1. Nope; a big occasion growing up was when my family would RENT a tv and vcr over the xmas holidays and during the olympics, solely for watching movies and any television that could be had with the “bunny ears” antennae. Don’t know that I ever missed it growing up, though now I’m not sure how I’d get by…

Real-life practice of law is far less sexy than what ends up in TV shows, not surprisingly. I had thoughts of becoming a public defender or DA, but ended up practicing corporate law to pay off my diploma mortgage. Thus, I spend my days poring over and negotiating contracts and other deal documents, since I thought those skills might be more transferable to other pursuits. I think the last line of your last response hits it on the head…

2. Thanks so much, in advance!

re: item #1

No cable, even?

Egads!

Was going to be a lawyer myself, at one time … until I learned more about how the “justice system” actually works in both Canada and the USA.

Still, a specific realm of life that I find particularly interesting … given the prevalence of “Cops & Robbers” in our society, overall, and the role played by “law enforcement” in supposedly bringing “justice” about.

Would it were only the case that the real world was actually filled with more than its fair share of Atticus Finch’s and not just the pages of well-written novels.

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re: item #2

I will communicate with you, via email, about this possibility, once I’ve had a chance to follow-up with those who I happen to know in the field.

6 degrees of separation, and all that …

Life is funny, and you never can tell where its many twists and turns might end up taking you one day.

1. Welcome aboard!

2. Although I didn’t happen to see last night’s match-up vs Portland, I can tell you that I would have entered the game with the following 8-man rotation in mind, if I was sitting in Jay Triano’s seat on the bench:

STARTERS: Calderon + DeRozan + Turkoglu + Johnson + Bosh
KEY SUBS: Jack, Weems and Bargnani
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RESERVES: Belinelli, Wright, Evans and Nesterovic
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EXTRAS/OUTS: Banks and O’Bryant

and adjusted accordingly, from there.

Rather than the loss to Atlanta earlier in the season, which was followed by the now famous “team meeting” … supposedly chaired by the likes of Jarrett Jack and Antoine Wright … the loss to Golden State on Saturday may turn out to be the low point of the season.

There is NO WAY, whatsoever, the Raptors should have lost that game.

In fact, I made the mistake of actually using “Toronto -2/-105″ as my NBA Game Of The Month, on Saturday … because ALL signs pointed to Toronto being able to lambast Golden State that night, if they would have simply played the game in a way that properly accounts for their specific strengths/weaknesses and those of their opponent.

Unfortunately, the Raptors did the complete opposite … and, then, fell apart in the 2nd and 3rd quarters.

There are now serious issues with this team that will make it very difficult, if not impossible, to win a 1st Round playoff series this year.

1. Welcome aboard!

2. The Good Ship Raptor is now taking on water at an alarming.

Stopping it from sinking, altogether, not to mention being able to steer it straight once again, should be of utmost importance to Bryan Colangelo.

At this point, however, I have little confidence that those in charge of the Raptors actually know how to do that and, indeed, know what they’re doing when it comes to putting a legitimate contending team on the floor in the NBA.

In a nutshell, big-firm law practice is not a kind environment. I’ve only been practicing since around Sept 2008, and although the hours are thankless, I do feel like I am learning a fair bit. (And paying off my student loans too!)

Regarding your offer, BY ALL MEANS YES, I’m very interested! I believe you have my personal email address, so please tell me more (and if there’s anything I could do the facilitate things).

I agree with you, though — this team should not be as bad as they are right now, and I lay a LOT of that at JT’s feet. Inconsistent rotations + incorrect usage of players = uphill climb in every game.

If you were Triano, what lineup would you dress for Portland.

I would do the following

start Jack (only because he had a good game the last time these two teams met)

SG - Sonny

SF - ( I don’t know, I guess Hedo simply because I don’t like wright getting a lot of minutes)

PF - Amir

C - Bosh

Dress Banks and if the Raps are getting lit up on the perimeter, sub him in over Jose

Sub Rasho in for Bosh with Bargs the third man off the bench.

Wright in to give Sonny and Hedo breathers but don’t give him any more time than season average. Demar in spottingly.

That is all.