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Dino-links: Today’s Raptors news
Cuzoogle — ... “You can call the Charlotte Bobcats a sad-sack if you like. But while the 4-year-old expansion team played the entire month of February without building a 10-point lead – and while the newest Raptor, Primoz Brezec, spent yet some time yesterday criticizing his former club for its recent slide into sub-mediocrity – it won its first game in March by a resounding dozen, 110-98, over Toronto’s hoopsters.” (Toronto Star) ...

First Cup: Monday
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... Dave Feschuk of the Toronto Star: "Primoz Brezec, who began this season a Bobcat before being traded to Detroit and Toronto, was lamenting the Bobcats' recent struggles. It was only a couple of years ago that the franchise, under coach-GM Bernie Bickerstaff, seemed to be heading in a decent direction. 'Bernie was building this team. He got me. He got Gerald (Wallace). He drafted Emeka (Okafor). He was putting the team together, we were on the right track,' said Brezec. 'Since they let him aside, see where they are now? A different direction. ... I ...

Linkage - March 03
The AltRaps Blog — ... told all our players, `The number one thing we’ve got to do tonight: rebound the basketball.’ We say that every night,” said Sam Mitchell, the Toronto coach. “If we rebound the ball we win the basketball game. But we could say that about five, six, seven games this year.” Three members of the home team, Emeka Okafor (15), Jared Dudley (10) and Jason Richardson (7), had more rebounds than the Raptors’ leading board men, Anthony Parker and Kris Humphries, who each collected six caroms. - Toronto Star When you consider that their most likely playoff opponent, the Cleveland ...