10 Interesting Facts About Jake Voskuhl

Ever since the Raptors signed free agent 6-11 centre Jake Voskuhl on Monday, I was excited to get the lowdown on him as he may be the missing piece of the puzzle for the Raps. I've seen him play a few times with the Charlotte Bobcats and Phoenix Suns and was curious to see what he was all about.

Here's 10 interesting facts that you need to know about Jake Voskuhl

10. Let's see, he played for the '99 UConn NCAA National Champs with Rip Hamilton.....exciting.

9. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

8. He wears a size 17 shoe, awesome.

7. He has one YouTube clip titled "Shawn Marion uses Jake Voskuhl as a toilet paper"

6. His nickname is "Jake"

5. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma....oops, I already used that one. Ummmmmmm....He had three 20 point – 20 rebound games (12/2/07 vs. Indiana, 2/28/07 at Phoenix, 1/23/08 vs. Sacramento).....shoot, that was Chris Kaman.

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LET'S GO RAPTORS!

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24 points, 6 reb, 7 assists & 1 big a** beard

With Iverson in town, who knew where that left Rip Hamilton in the offense. Rip had a great line against the Warriors last night, 24 pts 6 reb & 7 assists and the Pistons pulled out the win. Rip's line was so good, he was top performer on the Yahoo! boxscore. Check the line.....and the amish beard.

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Raptors, Bulls, and Beards, oh my!

It's shortly after the Raptors have sent their fan faithful home happy with a win in the season home opener over the Golden State Warriors, so I felt it was only right to drop my first post here on HoopHeadsNorth. How about Bargnani off the bench tonight?!! That's the production the Raptors organization has been waiting for. His off-season work out regimen and working with J.O. down in Vegas may pay dividends.

I'm thinking the Raps may need to stick with the new Black third jerseys all season if they keep playing like this. 2-0 on the season, 2-0 in the Blacks unis.

Meanwhile my Bulls are getting destroyed by the Celtics - at the time of my typing they are down 66-43. The Bulls are devoid of ANY low post game right now - Deng, Gray, and Gooden have to make a concerted effort to work more down in the block...I was REALLY hoping last year was an aberration...but now I'm not so sure...and it's only the 2nd game of the season, and the Bulls won the first one!

In the last post, Romes linked to a pic showing the 'Freeway-esque' look that Rip Hamilton is sporting these days - well, you NEED to peep what Drew Gooden has going on this year! You may remember the beard growing competition between DeShawn Stevenson & Drew last year, well I guess Drew wanted to do something new this time around! I mean, I'm all about personal expression - but dawg - it's a good thing you're a professional athlete to be able to pull that off...or not...

The season is just getting started...and you can bet that means I'm just getting started here @ HoopHeadsNorth. See y'all back here quicker than an A.I. crossover...

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HOOPHEADSNORTH 08-09 SEASON PREDICTIONS

The 2008-2009 NBA season is in full swing... The Celtics are defending their title, Greg Oden made his brief debut in the NBA, Jermaine O'Neal and Chris Bosh are leading the new look Raps into a new season, Oklahoma City is the newest team in the league.....2008-2009 has a lot of new faces in different places.

Here's our take on what we at HOOPHEADSNORTH predict for this season:

Sean Francois - former resident of Chicago, Illinois...Chicago Bulls fan....Check out his sports blog "Off the Dome"

FINALS PREDICTION: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Philadelphia 76ers
NBA CHAMPS: Los Angeles Lakers
NBA MVP: Kobe Bryant
NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Derrick Rose
HOW FAR WILL THE RAPS GO THIS SEASON? Eastern Conference Semi-Finals (East 2nd Round)


Romy Aquino - resident of Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia...fan of David Robinson & the San Antonio Spurs....fantasy sports junkie

FINALS PREDICTION: San Antonio Spurs vs. Boston Celtics
NBA CHAMPS: San Antonio Spurs
NBA MVP: Lebron James
NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Michael Beasley
HOW FAR WILL THE RAPS GO THIS SEASON? 2nd round of the playoffs

U-E Sampang - Resident of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia...Detroit Pistons fan since '87....Actor by day, online poker player by night, check out his poker blog, "U-E The Kid - Future Poker Legend or Forever Fish????"

FINALS PREDICTION: Detroit Pistons Vs. New Orleans Hornets
NBA CHAMPS: Detroit Pistons
NBA MVP: Lebron James
NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Greg Oden
HOW FAR WILL THE RAPS GO THIS SEASON? 2nd round of playoffs

On an ending note, check out Rip's 2008-09 beard!

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