reporting the Toronto Raptors are set to either waive Anthony Carter or release him. Not a big shock, as the team is set at point guard with Jose Calderon eating up the majority of the minutes Jerryd Bayless with Gary Forbes providing spot duty when needed.Carter was brought to town to provide a veteran leadership and the front office clearly feels they’ve...
Anthony Carter’s Done In Toronto
Doug Smith is reporting the Toronto Raptors are set to either waive Anthony Carter or release him. Not a big shock, as the team is set at point guard with Jose Calderon eating up the majority of the minutes Jerryd Bayless with Gary Forbes providing spot duty when needed.
Carter was brought to town to provide a veteran leadership and the front office clearly feels they’ve gotten...
Raptors lose big in Beantown
The Toronto Raptors were on the road facing the Boston Celtics tonight. They got off to a slow start once again, allowing the Celtics to build a 29-16 lead after the 1st quarter. Things didn't improve from there, as they trailed the rest of the way, and lost 100-64.The Raptors shot an abysmal 34% from the field, and 44% from the free throw line going 8-18 from the charity stripe...
Hawks Outgun Raptors
Home sweet home... Or not. After going 3-2 on their road trip, the Raptors came home to a stern test versus Atlanta, one of the East's top teams and lost 100-77. Joe Johnson had 30 points on 13-18 shooting as the Hawks had 5 players in double figures. Ed Davis finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Raps. Jerryd Bayless (14 pts) and Gary Forbes (10 pts) were the only...
Forbes returns to Denver for first time with Toronto Raptors
Forward Gary Forbes arrived in Denver in September 2010 as an undrafted free agent trying to make a name for himself in the NBA. He made the roster out of training camp and started 11 games for the Nuggets, earning a free-agent contract with the Toronto Raptors in the offseason.
Cruz recalls watching SB42 with current NBA player
Victor Cruz watched Super Bowl XLII in the apartment of fellow UMass athlete Gary Forbes, who now plays in the NBA for the Raptors. Forbes called Cruz a few days ago.
Did Toronto beat Phoenix because of the Bargnani effect?
via http://blog.raptors.com
Recently I read Tom Liston’s article over on Raptors Republic. While he completes the article with two comments that I agree with — that Gary Forbes should see more playing time and that DeMar DeRozan takes too many long jumpers — at the very top of the article he also repeated a tired old cliché:
The Raptors’ offence certainly suffers without...
Celtics End Losing Skid At Five Games Rip Raptors 96-73
The Boston Celtics had heard the murmurings as they went through their five game losing streak; that maybe it was time to break the club up and for the team to go into rebuild mode. That their vaunted defense was not as formidable as it was last year and that teams could score on them at will. That defense was in fine form on Wednesday night as they hosted the Toronto Raptors and...
Toronto will be terrible.
The following post uses the Wins Produced metric. During the long offseason Dave Berri took a little time to tweak it a little. You can find all of the numbers for last decade or so here, as well as a handy tutorial!
It’s opening day as I write this, so now’s a good time to get my Raptors prediction out there. Numbers first, with an explanation to follow:
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