Tag Archives: Toronto Raptors
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Raptors’ Amir Johnson Snaps Some Photos of His Teammates Between Plays (Video)
You know, a lot of people seem to have this idea that once you pick a career you have to stick with it for the rest of your life, but that’s just not true. You shouldn’t be afraid to make a career change. A lot of people do it every day, including Amir Johnson of [...]
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Pistons’ Jose Calderon Almost Walks Into the Wrong Locker Room During His Return to Toronto (Video)
When an athlete spends a long time playing in one city, you know it has to feel weird when he returns to that place for the first time as a member of another team. I mean, if it’s strange for the fans to see that guy in another uniform, imagine what it must feel like [...]
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Failed Full-Court Buzzer-Beater Attempt Hits Raptors’ Mop Guy in the Face (Video)
What do you call the people in charge of mopping the floor at an NBA game? Mop guys? Floor wipers? Sweat removal specialists? Well, whatever you call them, their jobs aren’t as awesome as I originally thought. You see, I kind of thought that, although they do have to wipe up the sweat of grown [...]
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Toronto Raptors Comedian/Small Forward Mickael Pietrus Messes with Two NBA TV Analysts (Video)
Toronto Raptors forward Mickael Pietrus has carved out a pretty nice career for himself as a solid and reliable bench man. In 10 years with the Warriors, Magic, Suns, Celtics and Raptors, he’s averaged 8.4 points and 3.1 assists in 21.5 minutes per game. So, you know, there are worse guys to have on your [...]
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Wale Is No Drake, But According to ‘The Score’ He Is that Guy from ‘Cool Runnings’
The other day we told you how DC-based rapper Wale got into a little argument with Toronto Raptors announcer Matt Devlin. Devlin thought Wale was heckling Toronto’s Rudy Gay, so he started insinuating that nobody even knows who Wale is, and then concluded that, whoever he is, he’s no Drake. Well, that didn’t go over [...]
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D.C. Rapper Wale Confronted Toronto Raptors Announcers After They Insulted Him On-Air (Video)
We learned two things about the Toronto Raptors television announcers last night. One, they are serious homers who are very defensive of the team’s players. Two, they don’t know much about hip hop. The Raptors, you see, were in D.C. taking on the Wizards, and Matt Delvin and Leo Rautins, the Raps’ broadcast team, observed [...]
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Terrence Ross’s Slam Dunk Contest Championship Performance in Super Slow Motion (Videos)
The NBA Slam Dunk Contest always inspires mixed feelings. On the one hand, unless you really enjoy watching B-list celebrities playing basketball, or watching basketball superstars play no defense whatsoever, the Dunk Contest is clearly the most entertaining aspect of the NBA’s All-Star Weekend. On the other hand, every time I watch it, I can’t [...]
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Awkward!: Tayshaun Prince Fan Doesn’t Realize Tayshawn Price Has Been Traded (Video)
You know what’s awkward? That moment when you realize your favorite player has been traded…and you’re wearing his jersey. As you NBA fans probably already know, last night there was a big three-team trade between the Detroit Pistons, Memphis Grizzlies, and Toronto Raptors. The Raptors got Rudy Gay and Hamed Haddadi from Memphis for Jose Calderon [...]
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Raptors’ DeMar DeRozan Hits Awesome Fadeaway Buzzer-Beater, Gets a Smooch from His Coach (Videos)
In the NFL, the winning team’s player of the game gets the so-called “game ball.” But what about the NBA? What do you get if, say, you sink a brilliant game-winning shot? Well, if you’re a member of the Toronto Raptors, you get a big wet smooch from your coach. Last night the Raptors were [...]
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Raptors' Amir Johnson Gets Away With a Blatant Double-Dribble (Video)
what do you do when you want to get back with your ex boyfriend After beginning the season by losing 19 of their first 23 games, the Toronto Raptors have turned things around in a big way, winning eight of their last nine games. That impressive run has helped them close in on a playoff [...]
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NBA Referee Courtney Kirkland Blocks Kris Humphries’ Free Throw (Video)
NBA referees are having a really weird week. You might recall that, on Tuesday, we told you about the referee for the Miami-Atlanta game who used his feet to keep the ball from bouncing out of bounds, setting up an easy bucket for LeBron. But if you thought that was bizarre, wait till you see [...]
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Raptors’ Amir Johnson Gets Ejected, Throws Mouthpiece at the Ref (Video)
Things have not been going well for the Toronto Raptors. They are 4-18 to start the season, they are an abysmal 1-14 on the road , and they are currently in the midst of a five-game losing streak. Sure, their expectations weren’t exactly sky-high heading into the season, but with the off-season acquisitions of Kyle Lowry and [...]
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Rockets' Omer Asik Scored On His Own Basket Last Night (Video)
While the boxscore from last night's game between the Houston Rockets and the Toronto Raptors tells us that Omer Asik scored 13 points during his team's 117-101 victory, the truth is he actually recorded 15 points during the contest. Although, I'm sure Asik doesn't mind having those additional two points omitted from his stat line, [...]
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Let's All Watch Hasheem Thabeet Trip Over His Own Feet (Video)
What To Do When Ex Girlfriend Gets Back In Contact With You There was plenty of hype surrounding Hasheem Thabeet coming out of college, as the 7'3″ center was drafted by the Memphis Grizzlies with the second overall pick after leading UConn to the 2009 NCAA Final Four. But things haven't quite worked out as [...]
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The Raptors Drained Not One, But Two Circus Shots Last Night Against The Bucks (Videos)
With a 250-to-1 shot at winning the 2012-13 NBA Championship (according to Bet365.com) the Toronto Raptors' odds of hoisting the Larry O'Brien Trophy at the end of the season appear to be awfully slim. In fact, they are currently being considered the second-most unlikely team to win the NBA Championship, with only the Charlotte Bobcats [...]
