thestar.com - 6/25/2009
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Colangelo's record at draft A look at some of Bryan Colangelo's selections as GM in Toronto and Phoenix in advance of tonight's NBA draft: WITH TORONTO 2008 Traded pick as part of Jermaine O'Neal-T.J. Ford transaction 2006 Andrea Bargnani (first overall) WITH PHOENIX 2003 Zarko Carbarkapa ...
sports.yahoo.com - 6/22/2009
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sports.yahoo.com —
With the NBA Draft just a few days
away, Ball Don't Lie has decided to weigh in
with its own 2009 Mock Draft, just for shots and giggles . But since we know so little about college basketball, we called in SB Nation's team experts (and a few others) ...
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BDL 2009 NBA Mock Draft: Pick No. 9, Raptors
khandorssportsblog.com - 6/23/2009
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... will once again have a solid chance
to build their team into a Top 4 contender
in the Eastern Conference. Let's hope that Bryan Colangelo doesn't drop the ball, again ... by declining the opportunity to trade down from the No. 9 position, in a classic two-for-one scenario.
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With the 9th pick of the 2009 NBA Draft, the Toronto ...
thestar.com - 6/23/2009
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thestar.com —
Doug Smith SPORTS REPORTER Every day, they meet
and sit and chat and digest the vagaries of
this week's NBA draft, Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo and his braintrust trying to get a grip on something as elusive as the thoughts of others. It is ...
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NBA | Raptors rolling the dice at draft
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Raptors Republic - Raptors Blog ESPN TrueHoop —
... TheStar.com | Raptors may have wish list down to trio According to league sources, the Raptors are now concentrating more on three players – 6-foot-4 UCLA guard Jrue Holiday, 6-foot-7 USC guard DeMar DeRozan and 6-foot-8 Wake Forest forward James Johnson – with Syracuse guard Jonny Flynn and Duke forward Gerald Henderson dropping further out of favour but not entirely out of the picture.And with no one certain who might get chosen where in the eight picks ahead of Toronto’s, there’s a chance two of them will be on the board, giving the Raptors a choice of their top ...
Morning Coffee – June 25
Raptors Republic - Raptors Blog ESPN TrueHoop —
... of caution from Colangelo it came when he suggested this year’s draft crop is probably much like the 2006 draft class when the Raptors had the first overall pick and selected Andrea Bargnani.
The No. 9 selection that year was none other than Patrick O’Bryant, who spent the end of last season on the end of the Raptors bench still looking to break in. His 2.1 points per game average is the worst of all the No. 9 picks in the dating back to 1990.
Toronto Star
According to league sources, the Raptors are now ...
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... Doug Smith of the Toronto Star: “The NBA draft remains as clear as mud but the Raptors appear to reaching some clarity in their search for an appropriate pick at No. 9. According to league sources, the Raptors are now concentrating more on three players – 6-foot-4 UCLA guard Jrue Holiday, 6-foot-7 USC guard DeMar DeRozan and 6-foot-8 Wake Forest forward James Johnson – with Syracuse guard Jonny Flynn and Duke forward Gerald Henderson dropping further out of favour but not entirely out of the picture. And with no one certain who might get chosen where in ...
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Reports: Suns ship Shaq to Cavs —
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