torontosun.com - 8/7/2008
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Basketball fans won't have to wait long to see two of the NBA's highest profile off-season acquisitions square off. The 2008-09 schedule, released yesterday, revealed that six-time all-star Jermaine O'Neal will make his Raptors debut Oct. 29 in Philadelphia, when Toronto opens its season against the 76ers and their new elite big man, Elton Brand. The Raptors will kick off the home portion ...
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Toronto Raptors Linkage – August 7
The AltRaps Blog —
... not have any Saturday home dates and play only five times on that day all season. The schedule starts off rather unkindly for the Raptors, who will have played 18 games on the road by the time December is over and play 48 times from opening night to January. But the squad should be rested for the playoffs since it plays only 34 more times over the final three months of the regular season. Guard T.J. Ford, who was traded to the Indiana Pacers for O’Neal, makes his ACC return Dec. 10. - Toronto Sun Unlike in years past when the Raptors have had two long western trips, Toronto ...
First Cup: Thursday
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Ryan Wolstat of the Toronto Sun: "Not long ago, the Atlantic Division was mocked as the 'Titanic' Division and considered among the worst in sports, but things have clearly changed. Nowadays, the division boasts the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics (in town for the first time Nov. 23), the highly touted Raptors and Sixers, as well as the retooling New Jersey Nets and the Mike D'Antoni-coached New York Knicks, who both may be within sniffing distance of the East's final playoff berth at season's end." ...
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