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Post by jubejubes on May 31, 2019 3:39:03 GMT
Go Raptors Go!!!
They won the first NBA Championship Game One ever played in Canada!
Go Raptors Go !!!
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Post by ~summer~ on May 31, 2019 3:56:27 GMT
I'm in the Bay Area - it's been on the news here that every single state except CA and Nevada are voting for the Raptors! lol!
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Post by lucyg on May 31, 2019 5:49:59 GMT
Yeah, I guess we’re sad here, too. Like I really care. LOL
(my boys are soooo sad!)
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Post by cycworker on May 31, 2019 5:55:53 GMT
Meh. It's not hockey.
That said I hate the idea of the Raptors winning a championship before the Leafs win another one, or before the Canucks win one. Realistically, though, if the Raptors have to wait for the Canucks to win it will never happen. The Canucks are cursed.
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Post by lucyg on May 31, 2019 6:17:50 GMT
Meh. It's not hockey. That said I hate the idea of the Raptors winning a championship before the Leafs win another one, or before the Canucks win one. Realistically, though, if the Raptors have to wait for the Canucks to win it will never happen. The Canucks are cursed. I feel like you’re speaking a foreign language.  |
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Post by jubejubes on May 31, 2019 15:27:01 GMT
The Leaf's have had 50 years to win another cup.
The Rapture's are in at 24 years!
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Post by cakediva on May 31, 2019 16:49:50 GMT
Meh. It's not hockey. That said I hate the idea of the Raptors winning a championship before the Leafs win another one, or before the Canucks win one. Realistically, though, if the Raptors have to wait for the Canucks to win it will never happen. The Canucks are cursed. Well aren't you just Miss Mary Sunshine... You're right - it isn't hockey. It's BASKETBALL!!!! A sport that was invented in Canada and has been on the rise. It's high time this team was recognized for the force that it is. Many think because the team is north of the border it doesn't count. SO many young kids are playing basketball now because of the Raptors!! |
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Post by christine58 on May 31, 2019 16:52:21 GMT
Meh. It's not hockey. That said I hate the idea of the Raptors winning a championship before the Leafs win another one, or before the Canucks win one. Realistically, though, if the Raptors have to wait for the Canucks to win it will never happen. The Canucks are cursed. Well aren't you just Miss Mary Sunshine... You're right - it isn't hockey. It's BASKETBALL!!!! A sport that was invented in Canada and has been on the rise. It's high time this team was recognized for the force that it is. Many think because the team is north of the border it doesn't count. SO many young kids are playing basketball now because of the Raptors! I think the whole Drake stuff is ridiculous... |
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Post by christine58 on May 31, 2019 16:53:51 GMT
A sport that was invented in Canada and has been on the rise. Actually I believe it was invented by James Naismith (?) in Massachusetts. He was Canadian but was invented here in the states. |
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Post by cadoodlebug on May 31, 2019 16:58:52 GMT
Sadly, without starters Durant & Cousins and Iguodala off the bench, I don't know if the Warriors can win.
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Post by GiantsFan on May 31, 2019 17:03:28 GMT
Well aren't you just Miss Mary Sunshine... You're right - it isn't hockey. It's BASKETBALL!!!! A sport that was invented in Canada and has been on the rise. It's high time this team was recognized for the force that it is. Many think because the team is north of the border it doesn't count. SO many young kids are playing basketball now because of the Raptors! I think the whole Drake stuff is ridiculous... How do I "like" this more than once? |
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Post by cakediva on May 31, 2019 19:37:19 GMT
Well aren't you just Miss Mary Sunshine... You're right - it isn't hockey. It's BASKETBALL!!!! A sport that was invented in Canada and has been on the rise. It's high time this team was recognized for the force that it is. Many think because the team is north of the border it doesn't count. SO many young kids are playing basketball now because of the Raptors! I think the whole Drake stuff is ridiculous... I agree. He is getting way more press than the game itself (at least leading up to it). And that was a press driven thing. If the reporters hadn't kept asking the Bucks coach about Drake, he wouldn't have commented. I may be a Raptor fan, but he needs to take it down a notch! |
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Post by cakediva on May 31, 2019 19:39:44 GMT
A sport that was invented in Canada and has been on the rise. Actually I believe it was invented by James Naismith (?) in Massachusetts. He was Canadian but was invented here in the states. I stand corrected. I knew Naismith was Canadian, but didn't realize he lived in Massachusetts when he came up with the game. We grew up watching "History in Canada" commercials and the basketball story was one of them. So I assumed (yes I know what that means LOL) he did it here! |
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Post by trollie on May 31, 2019 19:39:58 GMT
go Raptors!!!
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Post by cakediva on May 31, 2019 19:48:32 GMT
Sadly, without starters Durant & Cousins and Iguodala off the bench, I don't know if the Warriors can win. Not that I wish them ill at all - but it does work in our favour! That said, going into this before Durant was injured - Raptors beat them both times this season, with and without Kawhi. And the without Kawhi was against both Curry & Durrant, but no Cousins or Green. I think Raptors had a harder time with the Bucks than they may with Golden State. But as a fan, I am just loving that they finally made it to the finals!! One game at a time! |
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Post by PaperAngel on May 31, 2019 20:32:38 GMT
Meh. It's not hockey. That said I hate the idea of the Raptors winning a championship before the Leafs win another one, or before the Canucks win one. Realistically, though, if the Raptors have to wait for the Canucks to win it will never happen. The Canucks are cursed. Well aren't you just Miss Mary Sunshine... You're right - it isn't hockey. It's BASKETBALL!!!! A sport that was invented in Canada and has been on the rise. It's high time this team was recognized for the force that it is. Many think because the team is north of the border it doesn't count. SO many young kids are playing basketball now because of the Raptors!! Basketball is a sport invented in Springfield, MA, home of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, by Canadian-born Dr. James Naismith in 1891. The victim mentality must be a Canadian rally cry because I've never heard anyone dismiss or exclude the Raptors due to the team's location. Instead, every opposing player & fan seems to love visiting & playing in Toronto! |
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Post by cycworker on May 31, 2019 21:17:21 GMT
Well aren't you just Miss Mary Sunshine... You're right - it isn't hockey. It's BASKETBALL!!!! A sport that was invented in Canada and has been on the rise. It's high time this team was recognized for the force that it is. Many think because the team is north of the border it doesn't count. SO many young kids are playing basketball now because of the Raptors!! Basketball is a sport invented in Springfield, MA, home of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, by Canadian-born Dr. James Naismith in 1891. The victim mentality must be a Canadian rally cry because I've never heard anyone dismiss or exclude the Raptors due to the team's location. Instead, every opposing player & fan seems to love visiting & playing in Toronto! It's partly a Vancouver/British Columbia vs Toronto/Ontario thing. Big rivalry. Some in Vancouver are bitter that the NBA ended up pulling out of Vancouver. I genuinely am not - the Grizzlies were just taking air time away from talking about the NHL - but I know a lot of folks who are just reminded by how much it stung when the team left. Though if I'm honest with myself, I suppose part of my dislike of basketball could be a bit of local pride, and resentment at the way of the players spoke about Vancouver. |
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Post by PaperAngel on Jun 1, 2019 1:41:30 GMT
I think the whole Drake stuff is ridiculous... Agreed. Fans who heckled players on the bench have been banned from arenas. Drake literally stepped onto the court during playoff games in progress & as players exited the field of play to demonstratively curse & belittle opposing players. Despite being a distraction & potentially risking the safety of the players, he has not been not asked to leave, fined, or banned. Drake calling Draymond Green "trash" post-game was a blatant attempt to provoke Green in hopes of him getting suspended for at least one game in the Finals. Further, Drake is rumored to have two tattoos representing Steph Curry & Durant on his left arm making his supposed allegiance to the Raptors appear shallow & dramatized for the cameras. |
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