Msg to Sam. God Bless man, you keep doing you, and Leo will understand he made a mistake. Canada Basketball is a Joke. some may good players in canada, yet, they dont play.. how come denham wasnt on the team? what about Antwi (forgot his last name) . went to henry Carr, and average over 42ppg as a point guard in toronto? there are sooo many more. Tatham from brampton, couple other players, and then theres more out west.

im pissed, enough vamping from me. Sam Didnt do anything, thats what i thought all along. and i hope the canadian media takes this reports this.
God Bless

Andre from toronto

don`t even know why his son Andy Rautins is on the team and getting heavy minutes too…wtf. thought the national basketball team was supposed to be represented by the best players in the country.

Now as far back as high school, we young cats over stood that the color of the junior team was all ways darker than the Sr. team, because Jack Donahue and the paper pushers in Basket ball Canada, didn’t want guys playing “nigger ball!”

This is the same fucked up atmosphere today where the brothers have to tighten their butt checks and dance a jig, in order to get playing time with the team. The whole Canadian amateur sporting scene is such a sick joke, even the pre-dominant Caucasian sports such as Hockey and baseball is getting screwed over by them. Can you imagine, Track, basketball and soccer, sports that the Africans show up in more?

Leo Rautins only got a cup of coffee in the NBA, because he was tall and had some passing skills. He is one of those cats that use to get his ass handed to him whenever he played brothers from Toronto, during his high school days. His delusional glorifying of his skills is only topped by his unwavering and drunken belief that he in any way could be a coach. This gig was given to him, because he is willing to bend over and grab his ankles for “Team Canada.”

Based on SD’s account Leo Rautins is a dick head and SD is better off not hanging around this sinking ship. And from personal experience, the sporting scene is a little less anti-African as it was 20-30 years ago, but it is still anti-African and anti-common sense…. so Fuck them all!

That’s interesting stuff. In the world of dysfunctional micro-management, Dalembert’s story rings true. Without having heard Rautins’ side of the story, I’d have to say that the coach bears the burden of proof. The politics of “representation” are difficult to play. Dalembert definitely represents Haiti and an ethical use of the game to serve a higher purpose. I don’t know what Leo Rautins represents - aside from a source of pride based on his tenure with Syracuse many moons ago.

At this juncture, the best thing is that SD has learned a valuable lesson. In the long run, this likely will not amount to a hill of beans. Nonetheless, it’s worthwhile for SD to ensure that his side of the story gets out.

Again, nice work, Mizzo.