Worst of the Night: April 28, 2008

The AltRaps Blog found this 4/29/2008 on basketbawful.blogspot.com [flag]

Toronto Raptors: This is from Basketbawful reader Colin. "Pretty sure you are going to put them there, but after what I saw tonight I just wanted to make sure. The Toronto Raptors. (I'm a Raptors fan, hurts to say this.) Not only were they the FIRST team to be eliminated from the playoffs this season, but the ATLANTA HAWKS have done better than them in their series against a BETTER TEAM ... [link]

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Linkage - April 29
Published 4/29/2008 by Scott at The AltRaps Blog
... is trying to erase the VC years from memory too)." - Basketbawful Once again Food Court Lunch has the exclusive scoop: Two league sources have confirmed that Pat Riley is set to assume control of Toronto Raptors. ...

Tuesday Bullets
Published 4/29/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Basketbawful: "It sure seemed like everybody and their brother wanted to label 'Melo's 'We quit' rant as a lack of maturity on his part, while Kobe's decimation of his teammates and Lakers management over he summer was just 'shaken' trees.' Oh, and of course Larry Bird's denunciation of his teammates as 'sissie'" and 'a bunch of women' during the 1984 NBA Finals is the stuff of legend. It's yet another case of the winning double-standard. If you are winning or have won in the past, you get a free pass to blast teammates or roast your team. But if you ...

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