1) It’s Hard to Excite Chris Bosh Chris Bosh is “not too excited to the point [he] was last year.” It’s understandable. It’s hard to find any NBA player that would rather play with Hedo Turkoglu, Jarrett Jack, DeMar DeRosen, Antoine Wright, Marco Belinelli, Rasho Nestrovich, Reggie Evans and hopefully soon Carlos Delfino than Jermaine O’Neil, Jason Kapono, [...]
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5 Things I Rant I Rave (It's Just So Hard)
Posted: 5th August 2009 by Rob Shaw in NBA Ball, Rob ShawComments Off
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On Sunday afternoon I was sitting on my couch rocking my vintage #16 Raptors jersey watching Matt Bonner rain down threes on the Celtics and thinking ‘could life get any better?’ Then it did when I turned on tsn.ca to learn that Bonner has applied for Canadian Citizenship and is planning to represent Canada in [...]
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1) I would sign Darius Miles Why not? You sign him to a 10-day contract and play him in garbage time and all of a sudden the Portland Trailblazers don’t have cap space this summer. Is this a jerk move? Yes, but the NBA is a cutthroat competition so why wouldn’t you cut your competitions [...]
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In 2000, the Toronto Raptors were the NBA’s up and coming team led by Vince Carter and his cousin Tracy McGrady. People were expecting big things from this dynamic duo, even paying them the ultimate compliment of comparing them to the legendary duo of Jordan and Pippen. Unfortunately for Raptors fans, McGrady spurned Toronto choosing [...]
Blue Jays, Okay (Okay, Blue Jays) – Deadline Thoughts
Posted: 31st July 2008 by Rob Shaw in Baseball, Rob ShawComments Off
This article has been submitted by Rob Shaw. The currently streaking Blue Jays now sit 7.5 games behind the first place Tampa Bay Rays as this year’s trade deadline rolls around. While making up 7.5 games in two months is not impossible, jumping over three teams (Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees and Boston Red [...]
Introducing the Vancouver Scarier-Than-Memphis-Grizzlies
Posted: 17th July 2008 by Rob Shaw in NBA Ball, Rob ShawComments Off
This article has been submitted by Rob Shaw. Imagine David Stern woke up one morning and realized that he has let the NBA completely abandon basketball fans in the Pacific Northwest, first allowing the Vancouver Grizzlies to move to Memphis and then the Seattle SuperSonics to relocate to Oklahoma City. Imagine Stern felt so bad [...]
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This article has been submitted by the debuting Rob Shaw. “Break out the Salami and Cheese, the HoneyMoon is Over!” First off all I’d like to apologize for the Chuck Swirsky phrases, but like most Raptors fans I’m suffering from serious withdrawal symptoms and I’m not sure what life will be like in 1 AS [...]
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Name: Rob Shaw Role: Writer (Basketball, Raptors, and Chuck Swirsky) Aliases: Red Hot Bob Shaw OnDeckCircle Debut: July 10, 2008 I intend to write: Whenever God gives me the words School & Program: 299 Survival Program Favorite Writer: Marty Burns, Bill Simmons, Damien Cox Favorite Teams: Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors, Toronto Blue Jays, Buffalo [...]