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Around this time last year, Bryan Colangelo made a lot of people scratch their heads by leaving one of the best teams in the league, the Phoenix Suns, to come to one of the worst: the Toronto Raptors. It was an inconceivable move to some: why walk away from a cushy job, in a city [...]

Dave Hopla, acknowledged as the best shooting coach in the US, was brought in to help the Raps improve their percentages in what was to be a season of 100 shots a game average. The reasoning was obvious. If you could get that many shots, and your % was in the high 40’s, you were [...]

8:10 - game hasn’t even started and Chuck is all about Bargs and how he looked in warmups. I mean, jesus…get over the manlove.
8:15 - Charlie Bell is allowed through the Raptors turnstile defence, following the red carpet to a lay-up.
8:17 - the arena is so empty, the players voices are echoing.
8:20 - first airing [...]

This will be a boxed set version of Scott’s Shots, as I was busy juggling hosting a box, going to my seats, and looking after a 9 month old….
- Raps are back to comping and discounting tickets to schools again to pump up attendance. Cool by me, though, since it helps create a homecourt environment.- [...]