Raptors Republic Roll Call - "Get to Know You Edition"

[ezz_bee]

1) Age: 29
2) Born: Listowel, ON
3) Hometown: Listowel, ON
4) What are your ethnic roots? Irish, Scottish, English, Austrian, but think of myself as Canadian
5) Favorite All time Raptor: Probably Alvin Williams, I loved is break ankle stop and through the legs the wrong way crossover.
6) Favorite Current Raptor: Hard to say, but I've argued the most on Amir's behalf, so I guess it's him? Unless I can say JV, because it's JV for sure!
7) Favorite Non Raptors Players: Steve Nash
8) Which NBA team do you edit: dislike the most? C*ltics
9) Which NBA player to you edit dislike the most? VC although less so as time goes on...
10) Favorite Raptors moment: Beating the Knicks in the first round
11) Outside of basketball, who is your favorite athlete, past or present? ALI, but probably has to do with my dad talking him up when I was a kid
12) What team did you cheer for pre-Toronto? Bulls, Air Jordan!
13) What is your guilty pleasure? Playing Dominion online
14) Favourite TV show (past or present): Deadwood (HBO series about the wild west) edit :Arrested Development!
15) Things that freak you out: Mold, especially moldy bread
16) Music preference: Indie rock, electro-pop, hip hop, turntablists...
17) Favourite album: This is nearly impossible, but i'll go with Deathcab for Cutie's Transatlanticism
18) Beverage preference: non-alcoholic: Water, alcoholic: Gin (Bombay or Taquray 10)
19) If your life was turned into a movie, what actor would play you? a young Nicolas Cage
20) Assume your still single (if your currently not), celeb wise who would you date? Katie Holmes, a mom on the rebound? Even I can slam duck that sh*t. EDIT stealing from someone else my serious answer is Ellen Page

[Doc]

New here (although lurked for a long ass time, so I thought I would say hi

About time you said something.

Welcome aboard Murph!

[Murphy1812]

1) Age: 34
2) Born: Just moved to Peterborough from Toronto, Man I'm depressed!!!!
3) Hometown: East York, Toronto, Through and through
4) What are your ethnic roots? Greek & Scottish
5) Favorite All time Raptor: Mo Pete
6) Favorite Current Raptor: Jose & AB
7) Favorite Non Raptors Players: Steve Nash
8) Which NBA team do you hate the most? Boston then Heat
9) Which NBA player to you hate the most? Bron Bron
10) Favorite Raptors moment: Mo Pete's tying three against the Wiz!!!
11) Outside of basketball, who is your favorite athlete, past or present? Payton Manning
12) What team did you cheer for pre-Toronto? None
13) What is your guilty pleasure? Anything bad for me
14) Favourite TV show (past or present): Night Court
15) Things that freak you out: Washingt the toilet. Thank God for an understanding wife
16) Music preference: rock
17) Favourite album: Bat out hell --- Meatloaf
18) Beverage preference: Strongbow
19) If your life was turned into a movie, what actor would play you? Meatloaf (Coolest Fatguy in the world!!!!)
20) Assume your still single (if your currently not), celeb wise who would you date? Julia Stiles

New here (although lurked for a long ass time, so I thought I would say hi

[Soft Euro]

Utrecht, no kidding!!! I'd say if I'm still here through next season we should watch a game in a bar somewhere, but is there a single place in the Netherlands that broadcasts NBA ball??? I watched online games last year

Hey! But no, I've never ever come across a bar where they showed basketball in The Netherlands. I've always been condemned to watching games online. Through the years I've watched complete games with such a bad quality that I barely could tell where the ball was or who was on the floor, staring intensely at the screen just to see something (hmm).

[theycallmeZZ]

1) Age: 19
2) Born: Cairo, Egypt
3) Hometown: Toronto, ON
4) What are your ethnic roots? Egyptian/Chinese
5) Favorite All time Raptor: Joseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
6) Favorite Current Raptor: Calderoooooooooooooooooon
7) Favorite Non Raptors Players: LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Steve Nash, Rondoooooooooooooooooo
8) Which NBA team do you hate the most? Lakers
9) Which NBA player to you hate the most? Rasual Butler
10) Favorite Raptors moment: (from watching videos) 2000 Slam Dunk Contest, Mo Pete Buzzer
11) Outside of basketball, who is your favorite athlete, past or present? Never watched Hockey that much, but Domi, Sundin, Belfour
12) What team did you cheer for pre-Toronto? Lakers when I was young (Kobe/Shaq era)
13) What is your guilty pleasure? Video games
14) Favourite TV show (past or present): Avatar the Last Airbender
15) Things that freak you out: Vaccinations and blood tests
16) Music preference: Movie and video game soundtracks
17) Favourite album: Inception OST
18) Beverage preference: Litchi Bubble Tea
19) If your life was turned into a movie, what actor would play you? No idea
20) Assume you're still single (if you're currently not), celeb wise who would you date? Ellen Page, Emma Watson, Melanie Iglesias, Kate Upton (not in that order)



A lot of the Raptors answers have come from me being a relatively recent fan (2 years ago?)

[white men can't jump]

1) Age: 37
2) Born: Grongingen, The Netherlands
3) Hometown: Utrecht, The Netherlands

Utrecht, no kidding!!! I'd say if I'm still here through next season we should watch a game in a bar somewhere, but is there a single place in the Netherlands that broadcasts NBA ball??? I watched online games last year

[Soft Euro]

1) Age: 37
2) Born: Grongingen, The Netherlands
3) Hometown: Utrecht, The Netherlands
4) What are your ethnic roots? Dutch
5) Favorite All time Raptor: Raptormage for making the games available online from around 2002 (at a time I had no possibility to watch a lot of good nba games otherwise)
6) Favorite Current Raptor: Jose/Jonas (yes, I know)
7) Favorite Non Raptors Players: Tim Duncan/LeBron (he's just phenomenal)/many more
8) Which NBA team do you hate the most? none
9) Which NBA player to you hate the most? none
10) Favorite Raptors moment: 2016 finals
11) Outside of basketball, who is your favorite athlete, past or present? Gary Kasparov
12) What team did you cheer for pre-Toronto? Detroit
13) What is your guilty pleasure? Dancing on Toxic by Britney Spears
14) Favourite TV show (past or present): Seinfeld/South Park
15) Things that freak you out: The comment section on Raptorsrepublic main site/ Anti-Euro posts/ people who can't shut up
16) Music preference: Metal, Dance and anything in between
17) Favourite album: Grace by Jeff Buckley
18) Beverage preference: Beer and milk
19) If your life was turned into a movie, what actor would play you? A less handsome version of Brad Pitt with a bit of a beerbelly
20) Assume your still single (if your currently not), celeb wise who would you date? Don't really know, maybe Dania Ramirez

[isaacthompson]

Oakville represent!

yeah haha

[heinz57]

1) Age: 36
2) Born: Toronto, ON
3) Hometown: Complicated.. i lived in 4 different continents before the age of 12
4) What are your ethnic roots? Indian, African (Uganda), Spanish, and Filipino.... and apparently some chinese in there.. i dont believe it
5) Favorite All time Raptor: Mop girl..... then Alvin
6) Favorite Current Raptor: I have a feeling its going to be Fields once the season starts
7) Favorite Non Raptors Players: KD
8) Which NBA team do you hate the most? I wanna say the Heat... but really, it's Boston
9) Which NBA player to you hate the most? Kobe
10) Favorite Raptors moment: The hilarity of red shirt day against the Nets backfiring when the Nets wore their alternate uniforms
11) Outside of basketball, who is your favorite athlete, past or present? BJ Penn
12) What team did you cheer for pre-Toronto? the Sonics
13) What is your guilty pleasure? strippers
14) Favourite TV show (past or present): Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
15) Things that freak you out: bodies of water.... seriously, won't go near them
16) Music preference: ska, punk, d&b, pre-93 hip hop
17) Favourite album: "Low End Theory" by ATCQ
18) Beverage preference: Beer
19) If your life was turned into a movie, what actor would play you? John Leguizamo
20) Assume your still single (if your currently not), celeb wise who would you date? one of the Olsen twins.... those chicks are RICH

[ceez]

Oakville represent!

[isaacthompson]

1) Age: 16
2) Born: Oakville, ON
3) Hometown: Oakville, ON
4) What are your ethnic roots? Scottish, Trinidadian, South African
5) Favorite All time Raptor: Tracy McGrady
6) Favorite Current Raptor: DeMar DeRozan
7) Favorite Non Raptors Players: Kobe
8) Which NBA team do you hate the most? Heat
9) Which NBA player to you hate the most? LeBron
10) Favorite Raptors moment: Bosh's 3/4 court swish in 2007
11) Outside of basketball, who is your favorite athlete, past or present? Brett Lawrie
12) What team did you cheer for pre-Toronto? Suns
13) What is your guilty pleasure? Chocolate probably.
14) Favourite TV show (past or present): Big Bang Theory
15) Things that freak you out: Toe thumbs
16) Music preference: Rock, classic rock, some rap
17) Favourite album: The Long Road by Nickelback (say what you want)
18) Beverage preference: Coke
19) If your life was turned into a movie, what actor would play you? Steve Carell (be a superhero and an idiot at the same time)20) Assume your still single (if your currently not), celeb wise who would you date? Rachel McAdams

[white men can't jump]

1) Age: 29
2) Born: Toronto, ON
3) Hometown: Toronto, ON born and raised, have lived in Montreal and Rotterdam...now back in TO
4) What are your ethnic roots? Greek-Cypriot
5) Favorite All time Raptor: Alvin Williams
6) Favorite Current Raptor: Now Jonas
7) Favorite Non Raptors Players: Durant, Paul to name a couple
8) Which NBA team do you hate the most? Boston
9) Which NBA player to you hate the most? Garnett, and I also always hated Pierce from the year he came in with VC
10) Favorite Raptors moment: Just the whole shortened season, VC's rookie year, the real turn from joke to relevance (now forgotten what that's like)
11) Outside of basketball, who is your favorite athlete, past or present? from my youth, Robbie Alomar...Donovan Bailey
12) What team did you cheer for pre-Toronto? Bulls and Sonics
13) What is your guilty pleasure? Vanessa Carlton - 1000 miles
14) Favourite TV show (past or present): West Wing, the Wire, any scifi/fantasy, including Walking Dead and Game of Thrones right now
15) Things that freak you out: Snakes...poisonous motherfuckers...
16) Music preference: Rock mostly, but a little of everything
17) Favourite album: too many...Californication, Are you experienced?, Twice Removed, Exit (k-os)...and more
18) Beverage preference: Beer (love brewpubs)
19) If your life was turned into a movie, what actor would play you? Robert Downey Jr. (self-destructive smartass)
20) Assume your still single, celeb wise who would you date? to enjoy the date...maybe Zooey Deschanel or Mila Kunis...too many hot women to choose physically (Rihanna and Tricia Helfer would be high on that list though)

[Quito]

1) Age: 25
2) Born: Toronto, ON
3) Hometown: Toronto, ON
4) What are your ethnic roots? Polish, Ukrainian and Filipino
5) Favorite All time Raptor: VC
6) Favorite Current Raptor: KYLE LOWRY BABY!
7) Favorite Non Raptors Players: Danny Granger
8) Which NBA team do you hate the most? Lakers
9) Which NBA player to you hate the most? Kobe
10) Favorite Raptors moment: VC winning the the 2000 dunk contest (That's where the love of ball started)
11) Outside of basketball, who is your favorite athlete, past or present? Arjen Robben
12) What team did you cheer for pre-Toronto? N/A
13) What is your guilty pleasure? Ellie Goulding
14) Favourite TV show (past or present): Community and Star Trek TNG (Geez how could I forget this one)
15) Things that freak you out: The Bible Belt, USA
16) Music preference: Anything but country and that dubstep stuff
17) Favourite album: Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters
18) Beverage preference: Red wine and a stiff whiskey sour
19) If your life was turned into a movie, what actor would play you? Keanu Reeves
20) Assume your still single (if your currently not), celeb wise who would you date? Natalie Portman

Great idea. Nice to meet/get to know you all!

[Phat Farmer]

1) Age: 26
2) Born: Dubai, UAE
3) Hometown: Toronto
4) What are your ethnic roots? Indian/Portuguese/British
5) Favorite All time Raptor: Vince
6) Favorite Current Raptor: Calderon
7) Favorite Non Raptors Players: Chris Paul, Joe Johnson
8) Which NBA team do you hate the most? Boston
9) Which NBA player to you hate the most? Kendrick Perkins, Garnett & Pierce (It's a 3-way tie)
10) Favorite Raptors moment: Beating the Knicks
11) Outside of basketball, who is your favorite athlete, past or present? Cujo
12) What team did you cheer for pre-Toronto? Raptors, followed them since I moved to Canada.
13) What is your guilty pleasure? Watching 24 re-runs
14) Favourite TV show (past or present): 24
15) Things that freak you out: Big Women
16) Music preference: Rap, Hip-Hop
17) Favourite album: Jay-Z Reasonable Doubt
18) Beverage preference: Appleton w/gingerale
19) If your life was turned into a movie, what actor would play you? Brad Pitt
20) Assume your still single (if your currently not), celeb wise who would you date? Meagan Good AKA Meagan Great

[MyTEAM4Life]

1) Age: 24
2) Born: Odessa, Ukraine
3) Hometown: Toronto, ON
4) What are your ethnic roots? Russian & Jewish
5) Favorite All time Raptor: Garbajosa
6) Favorite Current Raptor: Bargnani
7) Favorite Non Raptors Players: Kobe Bryant, Bynum, Nash, Parker
8) Which NBA team do you hate the most? Boston
9) Which NBA player to you hate the most? Kevin Garnett
10) Favorite Raptors moment: Mo Pete - 3 pointer against wizards (Ruffin makes worst mistake of his life)
11) Outside of basketball, who is your favorite athlete, past or present: Sundin
12) What team did you cheer for pre-Toronto: None
13) What is your guilty pleasure? Pizza
14) Favourite TV show (past or present): Naruto or The Office
15) Things that freak you out: Raptors offseason moves
16) Music preference: Rock, Hip Hop, Dance, pop, etc...
17) Favourite album: The Black Album by Metallica (it technically has no name)
18) Beverage preference: Beer
19) If your life was turned into a movie, what actor would play you? Jack Black
20) Assume your still single (if your currently not), celeb wise who would you date? ANN HATHAWAY (HOTTEST ACTRESS ALIVE)