Morning Coffee – June 15
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Globe and Mail
In a plain, cinderblock room with scattered bar bells, weight plates and medicine balls the only furniture, Bosh is making his case.
The 25-year-old power forward has been one of the most consistent players in the NBA the last three seasons, averaging 22.5 points and 9.7 rebounds, but Bosh wants more and has focused on reinventing himself physically to get it. Stronger, higher, faster: He’s taken an Olympian approach to his off-season training.
Fittingly, Roberson has brought on Kyle Meadows to help. A former ...
Toronto Raptors Linkage for June 14th through June 15th
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... said that he wants to be the man on his team. In fact, he would probably enjoy playing second fiddle to a superstar like Dwyane Wade. Bosh has been likened to Pau Gasol in that he is a complementary star, not a superstar who can lead his team to a title. The Toronto Raptors forward can opt out of his contract in 2010, like Wade, so a trade now would come with the risk that it would end up as a one-year Bosh rental. But is the idea of Riley trading for Bosh this summer even plausible? Bigger and better - The Globe and Mail - In a plain, cinderblock room with scattered bar ...
First Cup: Monday
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... Michael Grange of The Globe and Mail: "Chris Bosh came to Ken Roberson as a stick-figure freshman at Georgia Tech University trying to make the leap to the NBA at 6 foot 10 and 215 pounds in 2003. Now, six years into his professional career and a four-time NBA all-star, Bosh is at Bailey's Furniture with an eye toward making perhaps the most difficult leap of all: from good to great. He thinks building himself up to 250 pounds – about 20 more than he played at in 2008-09 – will help the cause. 'I know I can just show up and be good,' Bosh says in ...
Linkage for Jun 14 8am to Jun 16 6pm
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... Bigger and better - The Globe and Mail In a plain, cinderblock room with scattered bar bells, weight plates and medicine balls the only furniture, Bosh is making his case. ...
The Fundamentals
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... Michael Grange of the Globe and Mail: “Bosh came to him as a stick-figure freshman at Georgia Tech University trying to make the leap to the NBA at 6 foot 10 and 215 pounds in 2003. Now, six years into his professional career and a four-time NBA all-star, Bosh is at Bailey’s Furniture with an eye toward making perhaps the most difficult leap of all: from good to great. He thinks building himself up to 250 pounds – about 20 more than he played at in 2008-09 – will help the cause. ‘I know I can just show up and be good,’ Bosh says in between swigs of a ...
Linkage for Jun 14 8am to Jun 16 6pm
Raptors Republic - ESPN TrueHoop's Raptors Blog —
... Bigger and better - The Globe and Mail In a plain, cinderblock room with scattered bar bells, weight plates and medicine balls the only furniture, Bosh is making his case. ...
