theglobeandmail.com - 2/21/2008
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Juan Dixon was walking through the Toronto Raptors' dressing room before the game as curious as everyone else about his near future. "Hear anything?" the little-used shooting guard wondered. Dixon is the most likely Raptor to be moved before today's 3 p.m. EST NBA trade deadline, but even though Raptors president Bryan Colangelo and assistant general manager Maurizio Gherardini were working ...
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Dino-links: Today’s Raptors news
Cuzoogle —
... “Juan Dixon was walking through the Toronto Raptors’ dressing room before the game as curious as everyone else about his near future. “Hear anything?” the little-used shooting guard wondered… The Raptors have made inquiries to Golden State about the availability of small forward Mickael Pietrus, but those talks weren’t generating much heat yesterday.” (The Globe and Mail) ...
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The AltRaps Blog —
... Dixon is the most likely Raptor to be moved before today’s 3 p.m. EST NBA trade deadline, but even though Raptors president Bryan Colangelo and assistant general manager Maurizio Gherardini were working the telephones most of the day yesterday, the likelihood of a trade - major or minor -appears to be diminishing rather than increasing as the deadline approaches. - Globe & Mail Toronto got a boost of confidence against a team that it is looking to catch in the standings. The Raptors, who are tied for fourth place in the Eastern Conference, inched to within three games of the ...
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Courtside —
... . The Raptors' trade banter reads like a yearbook: Most Likely To Be Moved: Juan Dixon Most Wanted Player: Jose Calderon Most Unexpected Rumoured Trade Target: ...
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