Congratulations to Jeffrey (comment 136). You nailed the selection and both tie-breakers. Please send an email to me (altraps at raptorsrepublic.com) from the same email address you used to post your selection and we will get the details to you. Congrats and thanks for the amazing amount of entries.
Linkage for Jun 25 9am through Jun 26 11am: Chaun’s Raptors and NBA blog: Welcome DeMar!! Morning after: Draft thoughts and the new makeup of the Chicago Bulls – Chicago Bulls Confidential Finally, Toronto was rumored to be in love with James Johnson and considering drafting him at #9. Taking Johnson may prove valuable if …Continue Reading
With the draft only hours away and so much still unresolved, I decided to poll the boys at the office to see who they thought was getting their name called by David Stern in the first hour of tonights draft. Here is what the writers at raptorsrepublic.com had to say:
There will be a live chat here on RR tonight. Feel free to swing by and taunt your fellow readers and earn the chance to say “I told you so” live. RapsFan will be posting a link later today. See ya there. Also, don’t forget to enter our draft contest.
True enough regarding players not wanting to be here. That is old world Antonio Davis/Steve Francis nonsense. It is no secret players love coming through Toronto and as the league has gotten younger it has also seen that sentiment disappear. Rudy/Amir and Demar love it. I saw Kyle at the island airport and unprompted he started to tell me how much he loved it here. Jennings loves it. AI loved it and god knows KG has long loved the ladies here. An the tattoo shops. It's the organization they don't care for. Or rather, the losing.