Fan Duel Toronto Raptors

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…

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]

If a tree falls in Minnesota….

DeRozan, Weems and Johnson. Twitter‘s good for something. Jay Triano doesn’t care about winning any of these games. Most coaches only say that but this one here, he really, really doesn’t put any weight in them. He’s instead continuing his experiments of putting out scrubby lineups and having them deal with the pressure of closing…

Training Camp: Day 1

We were finally able to get beyond the madness of Media Day and are ready to get down to business. Day 1 had a couple themes: Health Bosh is on the shelf for the next few weeks, which is a big blow to this team. This is Triano’s first training camp, and you know he…