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There’s nothing to complain about. It’s an odd
feeling for a Raptors fan, or even a Toronto...
sports fan. The team’s rising in the standings, coming together as a unit defensively, playing the offensive team basketball that we all hoped to see in pre-season and even getting ...
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Reggie Evans finally gets to play
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Candy & hoops keep him happy | Toronto
Sun Evans could have been one of those guys...
who goes home and rehabilitated his mid-foot sprain, but instead he was an everyday presence with his teammates. "I don't want to be away from my team. I want to be with them," he ...
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Morning Coffee – Feb 9
raptorsrepublic.com - 33 hours ago
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Kings 104, Raptors 115 – Box Always been
wary of Sunday games for the exact reason they’re...
talked about as an advantage for us. Instead of being an extra step quick, we’re usually a step slow and leave it for the second half to make up for our first half indolence. In ...
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48 seconds changed the game
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Knowing just when to party | Toronto Sun
"I caught him early before the game," Wright said...
of Kings rookie sensation. "He looked a little tired. A little sleepy. It's hard to play in these 12 p.m. games." As for Wright himself? "Nah, I'm going to ...
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Morning Coffee – Feb 8
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The “just turn it on in the fourth”
edition. Banks – I was looking forward to a...
little Evans v Banks mano-a-mano action. Damn you Jay….damn you. Bargnani – if ever they need some footage of his help defence for NBA True Stories, they can use this . A couple of ugly ugly examples early ...
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Raptors Roll Call Feb 7 vs Kings
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Calderon to play against the Kings | Toronto
Sun Anyone who has seen Jose Calderon in action...
on the basketball court, knows he is adept at sign language. So as he walked out of practice Saturday and caught the eyes of a couple of reporters, the thumbs up signal from him was as telling ...
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Morning Coffee – Feb 7
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I have to admit I’m happy we’re back
to the noon time tipoff on Sundays; 6pm starts...
kill my whole day since I like to get the game out of the way, so I can spend the rest of the day yapping about it. The Raptors have two games left before the All-Star break, both are at home, and ...
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Gameday: Raptors vs Kings – Feb. 7/10
raptorsrepublic.com - 3 days ago
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Speak Republic…speak. 1) If Bosh walks this summer
without a S&T or we get limited value back...
in return, how much of the blame should Colangelo shoulder? Or do you blame Bosh for turning his back on the franchise? 2) You get a call from a rival Eastern Conference GM offering a ...
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AltRaps 3 Point Shot
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Evans’ debut could be bumped up a game
| Toronto Sun Raptors head coach Jay Triano wasn't...
confirming anything Friday, but if Evans continues to progress the way he has the past couple of weeks, Triano said it was possible Evans regular-season debut could come Wednesday ...
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Morning Coffee – Feb 6
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Colangelo’s labeled the Raptors as “buyers” this trade
deadline but what exactly he’s buying is anybody’s guess....
It could be a tweak for salary cap reasons or it could be a mini-overhaul of a position, the rumour mill has us interested in Josh Howard, a player ...
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Scanning the scene
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Rivals doubling the attention on Raptors’ Chris Bosh
– thestar.com "They did a good job of mixing...
up the coverages, I haven't seen that in a while, so many different looks, just to keep me on my toes," he said. "(The) bigs were backing off, I have to make ...
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Morning Coffee – Feb 5
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Colangelo’s labeled the Raptors as “buyers” this trade
deadline but what exactly he’s buying is anybody’s guess....
It could be a tweak for salary cap reasons or it could be a mini-overhaul of a position, the rumour mill has us interested in Josh Howard, a player ...
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Scanning the scene
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Nets 99, Raptors 108 – Box It wasn’t
the thumping that we were hoping see after the...
Indiana loss, but it was a win on a back-to-back which are hard to come by and should be accepted without complaint. We’ll take the W, rest for three days and prepare for Sacramento on ...
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Just accept it for what it is – a win
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A silver lining | Toronto Sun The Raptors,
who have Thursday off, will be back on their...
practice court on Friday, when it's expected Turkoglu will practise with the hope of playing in Sunday's home meeting against Sacramento. It's expected Turkoglu will don some kind of ...
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Morning Coffee – Feb 4
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The “stop, collaborate and listen” edition. Banks –
the third stringer played like a second and a...
half stringer tonight. He did what he had to do: give Jarrett some blow and not turn the ball over. He excelled at these things. Bargnani – he looked a little run down early on. Maybe ...
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Raptors Roll Call Feb 3 vs Vanilla Ice
raptorsrepublic.com - 6 days ago
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That was a tough loss to Indiana, but
after beating them two nights before, and winning the...
previous 5, I can live with it. We have to keep things in perspective, the Raptors are a team still trying to find their way, things could be worse … we could lose to the Nets tonight. Tonights ...
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Gameday: Raptors vs Nets – Feb. 3/10
raptorsrepublic.com - 6 days ago
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Chris Bosh for David Lee, Jordan Hill and
Cuttino Mobley (expiring) ( surveys ) This week on...
The Doctor Is In, the talk is all about the coaches and execs. We begin with the bossman as we examine the Achilles heel and great strength of GM Bryan Colangelo. In Hot or Not we are talking ...
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Rapcast #57: The Doctor Is In
raptorsrepublic.com - 6 days ago
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Tough night at the office. Raptors 115, Pacers
130 – Box The first minute of this game...
was a microcosm of the whole 48. The Raptors sticking to the perimeter and the Pacers going inside. Sure, both teams got off to hot starts but the difference was that the Pacers did it in a way ...
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Let-down in Indiana
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Raptors Replay | Toronto Sun With Hedo Turkoglu
out and Sonny Weems already filling in for DeMar...
DeRozan, Raps head coach Jay Triano chose Marco Belinelli to start Tuesday's game at small forward. Triano went to Antoine Wright on Sunday when Turkoglu's evening ended a minute ...
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Morning Coffee – Feb 3
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The “LOST” edition. Banks – that squeal of
joy you heard from courtside came from either Larry...
Bird’s mistress or from Marcus when he saw Jose hobbling around like he had just stepped in a bear trap. Marcus went 4/4 from the line, matching Jarrett Jack’s output. Bargnani – he and Bosh ...
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Raptors Roll Call Feb 2 vs Pacers
