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Bargnani - the #1 pick with a whole lotta nothing. I see more effort exuded by a hungover college student getting out of bed at 6am on a Sunday.
Bosh - the #1 pick brought the hustle tonight. Tried a bit too hard in the third and early fourth, but no doubting the fact that his [...]

The final score of 118-111 actually flattered the Raptors, who spent most of the evening down by double digits. Only an energized makeshift bench unit of Jose Calderon, Linton Johnson in his first action as a Raptor, Kris Humphries, Carlos Defino and Jamario Moon managed to get the lead back down to six with a [...]

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Bargnani - you know how you if you see a squirrel in the middle of the road, it looks around all somewhat confused as to where to go and what to do?
Bosh - you know how you used to get split up into teams during phys ed in school and you always hoped that one [...]

Air Canada Centre crowds are famous for giving former Raptors the business when they return to Toronto.
But head coach Sam Mitchell and all-star forward Chris Bosh are hoping that the ACC faithful will greet former Raptor Morris Peterson with a long and loud standing ovation when the Raptors host the New Orleans Hornets tonight. [...]

Total wattage used for a typical Raptors home game at the Air Canada Centre has been estimated at 308,000 – enough to light an average-sized school for more than a week. Amplified sound in the cavernous expanses can ricochet at a head-splitting 96 decibels, comparable to a jet taking off 300 metres away.
- Toronto Star

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Bargnani - he seems to be a specialist in the NBA play that I hate the most: get to the bucket from the wing and, while under the bucket, pass it up top as opposed [...]

For Ford, playing is living. And he wants — needs — to live in the style he’s been accustomed to dating back to his roots as a Texas high-school basketball sensation.
Can he even picture himself coming off the bench over the final three years of his contract with the Raptors?
"No. Not till the end of [...]

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The Toronto Raptors announced Thursday they have signed forward Linton Johnson to a 10-day contract and waived guard Darrick Martin.
Johnson, 6-foot-8, 205 pounds, has appeared in 139 career regular season NBA games, averaging 4.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 14.7 minutes. He has spent time with Chicago, San Antonio, New Jersey, New Orleans and Phoenix. He [...]