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NBA | Spotlight squarely on Raptors' Bargnani
KEY ISSUES Things to look for as the Raptors' pre-season unfolds: A big combination The Raptors never have had a frontcourt duo as potentially potent as Chris Bosh and Jermaine O'Neal. How quickly they mesh together will be vitally important. And it will take a huge amount of sacrifice from each ...
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Bargnani unleashed, media day and some pure horse-sh*t from Colangelo
Arsenalist — ... On to the other writer that covers the Raptors, he’s saying that the Raptors are “a team with much promise but not much depth”. To me that’s an oxymoron statement, I think you need to be deep to have promise, unless by ‘promise’ he means how Colangelo’s promising that this is the most talented Raptors team ever and how one would expect the appropriate results to follow. Anyway, I”m getting caught up in semantics, his article’s about Andrea Bargnani and how he needs to play better for us to have a chance at climbing the ...

toronto raptors linkage – sept 30
The AltRaps Blog — ... low-post moves. But the most significant move may have been to have surgeries to repair a deviated septum and remove his adenoids, operations that should allow him to – literally – breath easier.“Oh yeah, for sure, the surgery was a big help. Now I feel much different, I can breath better,” Bargnani said. “The nose is empty.“I don’t want to use that like an excuse but it was a problem. I was always sick, taking antibiotics. For sure I have more energy and I feel better physically.” - Toronto Star Here’s another reason it makes entire sense for this team, this year, to have ...

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