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Well, basketball was invented by ... a Canadian
The 2 time MVP is... Canadian
Hockey can be fun to watch
And yes Don Cherry is an idiot
Let's call him Gnagna
Well, basketball was invented by ... a Canadian
The 2 time MVP is... Canadian
Hockey can be fun to watch
And yes Don Cherry is an idiot
Ok; it's gametime; hope I'll see my brother on TV
Raptors Win.
Man, Orlando is REALLY bad.
Yup
Great win for the Raptors without 3 of their top 7 players. Props to Bosh and TJ for playing almost the entire game. Rasho did a nice job on Howard- in his 30 minutes of play, he held him to 8 points and 4 rebounds-- to Rasho's 5 rebounds! Rasho actually outrebounded Dwight Howard tonight in their time on the court together!! Nice play off the bench for Graham, Humphries, and Dixon.
Sho was perfect from the field.
5 rebounds, 3 assists and a blocked shot too.
And the most importat stat (+/-) +13Sho was perfect from the field.
5 rebounds, 3 assists and a blocked shot too.
I didn't know Sammy played for the great Celtics :
(at 00:48 in the video )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS_RV...elated&search=
Oups, sorry , I made a mistake
“I think it will take (him) a day or two to realize what he went through,” said Raptors assistant general manager Maurizio Gherardini. “Coming out of surgery, his concern was ‘I want to play, I want to play.’”
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Dwight Howard let Rasho Nesterovic outrebound him?
Howard must have a torn ACL or a broken leg or something.
The Raps are just torching Denver right now. 72-43 at the half. The Nuggets missed their first 15 shots from the field and AI and Melo have looked like garbage the entire game. George Karl looks ready to slit his wrists. Garbajosa with a career-high 21 already, and we're only at halftime. TJ Ford with 10 points, 11 assists so far, could be the game where he goes for 20-20. He had 26 and 18 in our first game in Denver.
Stupid sport radio here- they gave the scores to so many games but not one of them the Toronto game.
They had me thinking the guys didn't play today.
You've got to be kidding!
NBA.com has the Nuggets box score up but not the Raptors.
It is a conspiracy!
Whoosh-
Sho- 9 points ( 4 of 6 from the field), perfect 1-1 from the free throw line ( must have been an and one) , 5 blocks, 4 rebounds, and an assist
Slokar got to play- yea!He scored three points... not bad for only being in 4 minutes.
Yea for a great win!
Rasho was a beast tonight-- with 5 huge blocks and a little controversy...
Accusations fly after Denver’s Reggie Evans steps under Chris Bosh
The Canadian Press
TORONTO — Accusations of foul play were flying back and forth after Denver’s Reggie Evans knocked Chris Bosh out of the Toronto Raptors’ 121-94 victory over Denver on Friday.
Bosh went down with a sprained right ankle when he landed on Evans after taking a third quarter jump shot.
Toronto’s leading scorer was up and walking after the game. Bosh said his ankle wasn’t badly swollen and that he would likely have returned had the game been close. He’s expected to be healthy in time for Toronto’s next game, a trip to Boston on Monday.
Some of the Raptors accused Evans of playing dirty by stepping under the airborne Bosh.
“If you don’t jump to contest the shot there’s no reason to step towards somebody,” Bosh said. “That’s my opinion.”
Toronto coach Sam Mitc denied his team was playing for tat when Raptors forward Rasho Nesterovic smacked Evans across the mouth in the fourth quarter.
“I’m not an advocate of dirty play and I don’t believe in getting people back,” he said. “The thing I’m cognizant of is that all these guys have got a career and if you’re going to start taking cheap shots at people then you’ve got to think of people’s liability.
“You play hard, you play clean and you play fair, but there’s no place in the game for dirty tactics and cheap shots. I would never tell my guys to do anything like that.”
Evans, who came away with a badly-split lip, wasn’t convinced.
“For (Nesterovic) to swing like that and have his fist balled up, that let me know he did it on purpose,” he said. “Look at it. The tape doesn’t lie. He had his fist balled-up; he’s swinging.”
Nesterovic, who was called for a flagrant foul, said Evans’ earlier play against Bosh was “a little bit dirty.”
“There’s not many guys who try to injure other guys,” he said. “I don’t want to believe he did it on purpose.”
Nesterovic insisted he was merely going after the steal.
“I tried to get the ball a couple of times before that and I was just too late” he said. “I just caught him on his face.”
Bosh acknowledged that shooters are in a vulnerable position once they leave their feet.
“There’s been incidents prior to today where guys have been stepping into their space,” he said. “It’s dangerous for the jump shooter because he can’t help it.”
Asked whether Evans deserved a suspension, Bosh didn’t bite.
“I have no idea, that’s for the league to make their decision,” he said.
Evans, who was spitting up blood in the shower after the game and still bleeding as he spoke to the media, said he was “extremely” angry.
Underneath, however, he remained philosophical.
“As long as I’m able to eat my food I’ll be all right,” he said.
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Nice
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Riled Raptors strike with vengeance
Rasho pounces on Nugget after Bosh sprains right ankle
Messages can be sent with plausible deniability, as the Raptors proved last night.
With Chris Bosh in the locker room nursing a sprained right ankle thanks to an incident involving Denver's Reggie Evans, veteran Raptor centre Rasho Nesterovic wasn't about to let the deed go unpunished.
So for all the good things the Raptors did in a thorough 121-94 pasting of the Nuggets before an over-capacity crowd of 20,120, it was Nesterovic's flagrant foul for laying out the Denver power forward and bloodying his mouth that dominated post-game discussion.
But Nesterovic, Bosh and coach Sam Mitc all had the good sense to offer plausible explanations for the hard yet significant foul.
"I just tried to get the ball like a couple of times before that," said Nesterovic. "I was just too late and I just got him on his face."
However, Nesterovic pulled no punches when asked whether Evans is someone you need to watch yourself around. "Yeah, sometimes," said the Raptor.
Bosh's injury – a sprained right ankle that will be re-examined today although he said there was no swelling and minimal pain after the game – came after he missed a jump shot with just over five minutes left in the third quarter and Toronto leading 85-53.
It looked as if Evans, who never left the ground to contest the shot, stuck his foot under the elevated Bosh, who came down on it.
"I felt pain, I felt my foot rolling and I knew he had stepped in my space," said Bosh.
"They've been talking about it a lot this year, there've been incidents prior to today where guys have been stepping into (a shooter's) space," said Bosh. "It's dangerous for a jump shooter because you can't help it.
"If you don't jump to contest a shot, there's no reason to step towards somebody, that's my opinion."
Mitc , whose team played as well as it can in building a 72-43 halftime lead, said he'd never advocate retribution.
"You play hard and you play clean and you play fair, there's no place in the game for dirty tactics and cheap shots," he said. "I would never tell my guys to do a thing like that."
However, in about his next breath, he added: "I've never seen a guy block a shot with his foot so I'll leave it at that."
Evans denied doing anything intentional to Bosh but figured Nesterovic's smack was definitely a message
"I think he did come down on my foot," Evans said of the Bosh play. "If that's worth hitting me, then okay, cool.
"But the end of the day if they think I did that on purpose what can I do about somebody thinking like that. I know deep down inside I ain't doing anything but hoopin'."
As for his bloody lip, he wasn't sure who did it but he was sure it was done intentionally.
"He just hit me on my lip, hit me pretty hard," said Evans. "I didn't know who hit me. All I know it hurt and whoever did it, did it on purpose. Look at the tape. The tape don't lie. If you going to swing at somebody with your fist balled up what's that tell you?"
The Bosh incident took a little away from a stunning performance by the Raptors, who took control of the game in the first three minutes and never let Denver back in the game.
"Coming into the game, we talked about trying to hold Carmelo (Anthony) and A.I. (Allen Iverson) to a certain amount of points but never in my wildest dreams did I think our defence against that team would be as good as it was," said Mitc .
Jorge Garbajosa had his best game in months, with a career-high 22 points – 21 in the first half – and nine rebounds. He outscored and out-rebounded Anthony (10 points, two boards).
"I think Garbo had probably about as complete a game as you could have, rebounding defensively and shooting the ball," said Mitc .
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In actual news...
http://www.draftexpress.com/blogs.ph...46&mod=commentIdaho Stampede Small Forward Luke Jackson has been called up to the Toronto Raptors on a 10 day contract. He has averaged 14.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.9 assists for the Stampede this season, while shooting 48.6% from behind the three point line. This is the second call-up of the season for Jackson, who was signed to a 10 day contract by the Clippers on January 8th.
As the 10th overall pick in the 2004 NBA draft, Jackson struggled through injuries during his first couple seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers. After only 46 appearances during two seasons, he was traded to the Boston Celtics during the 2006 pre-season. After failing to make it out of training camp with Boston, Jackson joined the Idaho, where he has played 23 games this season.
March has been the strongest month for NBA call-ups in the past, and Jackson’s signing will mark the 17th call-up of the season. Towards the end of the season, look for more call-ups to come from teams that are eliminated from the NBA playoff race. Last season, there were 8 D-League players added to NBA teams on or after March 15th.
Unless the Raptors got some sort of exemption because of Andrea's illness, they have to have waived someone...
Last edited by ploto; 03-24-2007 at 09:17 AM.
Raptors Release P.J. Tucker
(March 24, 2007) - The Toronto Raptors announced Saturday they have released rookie forward P.J. Tucker. Tucker is currently playing with the Colorado 14ers in the National Basketball Development League.
Tucker was selected by the Raptors in the second round (35th overall) of the 2006 NBA Draft. He was assigned to Colorado on January 5 and recalled by the Raptors on February 5. He was reassigned by Toronto to the 14ers on March 5. He saw action in 17 games with Toronto, averaging 1.8 points and 1.4 rebounds. With the 14ers, Tucker has averaged 10.7 points and 3.4 rebounds in 19 games.
Toronto’s roster stands at 14 players. The Raptors are leading the Atlantic Division with a 38-31 mark and face the Celtics in Boston on Monday (Rogers Sportsnet/FAN 590).
http://www.nba.com/raptors/news/pres...er_032407.html
You always beat me Ploto. :worthy
Once again, I'll delete my copy of the article.
I am so mad over that Evans garbage. If Evans doesn't stop talking serious smack, I am just going to have to give him one.
Ugh!
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