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Top Ten things to do before opening night
Top Ten things to do before opening night
With only three practices and a shootaround left, the crew at the RR home office in Athabasca, Alberta are desperately trying to figure out how to prepare the Raptors for opening night and they’ve come up with ten recommendations. Without further ado I present the Top Ten things to do ...
TrueHoop Network 2009-10 Preview: Raptors
TrueHoop Network 2009-10 Preview: Raptors
raptorsrepublic.com — Main Story The Raptors headed into the off season with little hope of improving the roster with... the chips they had to play with, but a man by the name of Steve Fruitman did some math and boom! Suddenly they had their midlevel exception, veteran’s exception and Hedo Turkoglu. The MLE was ... (more) TrueHoop Network 2009-10 Preview: Raptors
Rapping with Raptors Republic’s Raps Fan
Rapping with Raptors Republic’s Raps Fan
petemarasmitch.com — (Ugh. That was too much alliteration, even for me.) This is part of a continuing series of... Q&A’s and chats with GMs in my fantasy league. In this one, I ask Raps Fan of Raptors Republic about his websites, the potential Big Bosh Problem and more. Pete Marasmitch: The Raptors FANtasy ... (more) Rapping with Raptors Republic’s Raps Fan
Triano’s Basketball IQ a Source of Optimism
Triano’s Basketball IQ a Source of Optimism
raptorsrepublic.com — Despite a rough start to the preseason and the struggles of individuals, alas, the team as a... whole, to get in regular season shape, Raptorland remains afloat with optimism. Of course, we have all been here before. For the past half decade, the fan base has levied large expectations on ... (more) Triano’s Basketball IQ a Source of Optimism
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