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Rant on NBA Referees: Can the Toronto Raptors Get a Call?

by Stephen Brotherston

Since the home opener this season, the Toronto Raptors seem to be on the outs with the NBA referees. I’ll admit to wearing a Raptors’ Fans Glasses. But it seems that when it matters, the Raptors are being held back by some highly biased NBA refereeing...

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Marisa Torre commented on Rant on NBA Referees: Can the Toronto Raptors Get a Call?

Bad ref'ing is alot like a co-worker who schemes to get you fired ... until this person is set straight you gotta treat it as just...

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chase ruttig commented on Reviewing the Raptors: Better than Expected After 10 Games

.500 is decent considering how bad the Raptors are out West, but they could easily be in the 8-2 ballpark if the ball bounced their way...

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  It's been frustrating to watch some games just slip away. Bad refereeing. Questionable line-ups from Triano....

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DeMarco Williams commented on Rant on NBA Referees: Can the Toronto Raptors Get a Call?

Hey, Stephen. Honestly, I haven't paid much attention to the Refs vs. Raptors situation this young NBA season. But after reading this, I'll certainly be more...

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  Thanks for the support. The difference between Home games and Road games for the Raps is...
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  You need to hold up Huge signs that say STOP CHEATING when calls get absurdly 1...

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Joe Gerrity commented on New Orleans Center Emeka Okafor To Be Traded?

Your article really got my thinking so I wrote one of my own, focusing more on the ramifications of a serious injury to cp3 and how...

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  Expect they'll react by re-thinking their team. Making trades to change chemistry, making trades to dump...

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geoff davis commented on Rant on NBA Referees: Can the Toronto Raptors Get a Call?

It really does look like donghy wasnt lying about everything. The raps are getting bad calls, that is not an arguable point. The fact is, if...

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  Doubt Donaghy needs to lie. There is more than enough dirt here for him to stick...

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Louis Pisano commented on Rant on NBA Referees: Can the Toronto Raptors Get a Call?

Damn right bro! Raps are gettting the short end of the stick, the day the NBA allows the words "The World Champion Raptors" to go out...

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  Unfortunately there are a lot of teams the NBA doesn't ever want to have a chance!...

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Marisa Torre commented on Toronto Raptors Player Updates: Bosh, Jose, Hedo...10 Games in

The prevailing sentiment that Chris Bosh should be traded, regardless of relatively impressive stats and performance, stems from the fact that his attentions seem to be...

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  Bosh is going to want to be paid! Giving him a max contract of $130 million...

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Miles Hines commented on Rant on NBA Referees: Can the Toronto Raptors Get a Call?

The refs in Denver no matter the Trio Core = have all been 1 sided this season for Denver. Im a LA fan and the 2nd...

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  Jay should have screamed at the Refs in Denver until they through him out. There are...

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Ellison Chaines commented on Rant on NBA Referees: Can the Toronto Raptors Get a Call?

i don't if anyone mentioned it but how about that and 1 for Nash at the end of the Phoenix-Toronto game. No one touched him. And...

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  Very Sad but True! The Refs took the game away from the Raps in Phoenix! In...
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Stephen Brotherston commented on Toronto Raptors Re-Acquire Pops Mensah-Bonsu

A BIG Toronto Raptors Fans Welcome for Pops!

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Brad Norton commented on Toronto Raptors Re-Acquire Pops Mensah-Bonsu

and let the bonsu flu pandemic spread faster than h1n1.

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Stephen Brotherston commented on Oh Canada: After 15 Years Toronto Raptors Ready To Make Jump

Expecting the Raps to have a good year, but still building.

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  Douby single-handedly "saved" Rutgers basketball honor. A great college player who was too small to be...
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Marisa Torre commented on Raptors-Suns: Jay Triano's Coaching Costs Raptors A Win

Raps losses haven't been so severe to cause concern. As much as a loss on the books is still a loss; tough games with marginal losses...

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