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Marco Belinelli spent a little extra time Monday after practice working with shooting consultant Dave Hopla , who is with the team for a couple of days.

Sometime later this week or early next, Chris Bosh will take his place in Raptors history.

Thirty games into what has been at times a trying and frustrating season, the Raptors finally are having some fun, and the play of three un heralded players is a big reason why.

Chris Bosh and Co. are all smiles during last night's blowout win. I thought I'd do the 'accredited journalist' thing and get to a live game to get the insider look at game day in Raptors land.

All is not yet lost for the defensively inept, 11-17 Toronto Raptors. Though the season appears to be spiralling out of control, the East is so pathetic that the playoffs are still well within reach for the struggling club.

" he may be unfairly ridiculed, given that he never complains about his role and comes ready to play.

WASHINGTON, D.C. a ' The Raptors held an hour-long team meeting on Friday morning to discuss key issues affecting their down-spiralling season.

ATLANTA a ' Two former Raptors met in a corridor in Philips Arena after Wednesday night's Raptors-Hawks game.

The Air Canada Centre faithful let out a roar of approval when Jack scored on a free throw to put the Raptors ahead 100-92 with 17 seconds left in the third quarter.

Bobcats are relatively small, and forcing Turkoglu to guard Wallace could present some problems for the Raptors defensively.

Tough matchup for Toronto a ' tough matchup for any team in the league, actually a ' because Anthony's off to a torrid start.

As an ardent supporter of the TTC, he was aghast that there could be a fare hike looming in the near future.

Maybe Redick just isn't comfortable being a role player. In relief of Carter, Redick played more than anyone else in the game and showed flashes of the all-American player he was at Duke.

First off, a big welcome to all the new readers who found Hoops Addict thanks to the new microphone flag I used.

We have all seen the tributes to Vince Carter's 4 1/2 years in New Jersey from a Nets point of view.

In a way Andrea Bargnani is the Toronto Raptors, or at least the Toronto Raptors of the Bryan Colangelo era.

The list of best Raptors cheerleaders starts and ends with Jerome Williams, left.

The Raptors headed into the off season with little hope of improving the roster with the chips they had to play with, but a man by the name of Steve Fruitman did some math and boom! Suddenly they had their midlevel exception, veteran's exception and Hedo Turkoglu.

Let the debate end. Vince Carter has been the most talented and bestest basketball player to ever don a Raptors jersey.

Towards the end of last season the still popular and once former Raptors player, Alvin Williams started showing up on the sidelines at Raptor games.