Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 30, 2006 23:07:49 GMT -5
This is so sad that they have to threaten two young kids who just are excited to be out there playing, let alone disrespecting anyone. I hate hearing talk like this. A hard foul could end a kid's career or season. The Raptors need to grow up. Nothing was meant by the dunk other than Green being excited to play and so something out there. I hope the refs are watching and I hope they toss and suspend anyone who tries it.
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Smith: Nothin' but (Inter)Net
Mar. 28, 2006. 09:46 AM
DOUG SMITH
SPORTS REPORTER
There really should be no reason to get all worked up about a visit here next week from the Boston Celtics, a game between two teams playing out the string of non-playoff seasons on the same night the new-look Blue Jays are playing their home opener down the road.
Except the basketball game should provide some histrionics, at least if any of the Raptors do what they should.
Last week in Boston, with less than two seconds left in a one-sided game, Tony Allen threw a lob pass off the backboard that Gerald Green dunked, much to the delight of the few fans left in the arena and much to the chagrin of at least a couple of Raptors.
The unwritten rule in the NBA is that when the game's no longer in doubt, showboating is a sign of disrespect. Don't for a second think that the dunk went unnoticed by a few of the Toronto players, a couple of whom have mentioned some sort of retribution will be in store for the two young Celtics.
We're not talking about a fight or anything, but if Allen or Green get fouled hard and find themselves on the Air Canada Centre floor, don't be surprised. We're just wondering which of the Raptors will do it. We only wish Charles Oakley was still playing, or that Alvin Williams was healthy enough to dress because neither of them would put up with that crap.
Or maybe they can get Tie Domi, who my pucks friends say seldom gets to put a hockey uniform on these days, to dress for a basketball game.
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Smith: Nothin' but (Inter)Net
Mar. 28, 2006. 09:46 AM
DOUG SMITH
SPORTS REPORTER
There really should be no reason to get all worked up about a visit here next week from the Boston Celtics, a game between two teams playing out the string of non-playoff seasons on the same night the new-look Blue Jays are playing their home opener down the road.
Except the basketball game should provide some histrionics, at least if any of the Raptors do what they should.
Last week in Boston, with less than two seconds left in a one-sided game, Tony Allen threw a lob pass off the backboard that Gerald Green dunked, much to the delight of the few fans left in the arena and much to the chagrin of at least a couple of Raptors.
The unwritten rule in the NBA is that when the game's no longer in doubt, showboating is a sign of disrespect. Don't for a second think that the dunk went unnoticed by a few of the Toronto players, a couple of whom have mentioned some sort of retribution will be in store for the two young Celtics.
We're not talking about a fight or anything, but if Allen or Green get fouled hard and find themselves on the Air Canada Centre floor, don't be surprised. We're just wondering which of the Raptors will do it. We only wish Charles Oakley was still playing, or that Alvin Williams was healthy enough to dress because neither of them would put up with that crap.
Or maybe they can get Tie Domi, who my pucks friends say seldom gets to put a hockey uniform on these days, to dress for a basketball game.