Sonny Weems News

In the most memorable moment of Friday's Raptors - Celtics game, Boston forward Paul Pierce , inserted his left knee into the delicate parts of a defender named , Toronto's best player.

BOSTON a ' Miffed in the wake of the Raptors' worst loss of the season, Antoine Wright, Toronto's veteran swingman, was suggesting a change of approach on Friday night.

The starting five for Toronto is laden with skill and has shown at times that it can measure up with any other team in the league, while bench players like Jarrett Jack are bringing the noise nightly adding that next dimension.

'Melo overcame his migraine and the Toronto Raptors. Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points in 30 minutes despite suffering from a severe headache and reserve J.R. Smith had 29, leading the Denver Nuggets past the Raptors 130-112 on Tuesday night.

Toronto Raptors' Jose Calderon had 13 points and nine assists on Monday night, but the Raptors lost a close one to George Hill and the San Antonio Spurs at the AT&T Center in Texas on Nov.

The 17 three-pointers by the Magic yesterday matched an all-time Raptors opponent high.

The Raptors start DeRozan, but he isn't getting starter's minutes, which is both the right decision and the most appropriate course of action.

The H1N1 watch has hit the Toronto Raptors. Guard Jarrett Jack, swingman Antoine Wright and assistant coach Alex English were not with the team on Sunday when the team practiced in preparation for Wednesday's season opener against Cleveland.

With Chris Bosh's future in Toronto uncertain, Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo spent the offseason making moves to convince his power forward to stay and prove to him that the team is moving towards a championship.

So, with the raptors having released their inactive list for opening night, two out of three make sense.A The list is complete with the names of Reggie Evans, Sonny Weems, and Quincy Douby.

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Antoine Wright was looking for that elusive shot in the arm to raise his spirits and by extension raise the possibility of his return to the lineup.

What if Shakespeare had only written half of Romeo and Juliet ? It would be a nice story about falling in love with no consequences whatsoever; no one gets poisoned, stabbed, or has a thumb bitten at them.

At the Gate Five studio during the Raptors TV program for Thursday nighta s preseason game against the Houston Rockets, TV Analyst Leo Rautins made the bold observation that with nine new faces the Raptors may not have put everything together by the start of the season.

Toronto Raptors forward Reggie Evans has a left mid-foot sprain, the team announced on Thursday.

Lost in the tidal wave of some of the flashier moves the Toronto Raptors made this summer, veteran point guard Jarrett Jack barely caused a ripple besides the media writing about his friendship with franchise star Chris Bosh.

Traditionally, teams don't hold morning shootarounds after playing the night before, but tradition's going out the window Thursday.

Midway through the second quarter Thursday, Raptors newcomer Hedo Turkoglu threaded a beautiful bounce pass through a forest of legs to Andrea Bargnani, who finished with the running jump shot.

Coming off a disastrous 33-49 campaign, Toronto Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo went to work this past off-season and brought in nine new faces.

It has been a while since the Toronto Raptors have threatened to even be an average team athletically.