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DeMar DeRozan's Injury: Blessing in Disguise for Toronto Raptors?
Image courtesy of DeMar DeRozan/Twitter . On November 28 the Toronto Raptors' season hit a roadblock when star shooting guard DeMar DeRozan went out indefinitely with a torn left adductor longus tendon. Sitting in the...
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Toronto Raptors: The Time is Now
Image courtesy of Luke/Flickr . Before the season began, the Baller Mind Frame writers each put up their predictions for the incoming season, basically in their entirety. Who would win MVP, Rookie of the Year,...
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Magic Blow 11-Point Lead in Loss to Raptors
Image courtesy of Luke/Flickr . The Orlando Magic looked to even the score against the Toronto Raptors who boast the best record in the Eastern Conference. During Jacque Vaugh's era as the Magic's head coach,...
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NBA Season Preview: Toronto Raptors Team Preview
2014-15 NBA SEASON PREVIEW CONTENT LIST Atlantic: Celtics | Nets | Knicks | 76ers | Raptors | Division Preview Central: Bulls | Cavaliers | Pistons | Pacers | Bucks | Division Preview Southeast: Hawks |...
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Toronto Raptors: It's so hard to say goodbye; it's even harder to say hello
Image courtesy of Matthew Addie/Flickr . Normally in these pieces that I write up on this fine website, I write (well, try to anyways) about what a team does, how they're fostering success and some...
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Toronto and Brooklyn: Adjustments between Game 6 and Game 7
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . The Brooklyn Nets have forced Game 7 in their series versus the Toronto Raptors behind a throwback performance from Deron Williams, the team's ability to get the Raptors into...
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Brooklyn Nets vs. Toronto Raptors Game 2: This is Getting Good
In the immortal words of Rasheed Wallace, "both teams played hard." Game 2 between the Brooklyn Nets and Toronto Raptors wasn't the prettiest game. Hell there were periods during the first three quarters where the...
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From Feel-Good to Fearsome: A threat looms in Toronto
Image courtesy of Adam Bailey/Flickr . It was just a nice story at first: the plucky, young Toronto Raptors finding an identity, exceeding expectations, and pressing toward their first playoff berth since 2008. The Dinos...
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Toronto Raptors: Failures at tanking
Image courtesy of Matthew Addie/Flickr . We’re living in an upside down universe of condoned tanking (or, in Commissioner Adam Silver’s very first bit of spin, “rebuilding”). No fewer than eight teams are actively angling...
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Raptors' Terrence Ross scores franchise record 51 points
Baller Mind Frame's No Layups brings you the hottest NBA stories on the web mixed with personal opinion from our very own Aaron Lanton . Check it often and absorb the knowledge we're dropping on...
