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- Colangelo is an anxious annie.
- Kapono is starting and Delfino is happier.
- with all the happiness they are facing in Toronto, the Sixers just want to right their ship.
- more whining about no respect for us.
- the Stars preview of the season.
- the Raptors offer to Kapono was 12 times that of another offer [...]

1. The Lakers and Bulls have been talking. This is news because despite what you’ve read, they haven’t spoken about #24 since before the draft, and it was a cursory discussion then.
2. The teams are not ideal trading partners, mostly because the contracts the Bulls have are not ideal for a team that would be [...]

- Moon wins! Moon wins! Mooooooooon wins!!
- another Canadian in the NBA. No, not Carl English.
- here is the Suns take on the Atlantic division and here is their look at the entire league.
- TJ just wants to be the best this year.
- a look at the Raptor roster.
- Mitchell is the longest serving head [...]

TSN : NHL - Canada’s Sports Leader
The home fans didn’t hide their disappointment, soundly booing the Leafs as they left the ice both at the end of the second period and at the final buzzer and several times in-between. They also have goalie Andrew Raycroft, who replaced starter Vesa Toskala after Washington’s fourth goal, several [...]

RAPTORS: Raptors Waive Jackson, Set Opening Night Roster
The Toronto Raptors announced Monday their roster for Wednesday’s regular-season opener versus the Philadelphia 76ers at Air Canada Centre. In accordance with league rules, all teams were required to reduce their training camp rosters to a maximum of 15 players by 6 p.m. today. The Raptors released forward [...]

Jamario Moon gets his dream to come true and is now an NBA player as a Toronto Raptor.
Luke Jackson has been released.

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Raptors exercise fourth-year option on F Graham - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
The Toronto Raptors exercised their fourth-year contract option on Joey Graham on Monday, keeping the forward with the team through the 2008-09 season.
The 25-year-old Graham, who is scheduled to make nearly $1.6 million this season, will earn $2.45 million in 2008-09.
Wow, I’m speechless.

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- Luke is gonna cry if he is cut today.
- Rasho is a big man, in every way.
- Colangelo insists that all performance bonuses on this roster are team-related, not player related.
- who’s the centre? Bosh or Bargs? they don’t seem to care.
- a good look back at yesterdays Fanfest.
- a look at what could [...]

- yes, TJ and Jose are just that damn good.
- the Cavaliers tried to woo Kapono. He chose the Raptors. Amazing that money had nothing to do with it. Yeah.
- Eddie Griffin’s blood alcohol level was through the roof the night he died.
- the new Dwayne Wade commercial and the amazing story behind it.

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Preseason Recap: Raptors vs Wizards 98 - 64 « HoopsAddict.com
Bosh’s knee looks fine. Garbajosa’s leg, I’m not so sure. Now, Jorge has told everyone that he’s playing the same as before but the question is whether psychologically there’s some hesitation. Traumatic experiences usually leave larger emotional scars than they do physical.

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