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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: Second round bound?
Image courtesy of Matthew Addie/Flickr . Can DeMar Derozan's shoulders carry the weight of the second round of the NBA playoffs? We are just days removed from the end of the 2013-14 NBA season and...
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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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From Amidst the Ashes: The Unexpected Rise of The Toronto Raptors
Image courtesy of Adam Bailey/Flickr . There’s no getting around it: the Eastern Conference is putrid this year. So putrid, in fact, that its fiercest debate concentrates not on which team reigns supreme, but instead...
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Washington Wizards outlast Toronto Raptors in compelling triple OT thriller
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...
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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...
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The Spunky Toronto Raptors
Image courtesy of Benson Kua/Flickr . The Toronto Raptors are 10-4 since the trade that sent Rudy Gay to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for Patrick Patterson, Chuck Hayes, Greivis Vazquez and John Salmons. Wins...
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New Toronto Raptors help get win over Philadelphia 76ers
With the Rudy Gay era beginning in Sacramento last night, the Toronto Raptors began their own new era, one without an overpaid chucker who shall remain nameless. Greivis Vasquez, Patrick Patterson and John Salmons all...
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Can DeMarcus Cousins handle the addition of Rudy Gay?
Is there enough room in for two "stars"? Image courtesy of Matthew Addie/HeelSports . The Sacramento Kings have pumped new life into an otherwise declining season, accepting a trade with the Toronto Raptors that sends...
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Rudy Gay trade is low-risk and provides both teams guaranteed gains
The success of a trade is ultimately determined by time, but in the present it can be weighed on the scales of risk and reward. Sunday, the Sacramento Kings reportedly finalized a seven-player trade with...
