Raptors wise the Free Agency kick off has been a dud. Bosh met with some teams the surprise on the list Houston. But if you listen to his tweets, Miami sure seems the front runner. He praised how much Pat Riley wants to win. So does that mean B.C didn't? ESPN did report the Raptors have offered a max contract. Joe Johnson can show you one of those as the Hawks resigned him.
In my view, disturbing news, as Hedo Turkoglu seems to be trying to say "my bad" and move on. Colangleo also said in his fan interview about time can heal wounds. It is looking more like Hedo could in fact return to the Raptors. I am not sure if this is something the fans will accept. I also am not sure if they should. If Hedo does return I am not sure how many fans will be in the mood to forgive and forget.
Our fantasy world of B-Ball gets kicked off tonight. For the second season of our Mock GM league with the same Rosters where we left off. So keep that in mind when you are selecting a team. July 1 9pm the season will begin here. Lots of teams still available but don't wait and miss out.
With that all being said, HAPPY CANADA DAY to all our Canadian Readers!!!
UPDATE 9pm- OR NOT........
Yahoo is reporting that Amir Johnson will remain a Raptor. He even tweeted it himself. But he did not tweet his deal which Marc Spears reported is 34 million dollars for 5 year which is a deal when you compare to the terrible deal Drew Gooden was given. More on this tomorrow.
Showing posts with label Fantasy Basketball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fantasy Basketball. Show all posts
1/20/10
Starting 5 with Alex Seixerio
Today we welcome a new guest to The Starting 5 to talk some raptors basketball. Alex has been pinch hitting for Jack and Eric hosting The Game Plan on the Fan 590 this week. He had a great interview with The Score's own Cabbie that you can check out on The Fan Website. He also hosts The Fantasy Show as well and you hear him reporting and doing updates on the Fan as well. The Dino Nation Blog has had a whole bunch of guests from The Fan 590 and they are always very great people to talk with. Alex was no exception in that regard. We chat about CB4 and his take on his future in T.O, some Andrea Bargnani talk and a bunch of other things. Including a little fantasy advice for those of you that enjoy your Fantasy Basketball. Alex unfortunately took Gilbert Arenas in a league so for those of you in the same boat you can share is pain. Hopefully you enjoy are conversation as much as I did. Alex also is of course the brother of Sid of Court Surfing fame on the Score among other things. 
Hope you enjoyed and I will look to get Eric Smith back for the Starting 5 when we can reschedule him. Also have another Interview lined up tomorrow with someone who everyone who is a Raptor fan will know. Who? Well sometime tomorrow afternoon if all goes as planned you will find out. Thanks to Alex it was great to talk with him as I have got to know him over the past year a bit through Twitter. I hope to have him back as a guest in the future.
Raptors and Bucks in a few hours and my Radio Appearances in Montreal have moved to Wednesdays on CJLO so you can hear me with my thoughts on the Raptors and NBA at 12:15am and maybe I will give a hint to our guest tomorrow.
8/28/09
Wow Canada
Last night on DNB Radio I shared my thoughts on what was an impressive win that was by Canada over Mexcio yesterday. If you some how missed the live blog yesterday and DNB Radio...Canada beat Mexico by 55 points. It was a really amazing shooting day for team Canada. Andy Rautins gave Syracuse fans reason to be optimistic about his personal outlook for next season. The journey continues today as Canada will take on the Virgin Islands. I will once again be live blogging all the action here at the Dino Nation Blog same start time of 3:45.
The action continues over the weekend and I will see if I am able to blog those as well.Also, don't for get that our Fantasy League with PASPN launches tonight, so if you want you first choice of a team or players to represent if you choose to be agent it starts @ 7pm. If you have not signed up yet here is a link to the PASPN MOCK GM SITE and then sign-up for OUR LEAGUE. It works on a first come first serve basis so signing up after 7pm today you are going to be getting leftovers.
The action continues over the weekend and I will see if I am able to blog those as well.Also, don't for get that our Fantasy League with PASPN launches tonight, so if you want you first choice of a team or players to represent if you choose to be agent it starts @ 7pm. If you have not signed up yet here is a link to the PASPN MOCK GM SITE and then sign-up for OUR LEAGUE. It works on a first come first serve basis so signing up after 7pm today you are going to be getting leftovers.
8/24/09
The Summer Of B.C
Things are slowing down as we approach the end of August. However what a summer it has been for Bryan Colangelo. He truly has recreated the Toronto Raptors and done what most felt was near impossible. Only the core of this Raptor roster remains from opening night in Philadelphia last year. How it will all work out is up for debate but no one can question that Bryan has not been hard at work reconstructing this Raptor roster. He even in a interview on the Fan 590 this past week suggests he may not be done.
If there was an off-season G.M of the year award it would go hands down to Bryan Colangelo. He has given Jay Triano a number of tools and options to allow him to be a success in his first full year as head coach of the Raptors. It has to be a good feeling for Triano to know that his G.M would put in so much work and is always striving to make this team better. It allows him to just focus on the task of coaching this squad and getting them prepared to be successful. Speaking of Jay, Romy Aquino of Hoops Head North had a chance to interview Jay as he was out in Halifax. I got to know Romy as he did a bit of work live blogging with us on The Score.com, so congrats to him on being able to land an interview with Jay Triano.
In a summer that started with rumours of if Chris Bosh would be traded it has drastically changed for the better. I entered into this off-season feeling unsure about the Raptors future. Now that we are approaching the end of it, I find myself the most optimistic I have been in a long time. Sure there still is a lot of questions to be answered. The biggest of which is if Chris Bosh will remain with the Raptors beyond this season. However the team Colangelo has built gives me hope that it is possible to see a path that may lead Bosh to stay in Toronto. At the start of this off-season that was a lonely dark road that few people dared go down.
I had said in this blog long before this reconstruction started that the number one goal of Bryan Colangelo was to keep Chris Bosh and not trade him. I am not sure how many people believed me when I said it, but now do you believe? You should because Colangelo said that part of why he came here was to build a team around a talent like Chris Bosh. I think to often Bosh is not given the true respect he is due at times. He is a top talent in the NBA however you cut it and he gives all that he has to try to win. Vince Carter was and is a guy with immense talent but seldom lives up to it. Chris Bosh as worked is way to NBA stardom and he continues to do so.
This summer could mark the turn of not just Raptors chances for this upcoming season but for the franchise as a whole. Bryan Colangelo can change the perception of this franchise once and for all if he can re-sign Chris Bosh. That will end all of the V.C, T-Mac and Damon Stoudamire leaving talk in the history books where it belongs.
So Could You Do Better Than B.C?
I got approached by Ngozika Nwaneri about a fantasy basketball game called Mock GM. I took a look at the game and concept and it seemed pretty interesting and something very different from you average fantasy sports game. Now in the past I have taken part in all kinds of basketball related games. From sim leagues to fantasy leagues there is nothing I have not given a shot over the years. It seems fairly obvious that if you write a blog on basketball you would be a junkie for anything basketball related. I was asked if I wanted to set up a league for the Dino Nation Blog to try this out, I thought it looked interesting so after exchanging some e-mails, we did create a league for all of you to take part in if you like. Here is the link to our league on Mock GM. It is free to play and it will not cost you anything. How is works is unique. Instead of you standard fantasy game in which you would hold draft and pick players, you start with the current NBA franchise you sign up to be G.M of and go from there. You can also choose to go the Jerry Maguire route and be an agent for up to 30 NBA players. The league is set to launch on Friday at 7pm (Toronto Time) and basically it works on a first come first serve basis. I am going to allow some reader the chance to run the Raptors and I will take on some other team. I may even decide to be an agent. If you want some background on how all of this work I will provide a couple links to the basics and the rules. Mock G.M Basketball 101 and the rules to play as a G.M or Agent. However I thought it might be a good idea to have Ngozika pay a visit to the starting 5 as well to give me and you an overview of the game and tell us more about it.
It seem interesting enough to try. I still will have your more tradition fantasy options for you when the season approaches. But this offers a chance for fans who all think they have the answers to go out and prove it. Same goes for bloggers as well. It is very easy to say what you would do in a G.M's shoes but this game comes as close to putting you in that chair as you are likely going to get. As mentioned interview as well if you are a bit foggy on how the CBA works this will provide you some real life experience as to how it does. So if you think you have the stuff or just are looking to have some fun in the dog days of summer sign up at PASPN.net and get ready for the fun to start Friday. If you have friends or family that you want to join up feel free to invite them to play as well.
If there was an off-season G.M of the year award it would go hands down to Bryan Colangelo. He has given Jay Triano a number of tools and options to allow him to be a success in his first full year as head coach of the Raptors. It has to be a good feeling for Triano to know that his G.M would put in so much work and is always striving to make this team better. It allows him to just focus on the task of coaching this squad and getting them prepared to be successful. Speaking of Jay, Romy Aquino of Hoops Head North had a chance to interview Jay as he was out in Halifax. I got to know Romy as he did a bit of work live blogging with us on The Score.com, so congrats to him on being able to land an interview with Jay Triano.
In a summer that started with rumours of if Chris Bosh would be traded it has drastically changed for the better. I entered into this off-season feeling unsure about the Raptors future. Now that we are approaching the end of it, I find myself the most optimistic I have been in a long time. Sure there still is a lot of questions to be answered. The biggest of which is if Chris Bosh will remain with the Raptors beyond this season. However the team Colangelo has built gives me hope that it is possible to see a path that may lead Bosh to stay in Toronto. At the start of this off-season that was a lonely dark road that few people dared go down.
I had said in this blog long before this reconstruction started that the number one goal of Bryan Colangelo was to keep Chris Bosh and not trade him. I am not sure how many people believed me when I said it, but now do you believe? You should because Colangelo said that part of why he came here was to build a team around a talent like Chris Bosh. I think to often Bosh is not given the true respect he is due at times. He is a top talent in the NBA however you cut it and he gives all that he has to try to win. Vince Carter was and is a guy with immense talent but seldom lives up to it. Chris Bosh as worked is way to NBA stardom and he continues to do so.
This summer could mark the turn of not just Raptors chances for this upcoming season but for the franchise as a whole. Bryan Colangelo can change the perception of this franchise once and for all if he can re-sign Chris Bosh. That will end all of the V.C, T-Mac and Damon Stoudamire leaving talk in the history books where it belongs.
So Could You Do Better Than B.C?
I got approached by Ngozika Nwaneri about a fantasy basketball game called Mock GM. I took a look at the game and concept and it seemed pretty interesting and something very different from you average fantasy sports game. Now in the past I have taken part in all kinds of basketball related games. From sim leagues to fantasy leagues there is nothing I have not given a shot over the years. It seems fairly obvious that if you write a blog on basketball you would be a junkie for anything basketball related. I was asked if I wanted to set up a league for the Dino Nation Blog to try this out, I thought it looked interesting so after exchanging some e-mails, we did create a league for all of you to take part in if you like. Here is the link to our league on Mock GM. It is free to play and it will not cost you anything. How is works is unique. Instead of you standard fantasy game in which you would hold draft and pick players, you start with the current NBA franchise you sign up to be G.M of and go from there. You can also choose to go the Jerry Maguire route and be an agent for up to 30 NBA players. The league is set to launch on Friday at 7pm (Toronto Time) and basically it works on a first come first serve basis. I am going to allow some reader the chance to run the Raptors and I will take on some other team. I may even decide to be an agent. If you want some background on how all of this work I will provide a couple links to the basics and the rules. Mock G.M Basketball 101 and the rules to play as a G.M or Agent. However I thought it might be a good idea to have Ngozika pay a visit to the starting 5 as well to give me and you an overview of the game and tell us more about it.It seem interesting enough to try. I still will have your more tradition fantasy options for you when the season approaches. But this offers a chance for fans who all think they have the answers to go out and prove it. Same goes for bloggers as well. It is very easy to say what you would do in a G.M's shoes but this game comes as close to putting you in that chair as you are likely going to get. As mentioned interview as well if you are a bit foggy on how the CBA works this will provide you some real life experience as to how it does. So if you think you have the stuff or just are looking to have some fun in the dog days of summer sign up at PASPN.net and get ready for the fun to start Friday. If you have friends or family that you want to join up feel free to invite them to play as well.
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