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Jonas Valanciunas Gets A Rap Song

2 Sep

Even the most hyped rookies don’t have anyone pay homage to them. But those rookies aren’t Toronto Raptors rookie Jonas Valanciunas.

Valanciunas hasn’t played an NBA game and we’ll never know when he’ll actually hit the hardwood, but a rap group from Toronto by the name of O’Grime has made him the focus of their song.

I don’t know how serious they (O’Grime) feel about Big V, but the Raptor fans better hope he can live up to his lofty draft status. 

  

Julian Wright Refuses To Enter A Game

26 Mar

It sounds as if there is a small problem brewing in Toronto. Raptors coach Jay Triano called for forward Julian Wright to enter the game in a 138-100 blowout loss to the Golden State Warriors. The problem was that Wright refused to enter the game. I don’t know what the deal is but apparently Wright isn’t too happy about the amount of playing time he’s been getting.

There’s one way to solve it Julian, play better.

Triano didn’t seem to be too bent out of shape over what took place. “I just went to the next guy,” Triano told the Toronto Star. “I wasn’t going to ask him twice.”

“I asked (Wright) to go in, and he didn’t go in,” Triano said. “I know he went to the washroom just before that. I don’t know if he wasn’t feeling well. I still haven’t talked to him.”

Wright hasn’t been too happy lately and refused to answer any questiuons about what went on during last night’s debacle.

“I don’t want to talk about it,” Wright said. “Speculate on anything you want.”

This is another in a long line of situations where an athlete acts like a child. You get paid a few million to play a game. Sometimes a coach might want to try something different to make the team better. If you’re not playing up to standards you spend time on the bench. That’s definitely not the way to act, especially since Wright is going into free agency. Considering how his career has gone, it’s gonna be hard for him to latch on to another team. He won’t be back in Toronto and if he plays in the NBA next year he’s gonna have to answer the question about why he didn’t go in.

Hello Turkey!

  

Alvin Robertson is a sick man

27 Feb
Former NBA all star guard Alvin Robertson has been charged with child trafficking,sexual assault of a child,and forcing a sexual performance by a child.Robertson has not yet been apprehended.  
   Robertson,whose NBA career spanned from 1984-1996 was a four time all star,the first NBA most improved player award winner and 1986 defensive player of the year.He played for the San Antonio Spurs,Milwaukee Bucks,Detroit Pistons,and Toronto Raptors.He was a solid all around player and one of the best defensive players of his time. Enough about his playing career.

  Authorities say Robertson was part of a sex ring that kidnapped a 14 year old girl from San Antonio and forced her to have sex with clients and dance at a strip club in Corpus Christi,Texas.Seven people have been charged,that also includes his girlfriend.He’s the only one who hasn’t been arrested.The girl escaped which prompted an investigation.Robertson,is best known in the Detroit area,for attacking,alledgedly choking player personnel director Billy McKinney,while he was a member of the Pistons.In 1997 he was charged with four misdemeanors for abusing a former girlfriend and sentenced to one year in prison.In 1990 he spent a month in jail for beating his then wife.He served that time in the off-season.In January of 2007,he was arrested on a variety of charges related to domestic violence.Now the sex ring operation,alledgedly.You can see the pattern of legal problems,namely domestic violence.If what has came out is true,he needs to be put away.I hate to wish the worse on anyone,but i hope he gets sexed up while he’s locked up.With the legal pattern he’s developed he deserves it.