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Lots of questions lately about who might start for the locals this year and while it’s foolish to try and guess since camp hasn’t even started, we do some foolish around here so why not.
Without having spoken about it at length with Sam, or any member of the coaching staff for that matter, the feeling [...]
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Here is some new footage of Chris Bosh and Dwight Howard on the bus a few hours before the guys go to China. Chris in the video is having fun with Dwight taunting him with “Howard” chants Dwight received during the playoffs in Toronto. Enjoy.
- Fanhouse
So the new crew of Raptors will get to know [...]
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Bosh seems to be the real gamble now
for the Toronto Raptors. Not only did Raptors president
Bryan Colangelo gamble this offseason on trading for the damaged body of Jermaine O’Neal to the tune of nearly $44 million over the next two years, but ...
These Raptors do have one glaring difference when compared with a team like the Lakers: Kobe Bean Bryant. If the Raptors aren’t going to acquire or develop a high scoring swingman, they are going to meet the same fate as other teams that “look good on paper.” Teams like the Nuggets and Kidd/Carter Nets had [...]
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Now that Toronto have 4 players who are 6′10 or taller (not that Bargnani plays particularly ‘big’), surely they’d be able to make a real push in the East? Well… not so fast Rap-fans.
- With Malice
Sept. 29—Players report to their teams no earlier than 11 a.m. local time.
Sept. 30—Training camps open.
Oct. 9-17—NBA Europe [...]
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Our roster doesn’t have much depth on it this year and its imperative we got the most bang for the buck out of every player - especially the starting five - if we want to compete for home-court advantage. The guy that’s not getting mentioned much this summer is Jamario Moon who last I heard [...]
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Philly and Toronto are going to be trendy picks to beat the C’s this year. And don’t be surprised if the national media bias against the Celtics resurfaces come October. It’s way too early for predictions, but I expect the Celtics to coast to near 60 wins and another appearance in the Finals.
- RedsArmy
Brittany Basner [...]
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In watching Carlos Delfino tear it up for Argentina at the Olympics, the one thing that came to mind was everyone connected with the team should be glad they still have his rights.
Not sure how he’ll do in Russia but NBA scouts had to come away from Beijing impressed with his all around play. He [...]
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Shot the day before Team USA left for China, this latest must-see video from Chris Bosh is a quick, candid and entertaining look at what it’s like to sit down for some Wendy’s with Deron Williams, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul and LeBron James. Honestly, when was the last time you rolled into a San Francisco [...]
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DWIGHT HOWARD, Orlando Magic: “J.O. is going to be very helpful for the Raptors. They already got Chris Bosh, he’s a low post threat and a jump shooter, there will be a lot of things with having a big centre is going to change how people play them. They will be a lot tougher then [...]
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“I was most impressed with his preparation and the work he put into this leading up to the practices and competition,” Colangelo said of Bosh, who was on the court with Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James in the tense, dying minutes of the gold-medal win over Spain sans Calderon. “I’m really [...]
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Bryan Colangelo, president and general manager of the
Toronto Raptors, is asked about Chris Bosh’s performance in
the men’s Olympic basketball tournament and suddenly he is excited. A twinkle enters his eye and he is ready to share some ...
Caught up with Carlos Delfino very briefly after Argentina’s bronze medal win over Lithuania.
He’s pretty happy with the chance to go play in Russia, especially for the money he’s going to be making. And when someone on the edge of the conversation suggested he’d be back with the Raptors – who still have his NBA [...]
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Speaking of hyperventilating, all you Raptor fans out there need to chill about this injury to Jose Calderon.
It’s a tweaked groin with a small tear, relatively minor, he should close to 100 per cent in a couple of weeks and, seeing how we’re a couple of months away from the start of the season, it’s [...]
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Jose Calderon has a partial tear of his right adductor and may miss the rest of the 2008 Olympics.
The Toronto Raptors point guard, playing for Spain, injured his groin in the quarter-final against Croatia, and underwent an MRI last night in Beijing. It revealed the tear, though not its severity, and Calderon was held out [...]
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Speaking of Jose, he’s to have an MRI late today here (or just a while ago depending on when I get this blog posted) and I’m told by Someone Who’d Know that he won’t step on the court for Friday’s semifinal against Argentina unless he’s 100 per cent. He’s given his word to the Raptor [...]
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Not sure what’s up with Calderon. The two games I’ve seen him play he’s looked all right but he keeps getting jerked around by the coach. Starts one game, doesn’t start the next. Starts one game, doesn’t start the second half. Plays 30 minutes one night, 14 the next.
Odd.
All I know is that he told [...]
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The changes will also mean a different look on offense for the Raptors as well. Mitchell has said he has been studying tapes of the Spurs with Ducan and Robinson for ideas in how to do some of the same things with Bosh and O’Neal. The Raptors mode of attack should change and should be [...]
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Bosh, a three-time NBA All-Star for the Toronto Raptors, doesn’t have the same name recognition as the other All-Stars. If his standout play continues, Bosh could go from a star to a superstar this summer. "I’m just a quiet dude on the team," he says.
- USA Today
The Toronto Raptors made a notable maneuver [...]
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Starting Monday, former Niagara basketball coach Jack Armstrong will host a daily show on “the Fan” 590 from 2 to 4 p. m. with Doug MacLean, the former Columbus Blue Jackets coach and general manager. Armstrong replaces Chuck Swirsky, the former Toronto Raptors play-by-play man who left the area to become the voice of the [...]
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