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CLAWING && CLIMBING - A TORONTO RAPTORS FRANCHISE
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02-11-2011, 06:55 PM | #17 |
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Re: CLAWING && CLIMBING - A TORONTO RAPTORS FRANCHISE
THE OCTOBER NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER Players of the Week (Oct 26-30): The first player of the weeks were revealed in the National Basketball Association. On the west side of things, it was an obvious choice with Carmelo Anthony taking away the temporary crown. He debuted the season with a stunning 36 points in a victory against the Utah Jazz but to those who believe it was nothing but the results of hogging, they must realize he also had 3 assists and garnered 11 rebounds for the double double. His second game, he did even better, scoring the season high 46 points and recording 10 rebounds, adding to that, 2 steals and 2 blocks. The next game, he almost broke his career high but fell one point short, getting 49 points and breaking the season high he made a game ago, this time adding 9 rebounds to his totals. Close behind him were Kobe Bryant, Monta Ellis and Brandon Roy who are all average at least 30 points and five assists per game. On the east side of things, it was once more an obvious choice, yet a surprising one at that. Raptors’s starting shooting guard stepped up to the plate, Demar Derozan. He recorded a career high 34 points on his first game along with a 2 steals and 4 blocks, a game later, he stepped it up and recorded another career high 44 points. Behind him are Dwayne Wade, and Joe Johnson although they were far from taking the Raptor’s crown. Signings: The Utah Jazz signed Flip Murray to a one year, 1.51 million dollar contract, giving him the role of a bench warmer. Flip has already demanded his role to be upgraded so that he’s at least looked at as a role player, and he has reason to complain, averaging a career 10 points and bringing in at least 2 rebounds and 2 assists every game. Larry Hughes was also signed by the Phoenix Suns, unlike Flip, he’ll be playing a more important role as the teams sixth man. He was signed to a one year 2.28 million dollar contract and is currently average 15.5 points per game and 2.5 steals after his first two games with the team. He’s been shown to be happy with his new team so no complaints have been heard from him. Rookie Report: Evan Turner is leading the rookies in points per game with 15, followed by 14.7 from Wesley Johnson and both John Wall and Solomon Alabi with 13.5 points per game. Al-Farouq Aminu is upstaging his teammate in the rebounding department with 12.3 while Blake Griffin simply holds 9.7. Right behind the two Clippers is Damion James with 9. In the assists region, John Wall is dominating to no surprise with 7 assists per game. Far away is Evan Turner with 3.3 assists per game and a surprising Solomon Alabi with 2 assists per game. NBA Drama: Over in New York City, Wilson Chandler is coming up an expiring contract. The Knicks have pressured him to resign with team before the off-season but Wilson has seemingly been weighting in his options. This is a good chance for teams like Toronto and Cleveland to get the possible star on their team. In Sacramento, the Kings have considered trading away Beno Udrih and Lakers have shown interest. It is no surprise that the Los Angeles Lakers are going to need to start searching for a point guard soon with Fisher nearing retirement and Udrih has shown capability at the position. However, should Beno come to the Lakers, chances are it’ll be for Steve Blake. At Portland, Marcus Camby has publicly stated - “I love Portland to be honest! It’s a great city. I don’t want to leave. If I can stay in Portland I’ll stay. In the end it’s not my decision though, I don’t think it’d make much sense for me to stay in a team that doesn’t want me. When it all comes down to it, I’m in this league because of the game, I’ll play for any team that would want me and that would appreciate me!” Unfortunately for the center, they have already declared he’s available for trades and many teams have shown interests in him. Over in Toronto, two friends seem to be sharing completely different fates. While Demar Derozan has earned far more playing time and has shone in the process, his good friend, Sonny Weems, hasn’t. The shooting guard is playing about four minutes, average one point and the new General Manager, Jake Hunter doesn’t seem to be looking to change it. He commented - “Why will I change something that’s not broken. People call us the worsts team in the league, but if Demar continues that all-star playing he’s been doing as of late, then I don’t think that’ll be our name anymore. Nothing against Weems, but we don’t really need him in Toronto. If a trade comes up, I’ll be more then willing to let him go somewhere where he can get playing time. That goes for Amir Johnson too, we’re willing to get rid of that dead weight contract he has!” Jake certainly doesn’t hide anything he has to say. Injury Report: There have been many injuries across the league but we’ll simply be highlighting the more severe ones that have caused people to be out. Brandon Wright has a sore ankle only lasting day-to-day but he will still be unable to play. Danillo Gallinari is finding a sad start to his season as he is gone for 4 to 6 weeks after breaking his wrist from a foul by Toronto’s own Reggie Evans. Rudy Fernandez of the Portland Trail Blazers has suffered a Broken Ankle and will be out for 6 to 8 weeks. Finally, Chris Kaman will be gone for the same amount of time as Rudy with a Broken Jaw. But this could definitely mean some playing time for rookie Blake Griffin. Prospect Look-Out: This week on the prospects look-out, we’ll be holding an overview of the top three prospects in each position. In the week before the Playoffs, we’ll be doing the same to see what has changed and what has stayed. Point Guards: The best point guard in the draft and also one to be in the top five is Kyrie Irving. The prospect from Duke has many teams scouting for him such as the Raptors, the Lakers (although doubtful that they’ll get him), and the Timberwolves. He is being compared to Utah’s Deron Williams and is graded with an A coming into the season. After him is Brandon Knight who is set to go in the Lottery. He’s also coming in with an A grade and has the honor of being compared to legendary and veteran point guard; Jason Kidd. He’ll be sure to make Kentucky proud and make an impact with the league. Finally there is Kemba Walker from Connecticut. His comparison isn’t as great as the top two in Kyle Lowry but he’s got talent nonetheless. There are a few other prospects to watch with Shelvin Mack, Maalik Wayns, Demetri McCamey, who could possibly be drafted to the first round. |
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VICTORY IN THE FIRST OF FOUR! @
IT WAS OVER BY THE FIRST! @
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UPSET IN CALI! Toronto Raptors flew into Los Angeles knowing that the chances of coming out with the victory was slim to none. Their opponents happened to be the defending champions who came into this season undefeated with five victories. However, DeRozan came into the game showing that undefeated or not, they weren’t going down without a fight. Of course, he wasn’t being matched with Kobe Bryant today as the Raptors decided to shake up their line-up, taking Evans and Kleiza out and replacing them with Alabi and Barbosa. After his first dunk earlier on in the match-up, DeRozan went cold and missed two consecutive three’s. Fortunately for him, the rest of the team were able to keep it together with some good playing on both sides of the court. Weems was also given time in the court and attempted to show his talent but missed most of his attempted field goals. On the Lakers side of things, simply nothing would go in. It was a matter of the ball bouncing off the rim and always missing. Furthermore, the numerous turnovers by the team didn’t help them either. Another factor that played into the Lakers bad game was the fact that Raptors constantly kept things fresh. By the end of the first quarter just about 10 of the 12 players had been in the game. Unfortunately, things could only be kept solid for so long. The Lakers seemed to adjust to the Raptors near the first and Bynum, Brown, Odom all stepped it up a notch to go from 23 and 15 to 25 to 23 and should Odom have beaten the buzzer, they could’ve seen themselves winning by one. The scoring was spread among both teams with Andrew Bynum and Jerryd Bayless leading the way for their respective teams.
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