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http://hiphoopjunkies.com/ - Welcome to Hip Hoop Junkies, your blogging portal to the NBA world from a Canadian perspective. We'll tell you about the Toronto Raptors, we'll tell you about Jay Triano, we'll keep you up to date on Steve Nash, hell, we'll even talk about Todd ...
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RAPS 120, HEAT 113 The first half of
last night's game may been the best half of
basketball that I've seen from the Raptors this season. The Raptors scorched the Heat with 43 points in the second quarter and by halftime, the Raptors were up 69-49 and you couldn't expect much ...
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The Heat Ain't So Hot
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hiphoopjunkies.com - 44 hours ago
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Hip Hoop Junkies and Hoop Heads North collaborated
for another video blog for this week's episode of RaptorSpace
on Raptors TV. This week we talked about our most memorable Raptors moments, some of our favourite Raptors of all time, and the Raptors upcoming home ...
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RAPTORS VLOGGIN' EP. 2 featuring Hip Hoop Junkies & Hoop ...
hiphoopjunkies.com - 2 days ago
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If you're into NBA podcasts, you probably already know about
"The NBA Breakdown" with Dave and Audley. And if you
haven't checked these guys out, start now. The podcast is into its second season and these guys have interviewed an all-star calibre list of guests. ...
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Talkin' Hoops with Audley of the NBA Breakdown
hiphoopjunkies.com - 3 days ago
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My blogging homie from Australia, NBA Mate asked
me to participate in the nominations of an award named
The Doubting Thomas . NBA Mate calls this award "An award to recognise the achievements of those who have achieved so little. An award to celebrate those players who have ...
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The Doubting Thomas Award starring Patrick O'Bryant, ...
hiphoopjunkies.com - 4 days ago
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The rumours were swirling and then the rumours just
became a truth tonight. Pops Mensah-Bonsu was claimed off
of waivers by the Toronto Raptors. Pops was signed as a free agent last season with the Raps and brought energy back to Toronto during the tail end of last ...
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RUN PMB! Pops Mensah-Bonsu Returns to T.O.
hiphoopjunkies.com - 4 days ago
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One of the cool things that I had noticed
at the beginning of this season was the representation
of the Raptors' blog nation at events like Raptors Media Day and the Toronto Raptors training camp. One of the blogs that had access to the Toronto Raptors Media Day was ...
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4 Q's of Basketball with Vicious D of RaptorsHQ
hiphoopjunkies.com - 5 days ago
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The Chris Kaman of species losangelescenteris is native
of the Los Angeles area but is also known
to travel to other areas of Norh America. The Chris Kaman is a unpredictable species of NBA player and is known to attack. What should you do when confronted with a Chris ...
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How to Avoid a Chris Kaman Attack
hiphoopjunkies.com - 7 days ago
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RAPS 104, CLIPS 89 After a poor first
quarter, the Raps came out adjusted their defense for
the last three quarters to beat the LA Clippers 104-89. If you checked out the boxscore, the Raptors gave up 34 points in the first quarter to the Clips but then improved their D, and held ...
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Call Jason Voorhees, Raps Killed it on Friday the 13th
hiphoopjunkies.com - 8 days ago
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My blogging homies U-E Sampang , Sean Francois
and myself put together a mini vlog for Raptors fan
site, Raptorspace.com We discussed the Raptors upcoming road trip, Vince Carter and Matt Bonner's nasty slam on the Raps. It was our first attempt at putting something ...
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RAPTORS VLOGGIN' featuring Hip Hoop Junkies & Hoop Heads ...
hiphoopjunkies.com - 8 days ago
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Outside The Boxscore is a new feature to
Hip Hoop Junkies, featuring basketball Q and A's with
people outside of the hoops industry. If you don't know who Skratch Bastid is, you will now. He's not a new face in my hometown of Halifax as he's been doing his thing even before he was ...
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OUTSIDE THE BOXSCORE: Talkin' Hoops with Toronto DJ, ...
hiphoopjunkies.com - 9 days ago
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Photo credit: Ron Turenne/NBAE After the lackluster defensive
effort from the Toronto in their last two games
on the road, the Raptors were looking to rebound (literally!) from those defeats and get a win at home before they went back out on the road ...
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Raptors get back to .500 with an inspired 2nd half ...
hiphoopjunkies.com - 10 days ago
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In case you missed it (but you probably
didn't), Captain Canada did it again as he dropped
his second 20 assist game of the season against the Sixers on Monday. This time he added 21 points to his 20 dimes in the win. Nash is averaging 18 points per game and a whopping 13 ...
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Steve Nash's Suns are Scorching
hiphoopjunkies.com - 11 days ago
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SPURS 131, RAPS 124 Maybe they should have
called off this game. Then, maybe the Raptors could
have taken the time to review their defensive schemes again. Before the tip off, there was some sort of an issue with the wax on the court, and they were contemplating ...
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I have to get a pair of Air Bonners
hiphoopjunkies.com - 12 days ago
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DeMar DeRozan has been holding his own
with the Raptors, and so far, he hasn't lost the
starting job. He's been averaging about 19 min/game, 5.2 ppg, 3.2 reb and 1.2 assists and while his numbers haven't been noteworthy, Triano has been making sure he's getting ...
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DeMar DeRozan: One Rookie
hiphoopjunkies.com - 13 days ago
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MAVS 129, RAPS 101 The Mavs came out
running, and the Raptors came out limping as the
Mavs blew out the Raps 129 to 101. In the second game of Raptors' back to back, the Mavs just scorched the Raps shooting 62.4% from the field. Dirk led the Mavericks with 29 points and 9 rebounds but ...
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Mavs Outrun, Outwit, Outplay the Raps
hiphoopjunkies.com - 14 days ago
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RAPS 107, HORNETS 90 Even Patrick O'Bryant got
some clock. In a game that looked like a
matchup between the Toronto Raptors and just Chris Paul, the Raptors picked up 42 points off of 14 triples in their 107-90 win over the New Orleans Hornets. The Raps blew the door wide ...
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CHRIS ROCKS! Bosh's 27 Wins Over Paul's 21
hiphoopjunkies.com - 15 days ago
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Ok, NBA broadcasters, commentators, analysts, podcasters, radio dudes who
reads the regular sports updates, Mr. Marasmitch and myself
are sick of you guys mispronouncing our Toronto Raptors' last names . So in order to save you embarassment on your next ...
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The Toronto Raptors "See N' Say"
hiphoopjunkies.com - 16 days ago
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RAPTORS 110, PISTONS 99 Where's Rip? Where's Sheed?
Where's Chauncey? I know they always talk about the
Raptors and their nine new faces, but wow, these Pistons look a lot different this year. With new faces like Charlie V, Ben Gordon, Chirs Wilcox, Jonas Jerebko? I ...
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BARGNANI BOARDS!
hiphoopjunkies.com - 18 days ago
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Screw Vince Carter. They should honour Eric
Smith at the ACC this season. All kidding aside,
Eric Smith may be one of the hardest working media members for the Toronto Raptors. You can find his blog at Raptors.com , he has another blog 'The Rap' at the FAN ...
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Hip Hoop Junkies talks ball with Raptors radio analyst, ...
hiphoopjunkies.com - 19 days ago
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MAGIC 125, RAPTORS 116 Man, it was a
horrible day for Raptors fans. First of all, Vince
Carter didn't even play, so the fans didn't even get the chance to "boo" the crap out of Carter every time he touched the ball. And second of all, the Raptors got killed with the three ball at ...
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REDICK-ULOUS! Vince who? JJ Redick drops 27 on the Raps



















