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Chris Bosh and I are excited. Are you?
(AP via Daylife) Anybody else as excited as I
am for the 2009 NBA draft , a.k.a. Bryan Colangelo Redemption Night? If you are just as pumped, stoked or whatever-other-adjective to see what the Raptors will do this Thursday night, comment below, ...
Raptors draft 2009: Preact and react!
Raptors draft 2009: Preact and react!
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DeMar DeRozan reminds me of Joey Graham here.
(The Oregonian) It seems like everyone’s on the “
DeMar DeRozan as a Toronto Raptor ” bandwagon. What makes DeRozan such a great fit on this team, apart from being a decent swingman? Sure, he’s got some attractive ...
What’s so great about DeMar DeRozan?
What’s so great about DeMar DeRozan?
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If you’re like me, just waiting for something,
anything to happen in Raptorland, this past week has
been a tonic. The addition of assistant coach Marc Iavaroni was nice, but yesterday’s trade was better. How does the departure of Roko Ukic’s comic foil, Jason Kapono, affect ...
Raptors 2009-2010: Kapono-Free Edition
Raptors 2009-2010: Kapono-Free Edition
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Due to popular demand: a clock counting down
the days, hours, minutes, even seconds, to the 2009
NBA Draft. Date and time courtesy of ESPN . Countdown to NBA Draft 2009
Countdown to the 2009 NBA Draft
Countdown to the 2009 NBA Draft
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Tyreke Evans, using those super long arms of
his. (via Memphis Commercial Appeal) Chad Ford chose him.
Mike Ulmer chose him. But should the Toronto Raptors choose him? I ask the experts, root around the internets and dug up this mess of Tyreke Evans info. As always, we start with the ...
Pre-draft who’s who: Tyreke Evans
Pre-draft who’s who: Tyreke Evans
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Bryan Colangelo is looking more like Old Mother
Hubbard these days. It’s so easy to think of
the NBA draft as the be-all-and-end-all of offseason transactions. Maybe it’s the fantasy of young potential. Maybe it’s the glitz and glam. But to get a clearer picture of the ...
Raptors’ offseason shopping list
Raptors’ offseason shopping list
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Joe Ingles (art by Paul Munt) The second
day of the Toronto Raptors predraft workouts came and
went, and no-one impaled himself – this is a good sign. But a number of prospects were able to show their stuff. One of the names that stood out for me is the Australian Joe Ingles ...
Pre-draft who’s who: Joe Ingles
Pre-draft who’s who: Joe Ingles
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When our favorite NBA team loses, we fans
often place blame on a particular person in the
organization. The blame falls on that person quite a lot, rightfully or wrongfully so. We call him the Scapegoat . So I ask the blogosphere, “Who’s your Scapegoat?” The blogosphere ...
The NBA All-Scapegoat Team
The NBA All-Scapegoat Team
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Lots of response from the internets to Malcolm
Gladwell’s recent New Yorker article “ Annals of Innovation:
How David Beats Goliath .” Here are some good points picked out by various bloggers. The GeoffRe(y)port summarizes: When David plays on Goliath’s terms, and ...
How underdogs can become favorites
How underdogs can become favorites
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Because I care that much whether the Raptors
get the ninth pick or the tenth pick. Countdown
to NBA Draft Lottery ‘09 Countdown to NBA Draft Lottery ‘09
NBA Draft Lottery Countdown Clock
NBA Draft Lottery Countdown Clock
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There was a bizarre injury in Toronto sports
recently when a rookie Blue Jays pitcher strained his
oblique muscle by … sneezing . Which led me to wonder, What are the strangest injuries ever in the history of the NBA? Put on your bubblewrap suit , basketball fans, while you check out this ...
Top Ten Bizarre Basketball Injuries
Top Ten Bizarre Basketball Injuries
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Arsenalist has Roko in the crosshairs , being
surprised at his rawness. Here’s a clip: I was
surprised at how raw Ukic really was. I didn’t expect a refined product but was hoping for him to be of reliable service, after all he’d been playing regularly on some of the better teams in ...
Roko a little on the rare side
Roko a little on the rare side
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Be sure to check out Hoop Heads North’s
“Best of the Worst” Awards , as voted by
the unhappiest of NBA bloggers, i.e., those who blog about teams in the draft lottery. Here’s the ballot I submitted: Most Valuable Player - The best player from the worst of the league, ...
Best of the Worst Awards 2009
Best of the Worst Awards 2009
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Thank Dave Feschuk for reminding us that good
young basketball talent is not just in North America,
and for reminding me that I can find basketball gold when I look outside of the usual sources. Here’s video of “the best basketball player ever.” Looks like the guy can score ...
Video: The best basketball player ever?
Video: The best basketball player ever?
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We’re about three weeks away from the NBA
draft lottery (Tuesday, May 19, 2009), and too long
away from the actual draft (Thursday, June 25). Are you wondering about lottery odds like I am? Wikipedia breaks down the percentage chances for each lottery team . Here are the Toronto ...
Raptors 2009 draft lottery odds and ends
Raptors 2009 draft lottery odds and ends
