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1M Olympics

Posted by LX on 8 Mar 2010 | Comments: 0

First of all, lets make no mistake about it - the necessary improvement with this Raptors team needs to come on the defensive end. It's really too bad that they could not continue playing very well together as a group, as they were before the All-Star break. On both ends the concentration and focus ...

Yet Another Corner to Get Around

Posted by LX on 1 Mar 2010 | Comments: 1

It seemed like it happened already. There was Andrea Bargnani, playing some very nice help defense, blocking shots, playing with energy, bringing home a win with Bosh out of the lineup. Cue Colangelo blathering on about the man's greatness to a couple of puckhead radio guys. Jay was doing a great ...

Confidence

Posted by LX on 23 Feb 2010 | Comments: 1

If you've seen the greatest of all Elvis movies, and surely you have, then you'll know of the song Confidence. It comes in the pivotal moment of Clambake where Elvis needs to sing a song, and some ugly kid needs help in being convinced to slide down a slide in the playgorund. So Elvis sings: ...

Post-Valentine Heart

Posted by LX on 17 Feb 2010 | Comments: 0

At the time of writing this, I'm getting anticipatory feelings about real basketball action resuming, and thinking about what the Raptors need to finish the season strong. And I think it's going to come down to heart. As simple as that. Well, actually finding a consistent three-point threat woudn't ...

Boshtown

Posted by LX on 13 Feb 2010 | Comments: 0

Chris Bosh makes it a homecoming while enjoying the All-Star weekend in Dallas. But with what he's been saying of late, it seems that his heart lies back here in Toronto. He's been talking about recruiting other players, and letting them know what the city has to offer, and he doesn't appear to see ...

The Message

Posted by LX on 6 Feb 2010 | Comments: 0

Mr. Colangelo put together a little message that was sent out to all the major media outlets last week. He said something a little different from "it's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under", although he did point out that he was close to going there early in the ...

Palindrome: the day before the day after

Posted by LX on 1 Feb 2010 | Comments: 0

So I wake up and see that it's 0102 2010. Same backwards and forwards. All those twenties and tens are nice to look at huh? I vaguely recall something about 2010 that had everyone's interest for so long, but it's not quite taking shape. Oh it's there in my memory bank, but it's not taking shape in ...

Making Waves

Posted by LX on 28 Jan 2010 | Comments: 0

Are we actually lucky to be Raptor fans? Remember how awful and unfortunate it was to get the number one pick a year before the number one pick was going to be Greg Oden? I mean people were happy enough, but hoping Colangelo could trade down all the same, while ultimately envying the number one ...

Dog Days

Posted by LX on 23 Jan 2010 | Comments: 1

These are the dog days of the NBA. Legs getting heavy. Effort needed as much as sheer talent. And leadership comes into play. If the Raptors can summon up the determination they showed here against the Bucks, then they should be able to take advantage of their schedule right up to the break. And ...

Winning Big

Posted by LX on 18 Jan 2010 | Comments: 3

Remember before Bosh was selected in '03, how badly the Toronto Raptors needed some credible, functional, viable size? Things might have even bottomed out completely in Bosh's first season, when he played C with a banged up knee and a skinny frame, and there was no other real size to be had outside ...