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2015-16 NBA Season Preview: Toronto Raptors
Image courtesy of Keith Anderson/Flickr . Last Year’s Record: 49 - 33 Key Losses: Tyler Hansbrough , Chuck Hayes , Amir Johnson , Greivis Vasquez , Lou Williams Key Additions: Anthony Bennett , Bismack Biyombo...
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Sonny's Top 50 NBA Players: #32 Kyle Lowry
Image courtesy of Keith Anderson/Flickr . Resume: 17.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, 6.8 assists (10th in league), 1.6 steals (career best), 34.5 minutes, 41% FG, 34% 3PT, 81% FT ... Team Record in Games Played: 43-27...
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Toronto Raptors Now Extinct, What's Next?
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . And just like that, as their name suggests, the Toronto Raptors are extinct. Although the series itself was painless enough, being swept in four games, Sunday night's match was...
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Toronto Raptors: No Need to Panic…YET!
Image courtesy of Matthew Addie/Flickr . The Toronto Raptors were doing pretty well going into the All-Star break. A win over a tough Washington Wizards team had many people in the city of Toronto optimistic...
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Dallas Mavericks: RondoGate, Round 2 (or 3, or 4, or… Ah, Screw It)
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/Baller Mind Frame. As if to foreshadow an event that would occur at a later time, Dallas was plagued with a nasty ice storm that secluded Texans in their own little...
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Toronto Raptors: Could DeMar DeRozan's Injury be a Blessing in Disguise?
Image courtesy of DeMar DeRozan/Twitter . After setting a blistering pace to start off the season, the Eastern Conference-leading Toronto Raptors were dealt quite a blow when their All-Star shooting guard DeMar DeRozan went down...
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Magic Meltdown in Second Half, Lose 95-82 to Raptors
Image courtesy of Matthew Addie/Flickr . The Orlando Magic haven't experienced a victory against the Toronto Raptors since Dwight Howard 's last season in pinstripes back in the 2011-12 season. Since then, the Raptors have...
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Toronto Raptors: The Landry Fields Experiment 2.0
Image courtesy of Bryan Horowitz/Flickr . At only 26 years old, there are not too many players in the NBA who have had the kind of rollercoaster ride of a career that Landry Fields has....
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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,...