Friday January 27 2012 – 10:35am Mountain – Denver, Colorado The Toronto Raptors announced this morning that Andrea Bargnani will be sidelined indefinitely withi a strained left calf. Bargnani missed 6 games from the Raptors line up prior to returning on Tuesday of this week; helping the Raptors beat the Phoenix Suns and the Utah [...]

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Thursday January 26 2012 – 12:29pm Mountain – Denver, Colorado If you’re a fan of the NBA…you’ve probably been following the “transaction” news over the last couple of days…seeing extensions put forth for players like: Kevin Love Gerald Henderson Danilo Gallinari Xavier Henry … and many more. You probably saw or heard of extensions not [...]

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Thursday January 26 2012 – 2:04am Mountain – Denver, Colorado The Toronto Raptors won their second game in a row on Wednesday night … knocking off the Utah Jazz in double overtime. But the victory came with a price as Andrea Bargnani re-aggravated his calf injury (which sidelined him for 6 games prior to his [...]

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Wednesday January 25 2012 – 3:28pm Mountain – Salt Lake City, Utah On Tuesday afternoon…my broadcast partner, Paul Jones, was on the air back in Toronto with Tim and Sid on Sportsnet 590 the FAN. Sid Seixeiro “guaranteed” a Raptors win over the Phoenix Suns — something Toronto hadn’t done in 14 tries (over 7+ years [...]

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Wednesday January 25 2012 – 2:16pm Mountain – Salt Lake City, Utah Here we go again … Talk to you at 830pm (pre game) folks.  9pm tip. Have a good one. E. Smith

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Wednesday January 25 2012 – 2:05pm Mountain – Salt Lake City, Utah Throughout this road trip, Paul Jones and I have been joking about the miles we’ll log and the sights we’ll see along the way.  It sounds like a bad Hugh Grant film:  “2 Oceans, Some Mountains, and a Desert”. From Toronto to LA [...]

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Wednesday January 25 2012 – 1:54am Mountain – Salt Lake City, Utah We had some issues with our first video recap – recorded last night in Phoenix following the Raptors win over the Suns.  The arena staff at the US Airways Center was crashing and banging chairs and floor boards; tearing down for a hockey [...]

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Tuesday January 24 2012 – 1:45pm Mountain – Phoenix, Arizona Toronto hasn’t beaten Steve Nash since he was in Dallas and the Raptors are riding an 8-game losing streak as they get set for the Suns tonight … But Andrea Bargnani did take part in shoot-around this morning and Dwane Casey said his big man [...]

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Sunday January 22 2012 – 7:39 Mountain – Phoenix, AZ 8 is enough… Or is it? I guess we’ll find out on Tuesday when the Raptors visit the Suns…but for now…the losing streak sits at 8 games following Toronto’s latest defeat. The Clippers destroyed the Raps earlier today; leading by as many as 22 points [...]

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Saturday January 21 2012 – 7:41pm Pacific – Los Angeles, CA The Toronto Raptors hit the road last night – after their 7th straight loss (the latest at the hands of the Portland Trailblazers) – to kick off a 5-game trip that includes 4 in the West and one in Jersey before they head home [...]

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