Rudy Gay wakes DeMar DeRozan up with a body slam.

NBA, where it is never safe to sleep near a teammate. Do so, and you will end up on the internet.

Here's the summer Drew League mixtape of NBA players you've been waiting for.

This is going to be a long off-season.

Jonas Valanciunas drops the f-bomb in his hilarious interview with DeMar DeRozan.

Jonas Valanciunas is now my new, new favorite. Sorry, KD.

More DeMar DeRozan dunks from the Nike Drew summer league.

I still have not and will not, forgive any of you who voted for Blake Griffin to be the 2011 NBA Dunk Contest Champion. It should have been DeMar, you guys robbed him, Toronto and the rest of Canada of the very few trophies we can win. How could you? You heartless animals.

DeMar DeRozan dunks it up at the Nike Drew summer league.

Really hope you stayed for the second dunk, because that's pretty much one of the greatest in-game dunks ever. (Nothing tops Vince Carter on Frédéric Weis at the 2000 Olympics, of course.)

The Toronto Raptors Harlem Shake.

Is there a better way to start your morning than watching the Toronto Raptors get into the incredibly popular Harlem Shake dance craze? If you answer, yes, we can't be friends. I actually don't hate this internet phenomenon. Sure, it is the same thing every time and no one ever really does anything crazy, but for some unknown reason, I can't stop myself from watching these videos. I may or may not have a problem, at least this latest trend, doesn't get on the radio every 30 minutes and doesn't suddenly appear in a Super Bowl ad, to sell pistachios. Yea, I am talking to you, PSY.

DeMar DeRozan pulled off a between the legs dunk with ease.

Via: Reddit

The basket didn't count, as it was after the play, but this is all sorts of amazing. Can't believe he got robbed in the dunk contest twice. The Raptors don't win much, even the littlest of awards mean a lot to this franchise. So don't take it away from them.

DeMar DeRozan exacts revenge on Timofey Mozgov on this ferocious dunk.

Approximately three years ago, Timofey Mozgov punked DeMar DeRozan at the Air Canada Center. Last night, those 3 years of built up hatred and revenge were unleashed on a single dunk by the Raptors guard. Unfortunately, it would not be as special as he would have hoped. As Blake Griffin had already accomplish the same feat before him.

During his dark days in his lab, planning his revenge, DeMar completely shut himself from the outside of the world. He was unaware that 2 weeks after he was victimized in 2010, Blake Griffin would embarrass Mozgov on national television, thus making "Mozgov'd" into a real basketball term. Which I never really understood, because usually you will use the name of the guy that did that "something" as the verb. So "Mozgov'd" should have really been "Blake'd or Griffin'd," and it would have obviously stood for mentally destroying your victim with a vicious dunk. It also works because Blake is known for dunking and gets absolutely no credit for everything else he does well.

Sorry DeMar, your dunk was great, but Blake not only pulled off his emphatic throw down, he did it so high off the ground, his crotch was literally in Mozgov's face. You can't shame anyone better than that. Annihilation of a man's pride at its best.

The Feed: Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Toronto Raptors [11/04/12].

Recap:

The Toronto Raptors capture their first win of the season, ripping the Wolves up 105 to 86. This was not the most interesting game, with Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio out, the Raptors took advantage of the Wolves crippled offense.

The starting back court of Toronto was back in action, producing the same monstrous results.  DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry dropped 22 points each, with Lowry passing out an additional 5 assists. The game remained close until third quarter where the Raps drowned Minnesota with a barrage of points in the blow out.

Andrei Kirilenko led all Wolves with 17 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks, Nikola Pekovic helped with 15 points. Minnesota stayed in the game early despite turning the ball over 16 times in the first half, contributing to 27 Raptor points, eventually  their carelessness came back to haunt them, giving up the rock a total 24 times tonight.

Offensive End:

The Raptors ran a lot of isolations, taking advantage of the mismatch and getting easy points. Ball movement was definitely not as good as it was in the Brooklyn game. The focal point of the Raptor's offense is still DeMar and Andrea, they like to get them going early. Besides Jose Calderon, the rest of the guys that ran a pick and roll usually used the screen to get an open shot or path to the basket.

Minnesota looks into the post early, using Pekovic's beast of a body to bully Jonas Valaciunas. If they don't look for the post up, they run a basic pick and roll with cutter coming across.

Defensive End:

Toronto needs to fix their transition defense. It has been the biggest concern over the last 3, they just can't seem to set themselves fast enough to neutralize the quick oncoming attack. Their rotations were decent tonight, but they didn't have a real challenge to defend against.

The Wolves' defense at the back court is especially weak, allowing an above average shooting guard (DeMar DeRozan) to do whatever he wanted on the floor is unacceptable. Their front court with Pekovic and Kirilenko did a great job against the Toronto big men.

The Moments:

• Alexey Shved has the girliest hair in the NBA period, no discussion.
• HOT CHEETOS AND TAKIS played at the Air Canada Center, and according to twitter, the Raptors Children dance team used it as part of their performance. Although this is greatest thing to ever happen, it is ironic to be played in Canada because unfortunately we don't carry those hand-dyeing snacks. It is fitting to be played against the Wolves, since the song was sang by kids in Minnesota.
• Dante Cunningham heel kicked J.J. Barea in the forehead and gave his own teammate a concussion.

Rookie Watch:

Jonas Valaciunas always bring a lot of energy, he might not play well, but he will play hard. He got 4 point sand 4 rebounds at the end of the night.

Terrence Ross shows confidence, he has a lot of work to do on the defensive end and nee to bulk up to keep up with the rest of the NBA. He got in foul trouble early, 3 fouls in 5 minutes, and knocked down a jumper in the garbage time.

Alexey Shved played pretty well, he needs to do what I prescribed for Ross as well. He has a lot of potential, great court vision, dished 4 assists and scored 8 point in 22 minutes.

Kobe Bryant doesn't like losing to kids. Scarred DeMar MeRozan.

Photo by Michael Peake/Toronto Sun

If you have watched any of  Kobe's youth basketball camps in the summer on youtube, you probably know that there was never a time the Mamba will let a little kid win. It gets even worst if you are older. If you are in your teens, not only will Kobe completely destroy your desire to continue to play basketball, he will trash talk and straight up embarrass you. For those who are still in disbelief of what you are reading, I have found evidence that the 5 time NBA champion do, do such things.

In a recent interview, DeMar DeRozan who grew up in LA, talked about the traumatic experience of playing Kobe at the tender age of 15.

From the National Post:

Was he trash talking a 15-year-old kid?
Was he? A little bit. Every time he got scored on, he really didn’t like that too much. It was cool, though.

Is it really cool DeMar? Then why do you have an average of 34% FG when you played against him in the last 2 seasons, when uou normally hit your shots in the mid 40's range. It's okay to confess, after all what else do bloggers like me have to do in the off season then investigate a story that is probably a fiction.

Man, I am gonna miss Kobe when he retires, we will never have another person who hates to lose with every single fiber of his living body.

Sources: National Post, NBA Advanced Stats, Toronto Sun (Photo)