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Raptors Rookie Guard DeMar DeRozan For NBA All-Star Dunk-In

Published by Rookie Chronicles on January 14, 2010 in Uncategorized. Comments Tags: , , .

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The NBA and Toronto Raptors announced Thursday that Raptors rookie guard DeMar DeRozan will face-off against sophomore guard Eric Gordon of the Los Angeles Clippers in a nationally televised slam dunk competition – the NBA All-Star Dunk-In – to determine one of the participants in the Sprite Slam Dunk contest at All-Star Weekend.

DeRozan was taken by the Raptors with the ninth pick in the first round of the 2009 NBA Draft. The product of USC has started all 39 games, averaging 7.8 points and 2.8 rebounds in 20.3 minutes.

This one-round dunk-in competition will be held during halftime of the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam on Friday, February 12, and fans will determine the winner by voting via SMS text message and at NBA.com. Voting polls will open at the beginning of the event and close two minutes after the final dunk. The player with a higher percentage of overall votes will advance to participate in the Sprite Slam Dunk event on All-Star Saturday Night. The NBA is scheduled to announce the other three contestants Monday, January 18.

Each participant will have two dunks each, with an one-minute time limit to complete each dunk, with an NBA referee on hand to judge whether a dunk is considered a made or a missed dunk. At the discretion of the referee, television instant replay may be consulted for clarification of rules compliance.

The NBA All-Star Dunk-In will air live on TSN, which will televise the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam (7 p.m. ET) from American Airlines Center in Dallas.

TSN’s coverage of All-Star Weekend will continue Saturday from American Airlines Center in Dallas with All-Star Saturday Night (8 p.m. ET), including the Sprite Slam Dunk contest, and will conclude Sunday from Cowboys Stadium with the 59th NBA All-Star Game (7 p.m. ET).

The Sprite Slam Dunk and T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam are part of NBA All-Star 2010, which also includes the Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout; Taco Bell Skills Challenge; Haier Shooting Stars; NBA All-Star Jam Session presented by adidas; and the 59th NBA All-Star Game.

Terrence Williams Blog: My Behind the Scenes Look at the Draft

Published by Terrence Williams on August 20, 2009 in Uncategorized. Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

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Wassup Blog Fam? I know I’ve been telling you about my draft videos for a minute, but here’s a video of some of the footage I captured on my flip cam at the 2009 NBA Draft. Check it out and tell me what you think. God Bless.

—T-Will

Fans: Be sure to check out Terrence on Twitter and Facebook.

Twitter Reacts: DeMar DeRozan at the Las Vegas Summer League

Published by Rookie Chronicles on July 12, 2009 in Uncategorized. Comments Tags: , , , , .

Here’s some reaction from Twitter following DeMar’s second summer league game.

td0tsfinest: @DeMar_DeRozan Great game last night man. Your really getting rest of of Tdot excited for the season.

Dwal86: @DeMar_DeRozan Good game last night bro. I like the lift on your jumpshot, and your in air change of direction.. NBA ALLSTAR material foreal.

Nolanmckinley: @DeMar_DeRozan :Yo Demar sofar so good at tha summerleague sir, get a niagara falls soon man its wild! lemme no when u come down here tho!

YKYW: @DeMar_DeRozan Nice first game Heir Canada, lookin forward to a few of those in the season to come!

About Those MJ Gatorade Bottles DeMar and Terrence Tweeted About During the Draft

Published by Rookie Chronicles on July 8, 2009 in Uncategorized. Comments Tags: , , , , .

During the draft, DeMar and Terrence sent out tweets about Gatorade bottles they saw in the green room. Here are their tweets about the bottles:

DeMar: Checking out new Gatorade bottles honoring MJ going to the hall if fame. Pretty sweet. Gotta love Be like Mike. Guy here says those MJ Gatorade bottles are limited and drop in a few weeks. Keep an eye out.

Terrence: Have you seen those new Gatorade MJ bottles? Got an early look an they are SICK. Going to try to get myself a set of all 6.

If you were wondering what exactly they were talking about, here’s a look at the bottles:
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Blogger Reactions: Raptors Pick Up DeMar DeRozan

Published by Rookie Chronicles on July 3, 2009 in Uncategorized. Comments Tags: , , , .

RookieChronicles.com will be reaching out to various bloggers from each rookie’s new teams throughout the year. Here’s what some of the Raptors bloggers had to say after their team selected DeMar DeRozan:

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DeRozan has already experienced somewhat of a rollercoaster ride in Toronto. If there is one thing that always shocks rookies or free agents when they come here is how passionate the fans are. If people hear or see one slight against the city or the country, it’s game over. Prior to DeMar coming to work out for us, there was talk that he had no interest in coming to play in Toronto, so he wasn’t going to accept a workout invitation. He was still looked at as a possible pick, which prompted us to poll our readers asking what to do if he was available at 9. 215 wanted us to draft him anyway, while 106 wanted us to choose someone who “wanted to come here”. Of course, he eventually did come for a solo workout. While here he stated he loved Toronto and it was like a mini NYC. We poll again and, this time, 87% of readers want him over the other 4 possible choices listed by Colangelo. Needless to say, we wanted DeRozan.
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Raps Fans Already Excited About DeRozan

Published by Rookie Chronicles on June 27, 2009 in Uncategorized. Comments Tags: , , , .

Raptors fans are obviously already excited about their selection of DeMar DeRozan in the 2009 NBA Draft. People on the ground there have told us that the the city has been buzzing since draft night. Raps fans have even started to make You Tube mixes featuring DeMar. Here’s a look at one that was sent to us today:

The Draft Moment

Published by Rookie Chronicles on June 26, 2009 in Uncategorized. Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Here are photos of Terrence, Patty and DeMar after their names were called on draft night.

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Twitter Reacts: DeMar DeRozan to the Raptors

Published by Rookie Chronicles on June 26, 2009 in Uncategorized. Comments Tags: , , , , .

Here are some reactions from the Twitter on the Raptors selection of DeMar DeRozan:

McDannyD: @DeMar_DeRozan Welcomee to TORONTO! THE COMPTON KING HAS FINALLY ARRIVEE

AlixLight: @DeMar_DeRozan Hey DeMar welcome to Canada! As of now you are the only person i’m following on twitter. Good luck this season! Go Raptors!

nirod99: @DeMar_DeRozan Welcome to Toronto BRO!!! You are going to love it here, its the LA of Canada!! Hope your ready for the media!
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Congrats to the Rookie Chronicles ‘09 Draft Class

Published by Rookie Chronicles on June 26, 2009 in Uncategorized. Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

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Last night was a big night for Patty Mills, DeMar DeRozan and Terrence Williams. Patty was drafted by the Portland Trailblazers, DeMar was selected by the Toronto Raptors, and Terrence is now a New Jersey Net. Each player is now headed out for press conferences with their respective new teams.

In the next couple of days we’ll be bringing you reaction from each team’s bloggers, as well as behind the scenes footage of the draft from each of the players. Each guy was armed with their own flip cam for draft day, so they probably all have some great behind the scenes footage for us. Congrats again to Patty, DeMar and Terrence for making it to the big leagues.

—RookieChronicles.com Staff

NBA Draft Media Session Video

Published by Rookie Chronicles on June 25, 2009 in Uncategorized. Comments Tags: , , , .

As green room invitees, Terrence and DeMar took part in the NBA Draft’s media session yesterday. Terrence had some really tough questions thrown his way during the media session, but did a wonderful job being honest and real. His twitter name is therealtwill for a reason. Here are vids of both sessions:

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