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QUIET NIGHT IN RAPTORLAND/BIG GOINGS ON FOR U19 IN NEW ZEALAND

Last Updated: July 03, 2009

TORONTO - Well, I wish I had some huge news for you but, as expected, there was hardly a flurry of activity overnight. Especially in Toronto.

A few phone calls, more exploratory than anything, greeted the start of the free agency negotiation period and they�re keeping a tight lid on even whom they might be interested in down at that Bay Street Ivory Tower.

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The world Under-19 championship begins � Canada�s in a first-round group with Australia, Spain and Syria � and the team Canada Basketball sent over isn�t too shabby at all.

Names you�ll come to know: Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph, who figure to be the team�s leading scorers, and Kelly Olynyk, who was the MVP of a tournament the team won in France last month.

Read the full blog by sports reporter Doug Smith of thestar.com here.

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