Toronto Raptors Tickets

Toronto Raptors Tickets

Regularly forgotten, the Toronto Raptors began the summer of 2012 with hopes of bringing Steve Nash home and shining the spotlight on Toronto Raptors ticket and basketball north of the border this upcoming season. Family pulled Nash even closer to the Pacific Ocean and there was a collective groan from the fans imaging a season or two of effortless scoring at the Air Canada Centre. General Manager Bryan Colangelo had to do something to improve the roster and ended up taking the club down a different path by bringing in point guard Kyle Lowry from Houston.

Lowry is a more than decent consolation prize. He is about to enter his prime at the age of 26 and is an incredible penetrator who can shoot and play defense. These are all improvements over last season’s on the court general, Jose Calderon. Instead, Calderon will be brought into the game to hold leads and simply not turnover the basketball.

In addition to Lowry’s arrival, Coach Dwane Casey is welcoming a healthy power forward Andrea Bargnani, rookie import center Jonas Valanciunas, rookie wing Terrence Ross, and potentially potent wing Landry Fields. Bargnani is one of the best scoring forces in the NBA. He has always been able to shoot the ball from 15 feet and out, but in recent seasons he has added an enviable post game. Valanciunas has incredible upside. He has been described as a Pau Gasol type who can actually defend by his fans and a Joakim Noah-type by those far more critical of his game. Raptor fans will take either. The most important part of his game in his rookie season will be his defense. Bargnani is a no show on this end of the court so it will be Valanciunas’s difficult job to be a deterrent at the rim. Any offense he may provide will be a plus.

Ross and Fields are in competition for the starting two-guard spot, even they may be better prospects for the small forward position. However, neither is going to usurp DeMar DeRozan, the small forward who has spent two seasons proving he is much more than a slam dunk contestant. Ross is a rookie who is appropriately quick enough to guard at the position at the NBA level. Fields had a forgettable second season in the league after being hyped by the notoriously demanding Knicks fan base in his rookie year.

There is a serious lack of depth in the interior, but this may not be much an issue with a host of wing players and a point guard ready to run. This basketball team is being deemed a dark horse by basketball experts looking for a story in the Atlantic Division, so do not be shocked if Raptor tickets are sold for a first round postseason series with the Miami Heat.