Comments on: Linkage – July 2 http://altraps.com/2008/07/02/linkage-july-2/ News, views, and discussion about the Toronto Raptors. Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:50:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: khandor http://altraps.com/2008/07/02/linkage-july-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1873 khandor Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:38:37 +0000 http://www.altraps.com/2008/07/02/linkage-july-2/#comment-1873 When the Buffalo Braves first began to play a handful of games in Toronto it was a boon to starving NBA aficionados (like me) ... but a surefire deathknell to their long term prospects for success as a Western New York-based outfit in the NBA. Bob McAdoo, Randy Smith, Ernie D., Jim MacMillan, etc. ... with Chuck Healy & Van Miller ... ahhhh, those were the days ... :-) ... which, unfortunately and, inevitably lead to the San Diego/Los Angeles Braves/Clippers. Raptors playing games in Buffalo is a BAD idea for their rabid Toronto fanbase. :-( When the Buffalo Braves first began to play a handful of games in Toronto it was a boon to starving NBA aficionados (like me) … but a surefire deathknell to their long term prospects for success as a Western New York-based outfit in the NBA.

Bob McAdoo, Randy Smith, Ernie D., Jim MacMillan, etc. … with Chuck Healy & Van Miller … ahhhh, those were the days … :-) … which, unfortunately and, inevitably lead to the San Diego/Los Angeles Braves/Clippers.

Raptors playing games in Buffalo is a BAD idea for their rabid Toronto fanbase. :-(

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