Month: October 2009
Jose, you alright?
Hedo‘s the worst interviewee ever, it was a real test of my patience to get through 4+ minutes of that but I did it so you don’t have to. All you need to know is that he expects to get some minutes against Boston on Wednesday and that his physical and mental fatigue is wearing…
Early advantage to DeRozan
You know how sometimes people say “as far as I know” at the end of a ridiculous statement to distance themselves from what they’re stating while actually promoting the thought they just spewed out? For example, I could make a statement like, John Smith’s mother is not a whore as far as I know. I’m…
That’s How You Close Out A Game
Kid Dynamite steps up and brings it home for the Raps. It wasn’t an exciting one, in fact, the best part about the game was that it was coming to an end, but then the last half (or so) of the 4th quarter happened, and we saw something we aren’t used to – the Raptors…
Roll Call…Oct 11 vs Wizards
The turkey time edition Banks – his worst game of the preseason, but he only saw the floor for 2 minutes. Still, that was enough to provide flashbacks (premonitions?). 3 fouls, 1 assist and providing a face to acid reflux. Bargnani – speaking of worst games of the preseason, Andrea was off tonight. His already…
Raptors Host Agent Zero et al
I’m not a pre-season kind of guy: on the one hand, I don’t get excited when the Raptors win a game – it’s pre-season, means nothing; but on the other hand, when they lose…WTF! Irrational, I know. Fortunately, Triano doesn’t care either way, it’s how the boys on the 2nd and 3rd units are gonna…
The New York Knicks: The Franchise We Destroyed
Continuing on our merry way with our TrueHoop familia, today we turn our attention to the New York Knickerbockers. Once a franchise looked upon with pride, but then they ran into Vince, Alvin, Antonio, and their old employee named Charles. The Raptors knocked them out in the first round and the Blue and Orange faithful…
Raptors win, parade on Tuesday
The final from Minneapolis was 112-97. Chris Bosh got his first action of the pre-season and according to our podcast guest, John Focke of the T’Wolves radio network, looked “like a gazelle”. He even managed to get T’d up in an altercation with Ryan Hollins. Booyeah! Bring on Danny Granger. Check out the short and…
DeRozan and Triano audio from Minny
Here’s some audio from this morning’s shootaround in Minnesota. Thanks to Timberwolves radio voice John Focke for sending this over. He’ll be joining us after the game to discuss the proceedings. DeRozan’s wearing the halloween mask pictured here as he’s doing this. It’s pretty funny. DeMar DeRozan: [audio:http://raptorsrepublic.com/audio/DeRozanShootaround-2009-10-09.mp3] Jay Triano: [audio:http://raptorsrepublic.com/audio/TrianoShootaround-2009-10-09.mp3]