Raptors Pick Up Option On Moon
The Toronto Raptors elected Wednesday to pick up next season's contract option on forward Jamario Moon.
Details were not disclosed.
Moon, named to the NBA's all-rookie second team, averaged 8.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.4 blocked shots, 1.2 steals and 27.8 minutes in 78 appearances this season.
He set franchise highs for starts (75) and defensive rebounds (392) by a rookie, and ranked first among NBA rookies in steals (1.03), second in blocks (1.38) and third in rebounds (6.2). ...... (Cont with Story)
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Moons Looking To The Future
The notion of a 27-year-old rookie who played for everyone from the Albany Patroons, the Harlem Globetrotters and the Rome Gladiators was a good-news item that followed the Raptors all year. Reporters, regardless of the city, found in Moon a great story.
“The thing about that great story was that it was fun. It brought a lot of attention to me and to the Raptors,” Moon said. “You want to keep the story going with a whole lot more stories, like Friday The 13th, only with a better ending.”
So after a couple of weeks of rest he will be back on the court and in the weight room. He wants to build on one of the most improbable ever Raptor seasons....... (Cont with Story)
Moon Finishes 5th In Rookie Of The Year Voting
Final Rookie Standing: 5 | Drafted: Undrafted
After having his shooting percentage hover around the .500 mark all season long, Moon went 6-for-21 (.286) in four games last week. Nevertheless, his rookie season will be remembered for how he seized an opportunity and made the most of it, going from Jamario -- formerly of the Albany Patroons to Jamario -- the man who got everybody to tune in to the Sprite Slam Dunk contest to see him try to jump over the moon.
Season Stats
8.5PPG 6.2REB 1.2AST 0.7TO 1.0STL 1.4BLK
Raps Come Up Short
Toronto's Jamario Moon, who strained his groin in the third quarter Saturday and didn't return, started for the second time in the series. He had six points in the first quarter on two quick 3-pointers but just two more the rest of the way.
"We knew in the regular season that every time we played the Orlando Magic that you've got to score, and we just couldn't score," Toronto coach Sam Mitchell said. "We didn't make enough shots." ....(Cont With Story)
Bosh Happy For Moons Return
"He gives us that extra body on the boards, that extra energy and hustle," Bosh said. "And he can block shots and alter shots, too. He does a lot of things that don't show up in the stat sheet very much."
Moon's skills in particular are the kind that can keep the Magic from doing the spectacular, which is what can turn the home-court advantage the Magic will enjoy tonight into a huge advantage. .....(Cont with Story)