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Hey Basketball fans, please ignore the cheesey title. I've just recently registered thanks to the invite by Built Ford Tough and from what I've seen in this forum so far, expect to be sticking around. :glasses: A little bit about myself; I live in Toronto and currently 17. I hope to go to Ryerson for Nursing after this year. I'm a die hard Raptors fan and will remain one forever. I love Basketball , I play it every chance I get, especially in the summer. I can hoop a 'bit' I love to analyze and discuss everything NBA and especially the Raptors. I love players who are humble and hard working. I'm usually an optimist when it comes to the Raptors future but I'm not an idiot. my favorite basketball player of all time is probably Kobe just due to his intelligence on the floor , all those amazing moves (most of which don't solely require athleticism) and his amazing clutch shot. I just posted this on another thread so I'll re-post it again here, it's my generalized thoughts on the Raptors: - New developing attitude/culture under Dwayne Casey - Bargnani coming into his own as a consistent score (at least for the first 3 Q's) - Derozan, being inconsistent right now but we know what he can do offensively, hopefully will round out and find his niche in Casey's new defensive system - Calderon playing some of his best basketball right now, hoping it will continue? (Possible J Kidd V2?) - Amir Johnson is a great role player and has amazing chemistry with Jose. He dosn't try to do to much and does his role nicely. - Ed Davis. He NEEDS to develop an offensive game, that same left handed hook shot doesn't cut it for me. - Bayless, we have seen the past 2 games with him out how much his offensive punch means to us. We can still hope that he can take on some of Calderons passing/play making ability. - James Johnson, We've already seen some amazing blocks from this guy. He is a hard worker. Obviously needs to work on his decision making and shot on the offensive end. Luckily for us he's young. - Jonas V, this guy has alot of potential, as of now probably just as much as Derozan. Our possible starting C. - If we choose to tank for the rest of the year (which i think we should do If we can't manage a 6th seed) I can see us getting somewhere around the 5th pick again in a DEEP draft. And with our success in picking up good players with low picks I'll trust BC to get us a good if not great player (SF or PG). Anyways I hope to stick around for as long as possible. I see good things in this forum already. Ciao. (im not Italian)

http://www.hoopsworld.com/nba-2-a-new-beast-in-the-east Just to clarify, I don't believe that Bargnani is openly trying to take a shot at Bosh and you will see that if you read the entire article. He is more talking about the team rebuilding after Bosh left, trying to establish a winning culture and things like that. He probably meant in more in the sense of saying that even when Bosh was there they weren't a good team and that is what they are striving to become now. Bargnani has always spoke highly of Bosh, even after he left, so I highly doubt he is trying to take a shot at him. But, he does speak the truth and that is one thing that I always have liked about Bargnani. He doesn't try to be politically correct or sugercoat his answers. He always gives his 100% true thoughts.

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Durant just bombed this game. Portland decided to try and shut him down, closed up the paint and put their best defenders on him (Wallace, Batum and Matthews are all capable of giving him trouble), and it worked like a charm. Portland could be a tough out for OKC in the playoffs. They are built well enough to stop them in a series.

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Just Met Mark Sanchez at a Chipotle restaurant near my house. Refused to take a quick picture with me and my buddies, he shook our hands, wished each of us a happy new year, and told us he didn't want to make a scene. So we accepted it, and went back to eating... Minutes later, he walks back in the door near where we are seated, he laughs and says to us "I'm not back to take a pic guys!" And we are like "aw damnit come on mark!" and he's like "just had to grab some napkins & forks" and we all wished him luck (the two buddies i was with are Jets fans...didn't want to be too disrespectful to him lol) he said "thanks guys, but why would you want a picture with a QB like me??" we were stunned and then he waved to us and left. Overall, it was pretty cool. he was a pretty nice guy. you could definitely tell he didn't want to turn us off...but the place was packed and we were the ONLY people who recognized him. Not even the manager, or any of the employees seemed to take note!

He is turning into one of my fav players if not already.

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