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“I was most impressed with his preparation and the work he put into this leading up to the practices and competition,” Colangelo said of Bosh, who was on the court with Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James in the tense, dying minutes of the gold-medal win over Spain sans Calderon. “I’m really [...]

Bryan Colangelo, president and general manager of the Toronto Raptors, is asked about Chris Bosh’s performance in the men’s Olympic basketball tournament and suddenly he is excited. A twinkle enters his eye and he is ready to share some scuttlebutt floating around the U.S. basketball team about his prized forward and franchise player.
Once again, Bosh [...]

Caught up with Carlos Delfino very briefly after Argentina’s bronze medal win over Lithuania.
He’s pretty happy with the chance to go play in Russia, especially for the money he’s going to be making. And when someone on the edge of the conversation suggested he’d be back with the Raptors – who still have his NBA [...]

Speaking of hyperventilating, all you Raptor fans out there need to chill about this injury to Jose Calderon.
It’s a tweaked groin with a small tear, relatively minor, he should close to 100 per cent in a couple of weeks and, seeing how we’re a couple of months away from the start of the season, it’s [...]

Jose Calderon has a partial tear of his right adductor and may miss the rest of the 2008 Olympics.
The Toronto Raptors point guard, playing for Spain, injured his groin in the quarter-final against Croatia, and underwent an MRI last night in Beijing. It revealed the tear, though not its severity, and Calderon was held out [...]

Speaking of Jose, he’s to have an MRI late today here (or just a while ago depending on when I get this blog posted) and I’m told by Someone Who’d Know that he won’t step on the court for Friday’s semifinal against Argentina unless he’s 100 per cent. He’s given his word to the Raptor [...]

Not sure what’s up with Calderon. The two games I’ve seen him play he’s looked all right but he keeps getting jerked around by the coach. Starts one game, doesn’t start the next. Starts one game, doesn’t start the second half. Plays 30 minutes one night, 14 the next.
Odd.
All I know is that he told [...]

The changes will also mean a different look on offense for the Raptors as well. Mitchell has said he has been studying tapes of the Spurs with Ducan and Robinson for ideas in how to do some of the same things with Bosh and O’Neal. The Raptors mode of attack should change and should be [...]

Bosh, a three-time NBA All-Star for the Toronto Raptors, doesn’t have the same name recognition as the other All-Stars. If his standout play continues, Bosh could go from a star to a superstar this summer. “I’m just a quiet dude on the team,” he says.
- USA Today 
The Toronto Raptors made a notable maneuver this off [...]

Starting Monday, former Niagara basketball coach Jack Armstrong will host a daily show on “the Fan” 590 from 2 to 4 p. m. with Doug MacLean, the former Columbus Blue Jackets coach and general manager. Armstrong replaces Chuck Swirsky, the former Toronto Raptors play-by-play man who left the area to become the voice of the [...]