Norman Powell, DeMarre Carroll, Terrence Ross, Rudy Gay, Landry Fields, Rasual Butler, Linas Kleiza, Hedo Turkoglu, Jamario Moon, Jason Kapono, Morris Peterson, Joey Graham. Wow. What a trip down memory lane that list is for a Raptors fan. A total mish-mash of characters that just spews ineptitude and mediocrity. You may be wondering why I decided to remind you of
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Wow Welcome to the Western Conference, Paul George. pic.twitter.com/SQrxGasENz — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 1, 2017 Leading up to last night, every Paul George rumour was linked with Boston, Cleveland, Houston or the Lakers. Nobody saw this coming… Well that is, nobody saw it coming but ESPN’s Zach Lowe: I suggested Presti call + offer Dipo for PG on my pod
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“It’s like the bottom of the ninth and I’m never gonna win. This life hasn’t turned out, quite the way I want it to be.” — Chad Kroeger Losing can be tough. Losing while riding the pine is downright insufferable. Reach into the styrofoam cooler, crack a cold one and let’s talk some sports. In the News Conor McGregor
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In the wake of an NBA season charged by the greatness of the Golden State Warriors, which was capped off by their defeat of LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers to become NBA champions, I can’t help but look to the NBA’s landscape moving forward. My initial assessment: Things do not look good from LeBron James’ perspective. Let me be
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The Recaps (1) Golden State Warriors vs. (8) Portland Trail Blazers: 4-0 Warriors There really isn’t too much to be said about this series. The Warriors were the Warriors and they blazed a trail through the heart of the Trail Blazers. It’s unfortunate that the Blazers found themselves shorthanded–with starting centre Jusuf Nurkic sidelined with a fractured leg–in a matchup that
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The Leafs are golfing and the Jays suck so I’m all in on the Raptors right now. In the first round the Raptors were finally able to eliminate a lower-seeded team in less than 7 games by beating the young Milwaukee Bucks squad in 6 games. This year’s edition of the Playoff Raps features a couple of shiny new pieces and a
Read moreThe NBA’s first round matchups from the Eastern Conference have officially been settled. Naturally, this would pose a good time to reflect on what transpired and look ahead to the next round. The most predictable first round playoffs in major professional sport turned out as predictable as always. This time around each higher seed in the Eastern Conference moved on.
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This is the second installment of my NBA season preview. These four teams aren’t necessarily worse than some of the teams ahead of them. It’s just that they all fit into a same tier quite nicely. All four teams have recently have been very bad, but have enough young talent that they could rocket up the standings as soon as this season.
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30. Brooklyn Nets 2015-16 Recap Record: 21-61 (14th in the East, 28th Overall) OFF Rtg: 103.2 (27th of 30) DEF Rtg: 110.9 (29th of 30) 2016-17 Outlook MVP: Brook Lopez Projected Starting Lineup (According to RealGM): PG Jeremy Lin, SG R. Hollis-Jefferson, SF B. Bogdanovic, PF Luis Scola, C Brook Lopez Key Additions: A. Bennett, T. Booker, R. Foye, J. Lin, L. Scola, G. Vasquez
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