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Ready for a big week? The free agency feeding frenzy begins tomorrow night and while it’s not a bumper crop, it’s not bad. And around these parts, it’s actually rather significant. We all know that Shawn Marion, Anthony Parker and Joey Graham are unrestricted free agents, Carlos Delfino ...
Raptor Rave – Air Canada DeThroned
Raptor Rave – Air Canada DeThroned
heelsonhardwood.wordpress.com — Jason DeCrow/Associated Press With the 9th pick in the 2009 NBA draft the Toronto Raptors selected DeMar... DeRozan. Looking back at a sub-par draft track record, I think the team got it right this time. I haven’t been this happy with a Raptor draft pick since Chris Bosh and it’s ... (more) Raptor Rave – Air Canada DeThroned
Rookie Chronicles
Rookie Chronicles
rookiechronicles.com — demarchron Wassup everybody? Friday was a crazy day. I flew from New York to Toronto and had... my first Raptors media session. I also was interviewed by Raptors broadcasters Devlin and Hamilton for the first time. During the interview I told them why I ... (more) Rookie Chronicles
Next for Raptors: Marion
torontosun.com — All that is known about Shawn Marion is that he won't be making the roughly $17 million... US he earned last season in the final year of his contract. (more) Next for Raptors: Marion
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Linkage for Jun 29 9am to Jun 30 7pm
Raptors Republic - ESPN TrueHoop's Raptors Blog — ... Australia Raps qualify Mensah-Bonsu - Sportsnet.ca Raptors make qualifying offer to Pops D-League Affiliations - TrueHoop By Henry Abbott - ESPN Top Free Agents: Wings « nbaroundtable Mediocre Forever - A Toronto Raptors Blog: DeRozan and other thoughts Armstrong: Four Free Agent Issues For Raptors Dino Nation Blog: Expectations Could Exceed What B.C Can Do? Doug Smith’s Toronto Raptors blog The Derozan Code - RaptorsHQ.com ...

The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com — ... Doug Smith of the Toronto Star:  “The free agency feeding frenzy begins tomorrow night and while it’s not a bumper crop, it’s not bad. And around these parts, it’s actually rather significant. We all know that Shawn Marion, Anthony Parker and Joey Graham are unrestricted free agents, Carlos Delfino is restricted and if the Raptors don’t waive Patrick O’Bryant by Wednesday, he’ll have a guaranteed contract worth $855,189; if they do waive him, they need to write him a cheque for $500,000 to go away. Marion, of course, is the biggest fish and presents the ...

Summer League not on TV? You SHOULD Care
Raptors Rapture | A Toronto Raptors Blog — ... Tucked inside Doug Smith’s latest blog for the Toronto Star was this little nugget of information: There are no plans at the moment to have television broadcasts of any of the games. Nothing from NBA-TV, nothing from RaptorsTV, nothing from There Are Too Many Channels In The Universe TV. That means no breathless discussion of how DeMar DeRozan looked playing against true scrubs, no waiting for the broadcast of some game to see if Roko’s lost that ability to dribble out the shot clock like few other guards in the game. ...

Today in dumb NBA writing
RaptorBlog.com — ... and if you still aren't considering fairly uncomplicated stats like Team Offensive and Defensive Efficiency (points scored and allowed per 100 possessions) and per-36-minutes measurements in your analysis, then you're frankly unqualified to portray yourself as any more of an "expert" than the average, casual fan. That ludicrously inaccurate assertion by Thomsen is just one of two ridiculous statements I read by professional basketball writers today. The other was this one by Toronto's own Doug Smith about what Bryan Colangelo should offer Anthony Parker: "I would think a ...

Linkage for Jun 29 9am to Jun 30 7pm
Raptors Republic - ESPN TrueHoop's Raptors Blog — ... Raps qualify Mensah-Bonsu - Sportsnet.ca Raptors make qualifying offer to Pops D-League Affiliations - TrueHoop By Henry Abbott - ESPN Top Free Agents: Wings « nbaroundtable Mediocre Forever - A Toronto Raptors Blog: DeRozan and other thoughts Armstrong: Four Free Agent Issues For Raptors Dino Nation Blog: Expectations Could Exceed What B.C Can Do? Doug Smith’s Toronto Raptors blog The Derozan Code - RaptorsHQ.com ...

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The Trojans' DeMar DeRozan and Taj Gibson and the Bruins' Jrue Holiday and Darren Collison go in the first round. > Not that DeMar DeRozan is an expert on ...
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