Lunchbox Links

The Miami Heat take on the Toronto Raptors at the Air Canada Centre this evening. Check out the previews from NBA.com, Heat blog Peninsula is Mightier, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and the National Post.

Ira Winderman covers the Chris Bosh-to-Miami angle.

Dwyane Wade is mired in a shooting slump. A quick, multi-dimensional perimeter player in a shooting slump? Good thing he's playing in Toronto tonight!

Toronto was built to be an explosive team capable of winning shootouts. However, the Raptors have not won one in the first 12 games.

T.Jose Caldesports with an absolutely frightening stat of the day: Toronto has two players who play significant minutes that rank in the 300s in PER. Jarrett Jack is ranked 304th and Antoine Wright is 302nd.

Marv Albert and 50 Cent now have beef. Awesome.

The Globe and Mail's Michael Grange has more on Jose Calderon's tough night. Blame the ugly signature shoe.

The Toronto Star's Dave Feschuk thinks Reggie Evans could provide an answer to the Raptors' defensive problems.

The new and improved Bosh is tired of being a second tier member of the 2003 Draft Class.

As Frank Zicarelli of the Toronto Sun notes, no team in the Eastern Conference has played more road games than the Raptors.

Raptors Republic thinks its time to put up or shut up.

Check out the very cool Canada Basketball CB Classic Collection threads.

This commemorative plate could probably get a woman pregnant (or at least cause you to gain a lot of weight).