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Raps’ heads will roll

GameSetMatch — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:09:57 +0000

For the Raptors, the end arrived late Wednesday night in the season-ending game.

For some, it marked the beginning of the end because heads will now roll.

Whether it’s as early as Thursday, next week, in the ensuing weeks or in the coming months, someone will have to take the fall for a free-falling team that never looked the same from the all-star break.

The entire team, from top to bottom, will now be under review. What is uncovered and what measures are taken to correct this mess will lay the foundation for how the Raps look in the future.

With very little financial wiggle room in a basketball climate where revenues are declining, the Raptors won’t have much to play with in terms of bargaining chips.

Click here to read the full article – By FRANK ZICARELLI of Ottawa Sun

Raptors take one on the chin

GameSetMatch — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:38:39 +0000

It’s simple, really. See the ball, go get the ball. Basic basketball learned in grade school.

But it was a practice that eluded the Raptors here Monday night like it’s eluded them so many times in the past, and it cost them another game.

Outhustled, outworked and out-thought by the short-staffed San Antonio Spurs, the Raptors suffered a 131-124 loss underscored by a frightful lack of effort on the glass.

The Spurs, minus Tim Duncan and Tony Parker, turned 16 offensive rebounds into an astonishing 32 second-chance points to wipe out any hopes Toronto had of stealing a win over a weakened opponent.

Click here to read the full article – By Doug Smith of thestar.com

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