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Should the Toronto Raptors Pursue Anthony Parker?

I think it's safe to say that Parker has become one of the more liked players on the Raptors squad. Much like the newly minted assistant coach Alvin Williams, Parker is just a class act all the way...

Written by Sang Nguyen about 5 months ago 1,076 reads 13 comments
Toronto Raptors and DeMar DeRozan's Upside

Does Toronto have a star in their hands? It's way too soon to guess, but I would lean to "no." I've been following DeMar DeRozan for awhile now, and not because I thought, "hey, this guy looks ...

Written by Sang Nguyen about 5 months ago 1,003 reads 3 comments
Toronto Raptors Need To Take a Chance in a Ho-Hum Draft

As I’m sure you noticed the Toronto Raptors are out of the playoffs. This was the exact scenario I previously laid out when I found out the team had picked up Jermaine O'Neal in a trade...

Written by Sang Nguyen about 6 months ago 1,405 reads 4 comments
Mo Williams: The Non-Star All-Star

Mo Williams is an All-Star? What? Here I was assuming the All-Star game was where the best of the best played. Yes, it's just a glorified pickup game, but it's still a spectacular one where ...

Written by Sang Nguyen about 9 months ago 205 reads 9 comments
Top 3 NBA Players at Each Position: Reckoning Edition

Well, I'm back with my latest rankings. And this time, it's all work and no fun. Which makes Sang a dull boy. All work and no fun makes Sang a dull boy. All fun and no work makes Sang a homeless boy...

Written by Sang Nguyen about 11 months ago 624 reads 12 comments
Top 3 NBA Players at Each Position: Deluxe Edition

"Man. Sang, what is up with you?" asks my subconscious, which is weird because I always thought the subconscious wasn't supposed to make conscious statements. But still it continues, "You promised a weekly column and here you are, two weeks later...

Written by Sang Nguyen about about 1 year ago 548 reads 10 comments
Top 3 NBA Players at Each Position : Week 2.5

And I'm back, half a week later than I had promised since the last report. A lot of things have happened in the NBA since my last rankings, with some rising, some falling, and Mark Cuban being implicated in an insider trading fiasco...

Written by Sang Nguyen about about 1 year ago 520 reads 3 comments
The Top Three NBA Players at Each Position: Week One

I'm trying to start a regular weekly column with my personal picks of the top three NBA players at the five spots, as well as a rookie watch. This was partially inspired by ESPN's Awards Watch and my love of lists and categorization...

Written by Sang Nguyen about about 1 year ago 285 reads 7 comments
Raptor's Opener : Musings, Rantings, Congratulations

Well, the opener's come and gone and, thank Zeus, the Raptors managed to stifle the Elton's glorious, half-arena filled debut in Philly...

Written by Sang Nguyen about about 1 year ago 59 reads 0 comments
Signs out of Toronto Raptors Training Camp are a GO!

(Credit to Paul Jay of CBCSports.ca for the initial report) Well, the new season is around the corner and we all know what that means. Training camp! Or, more specifically, analyses of how our favourite teams are coming together for the upcoming season.

Written by Sang Nguyen about about 1 year ago 523 reads 2 comments
Toronto Raptors News: Nathan Jawai Unfit for Duty, Jamal Sampson Enlisted

Whoops, wrong Sampson. News got out earlier today that recent Toronto draft pick Nathan Jawai was unceremoniously dumped from training camp practice on the grounds of a heart irregularity found during a cardio session...

Written by Sang Nguyen about about 1 year ago 504 reads 0 comments
A Toronto Raptors Slump? Ways It Could Get Worse Than Last Year

Let me preface this article by stating that these are purely potentialities, and are not predictions. The Toronto Raptors certainly had a busy offseason and coming off of that, their possible upside is certainly high...

Written by Sang Nguyen about about 1 year ago 5,357 reads 17 comments
Analyses and Ratings for the 2008 NBA Offseason Part Deux : The Walloping West!

Well, about a month ago I wrote part one of my long running one part series analysing the offseason shaking and baking of the NBA. I also mentioned my upcoming impressions of the West for the following week...

Written by Sang Nguyen about about 1 year ago 180 reads 0 comments
Analyses and Ratings for the 2008 NBA Offseason Part I : The Stupendous East!

Well, I wouldn't exactly lavish the 2008 NBA offseason with unbecoming superlatives like "fantastic," "great," or "averagely mediocre," but I still think it deserves some of our, the real NBA fans, time...

Written by Sang Nguyen about about 1 year ago 455 reads 6 comments
Phelps - Gate? Olympic Athlete Swims but not Seen

Michael Phelps wowed millions of Olympic viewers by winning his seventh gold medal by no more than one one-hundredth of a second during the 100 metre butterfly earlier this evening over Milorad Cavic...

Written by Sang Nguyen about about 1 year ago 346 reads 2 comments
Late Night Predictions for the Early Morning USA-Spain Matchup.

The Spanish squad came into the Olympics the world champions, and yet they've been delegated to relative obscurity by the hurricane that is the United States 'Redeem' team...

Written by Sang Nguyen about about 1 year ago 192 reads 0 comments
Mike D'Antoni in New York with Knicks—Like Oil in Water

Mike D'Antoni. New York Knicks. I don't understand it. It boggles my mind. If you haven't been keeping up with league news, or just came back from a coma five minutes ago, Mike D'Antoni ...

Written by Sang Nguyen about about 1 year ago 722 reads 3 comments
How Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya Didn't Save Boxing

I'm not the biggest boxing aficionado in my neck of the woods, but I've always been fascinated by the sport. It triggers something primal in me—the idea of two gladiators stepping into the ring to go toe-to-toe, mano-a-mano...

Written by Sang Nguyen about over 2 years ago 493 reads 11 comments
No Miracle: Golden State Warriors Finish off Nowitzki, Mavericks

It's not a miracle. Calling it a miracle would imply that the Golden State Warriors' first-round victory over the Dallas Mavericks defied natural law—that it was a fluke, an anomaly...

Written by Sang Nguyen about over 2 years ago 329 reads 16 comments
In Defense of Daisuke Matsuzaka

51 million dollars. Let me repeat that: 51 million dollars. The figure has become legend in some baseball circles. For those not in the know, that's how much money the Boston Red Sox paid for the opportunity to offer Daisuke Matsuzaka a contract

Written by Sang Nguyen about over 2 years ago 346 reads 6 comments
Toronto Raptors Fairytale: How Cinderalla Choked

47-35. Nobody believed it could happen. Not the analysts, not the fans, maybe not even the players. An improvement over last year's dismal performance was guaranteed (how could it have ...

Written by Sang Nguyen about over 2 years ago 350 reads 8 comments

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Sang Nguyen Article Archive

Should the Toronto Raptors Pursue Anthony Parker?

Toronto Raptors and DeMar DeRozan's Upside

Toronto Raptors Need To Take a Chance in a Ho-Hum Draft

Mo Williams: The Non-Star All-Star

Top 3 NBA Players at Each Position: Reckoning Edition

Top 3 NBA Players at Each Position: Deluxe Edition

Top 3 NBA Players at Each Position : Week 2.5

The Top Three NBA Players at Each Position: Week One

Raptor's Opener : Musings, Rantings, Congratulations

Signs out of Toronto Raptors Training Camp are a GO!

Toronto Raptors News: Nathan Jawai Unfit for Duty, Jamal Sampson Enlisted

A Toronto Raptors Slump? Ways It Could Get Worse Than Last Year

Analyses and Ratings for the 2008 NBA Offseason Part Deux : The Walloping West!

Analyses and Ratings for the 2008 NBA Offseason Part I : The Stupendous East!

Phelps - Gate? Olympic Athlete Swims but not Seen

Late Night Predictions for the Early Morning USA-Spain Matchup.

Mike D'Antoni in New York with Knicks—Like Oil in Water

How Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya Didn't Save Boxing

No Miracle: Golden State Warriors Finish off Nowitzki, Mavericks

In Defense of Daisuke Matsuzaka

Toronto Raptors Fairytale: How Cinderalla Choked

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