The Hoop (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
DENVER -- Toronto has claimed forward Pops Mensah-Bons u off waivers from Houston and he is expected to be in uniform for the Raptors' game at Denver. Forward Hedo Turkoglu has been ruled out for Tuesday night's game against the Nuggets with a sore left hip and will be replaced in the starting lineup by Antoine Wright , who's dealing with a sore left ankle. Mensah-Bonsu played for the Raptors last...
Toronto Mike's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
The Toronto Raptors kick off their NBA regular season tomorrow night against the Cleveland Cavaliers. I enjoy following the Raptors, and have been doing so since day one, but I don't know Raptors basketball the way Kic knows Raptors basketball. Throughout this season, I've asked the Kicster to submit guest blog entries about the Raps. This is the first. To be a sports fan in Toronto these days seems...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
There seems to be only one way Antoine Wright does things: to be a winner.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Antoine Wright's injury is making life easy for Raptors rookie DeMar DeRozan. And that ticks off coach Jay Triano.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Antoine Wright's injury is making life easy for Raptors rookie DeMar DeRozan. And that ticks off coach Jay Triano.
Loy's Place (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
at Boston Celtics (4-1) at Toronto Raptors (2-4) Sunday, October 18, 2009 3:00 PM ET Preseason Game #6 – Road Game #3 TV: CSN HD, DTV 751 Air Canada Centre Probable Starting Matchups Point Guard vs Marquis Daniels vs Jose Calderon Shooting Guard vs Ray Allen vs Demar DeRozan Small Forward vs Paul Pierce vs Hedo Turkoglu Power Forward vs Kevin Garnett vs Chris Bosh Center vs Kendrick Perkins...
Loy's Place (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
at Toronto Raptors (1-2) at Boston Celtics (3-1) Wednesday, October 14, 2009 7:30 PM ET CSN HD XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut Probable Starters Rondo/ R Allen/ Pierce/ Garnett/ Perkins Reserves Eddie House Rasheed Wallace Marquis Daniels Shelden Williams Tony Allen Brian Scalabrine Lester Hudson Michael Sweetney Injuries Tony Allen (ankle) out Bill Walker (knee) out Rasheed Wallace (ankle) questionable...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
He saw the dangers on the street corners, knew that the drug dealers and the petty thieves could swallow up the hopes and dreams and chances of so many kids like him.
Golden State Of Mind (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
Man, if you thought Monta Ellis had rapping skills ...guess what I just found. That's right - your boy (not mine), Marco Bellineli just dropped a new hot single since his recent move to Toronto. You think I'm joking? PEEP THIS! Not only did we trade the Raptors a talented (term applied loosely) shooting guard for a big sack of Oreos ( Devean George ), we also gave them a budding rap artist. No wonder...
Golden State Of Mind (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
Here's what I don't understand. Mark Cuban is a smart guy. Erick Dampier is their starting center, 5 years and counting. The two should be polar opposites. Either Mark Cuban is an idiot or you'd find a better starting center than Dampy. Thus, the Curse of the Dampier. He will not be a starting center on a championship team. Case in point, the referees had to intervene and give the Heat the championship...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
NICK WASS Associated Press file, 2009 Shawn Marion went from the Raptors to the Mavericks and got a five-year, $39 million contract. DALLAS – The way Jerry Stackhouse's contract was structured, the Dallas Mavericks knew they could parlay him into a key player for next season. As it turned out, several teams benefited. Dallas, Toronto, Memphis and Orlando combined in a massive swap Thursday that...
Charlotte Observer: Sports (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
(Associated Press) The way Jerry Stackhouse's contract was structured, the Dallas Mavericks knew they could parlay him into a key player for next season. As it turned out, a lot of teams benefited. The Mavericks, Raptors, Grizzlies and Magic combined in a massive swap Thursday that included eight players, a draft pick and stacks of cash. The deal sent Shawn Marion to Dallas, Stackhouse to Memphis and...
The Vortex (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
... and it's not because Bosh was traded it is because the Raptors roster is in the midst of a major shake-up. Firstly, it was the Kapono trade. IN ... Reggie Evans OUT ... Jason Kapono Secondly, it was the drafting of DeMar DeRozan. IN ... DeMar DeRozan Thirdly, it was Anthony Parker signing with the Cleveland Cavaliers. OUT ... Anthony Parker Fourthly, it was today's Shawn Marion four team sign-and-trade...
Out Of Left Field (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Quite a day, having to digest the four-team deal that went down overnight involving the Toronto Raptors. One can read as Bryan Colangelo 's "single greatest masterstroke achieved by a Raptors general manager" (Doug Smith, Toronto Star ) as something which might keep Chris Bosh home. (One wonders if it really works this way, but if Roy Halladay leaves the Blue Jays, how much more important...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
I am so thankful we don’t see trades like this in the NHL.... from Chad Ford and Marc Stein of ESPN, The deal, according to sources, calls for the Mavericks to acquire Marion and Kris Humphries from Toronto and Greg Buckner from Memphis, with Marion to receive a five-year contract worth an estimated $39 million. Buckner has had two previous stints with the Mavericks but is likely to be released,...
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