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Raps drop like flies but dominate Memphis
With an eye to the inevitable injuries in a long season, general manager Bryan Colangelo has built a team-wide insurance policy in the form of the roster’s remarkable depth. With Bosh in the locker room, Toronto embarked on a 23-5 run to close the first half. It was accomplished [...]

globesports.com: Easy victory comes at a cost
In Calderon’s four starts, the Raptors are 3-1, and in his past three games, he has made 37 assists and only two turnovers.
With Caldron pushing the ball, the Raptors came out smoking at home for a change, connecting on six of their first seven shots, but that bought them [...]

TorontoSun.com - Basketball - Jorge Garbajosa needs surgery that will end his season and that puts the Raptors in a no-win situation with the Spanish star and his fans
Now the Raps have no idea when Garbajosa will be ready to play again. They can’t force him to have surgery but they don’t believe he’s healthy [...]

TorontoSun.com - Basketball - Rasho back in lineup
In other injury news, starting point guard T.J. Ford, who left the game on Nov. 20 in Dallas after suffering an arm stinger, has started practising and is hopeful to play either tomorrow against the Cleveland Cavaliers at the ACC or on Saturday in Washington against the Wizards.
“It’s [...]

TorontoSun.com - Basketball - Raps’ Delfino delivers
“When you know your role, you feel better and better,” said Delfino, who had a limited job description the previous three seasons with the Detroit Pistons. “Now I know what I have to do.”
What he did last night was give his team a spark when it was most needed.
His [...]

Altraps.com Blog: Puffers Posts - A Small Step for a Bball Player, a Giant Leap for Moonkind
Jamario Moon has burst onto the NBA scene as a non-drafted player who wound up with the Toronto Raptors after first being the best of 40 players invited to a free agent camp, then being asked to attend the [...]

Raptors thump Grizzlies without Bosh
Anthony Parker led the Raptors attack with 19 points and eight rebounds and point guard Jose Calderon added 13 points and 10 assists. Seven Toronto players reached double digits, including Carlos Delfino and Jason Kapono, who scored 14 apiece.
The Raptors lost all-star Chris Bosh with a reported right groin pull. Bosh [...]

Jamario Moon has burst onto the NBA scene as a non-drafted player who wound up with the Toronto Raptors after first being the best of 40 players invited to a free agent camp, then being asked to attend the Toronto Raptors training camp on a non-guaranteed contract. His play and effort during the training camp [...]

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ESPN - Ford: 2008 free-agent class won’t be satisfied - NBA
Calderon could be a starter on half the teams in the league. That should be enough to get him a five-year midlevel deal from someone. Given how much money the Raptors have invested in starting point guard T.J. Ford, they may decide not to match.

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