Land of the Leaf

Aside from being a die-hard Blue Jays fan, the professional sports scene in Toronto can get pretty depressing at times.  Then bam!  Hoop Heads North compiles a flawless Raptors video highlight package and asks you to vote on your favorite play of the season.  I do suggest you follow the link and view all 10 plays, and place your vote, but I thought I’d post video clips of the two plays that I’ll look back on and smile about.

We might look back someday and think, “wow, I forgot that Shawn Marion was a Raptor for 11 minutes”.  This clip of him posterizing Danny Granger reminded me of when The Matrix was flying high in the run-and-gun offense of Phoenix:

It’s sad when one of your standout players of the season came from the NBDL and he’s forced to question the work ethic of the “superstar” players around him.  I love Pops, but he should just let his play do the talking ‘cuz it can be intimidating at times.  I could do without Matt Devlin and his “big daddy with the flush” call though: