{"id":77214,"date":"2010-08-26T00:31:04","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T00:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2010\/08\/26\/open-run-demar-derozan-sonny-weems\/"},"modified":"2023-05-14T12:32:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T16:32:27","slug":"open-run-demar-derozan-sonny-weems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/open-run-demar-derozan-sonny-weems\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Run: DeMar DeRozan & Sonny Weems play pick-up hoops in the GTA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two\u00a0of the ‘Young Gunz’, DeMar DeRozan (@DeMar_DeRozan<\/a>)\u00a0& Sonny Weems (@Sonny13<\/a>),\u00a0got invited via Twitter last week by a Raptors fan to play pick up hoops in an open run in the Greater Toronto Area at The Pavillion<\/a> gym which is located at 407 and Dufferin in Thornhill. The response? Invitation\u00a0accepted!<\/a><\/p>\n

Jeff Landicho, producer extraordinaire,\u00a0of Raptors TV\u00a0went along\u00a0with DeMar & Sonny to\u00a0record the action and the reaction of the fans when they arrived. Based on the\u00a0videos you’re about to see and by accounts from\u00a0some of the attendees chatting on various Raptors forums, this was a nice surprise and a great way for these young players to continue to immerse themselves in the community and reach out to their fans.<\/p>\n[nba]teams\/raptors\/2010\/08\/21\/RWEB100820OPENRUN1-1397422[\/nba]\n

Check out ‘Part 2’ after the jump \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n[nba]teams\/raptors\/2010\/08\/25\/RWEB100825openrun2-1399910[\/nba]\n

Here’s some additional footage taken by some fans\/participants in attendance.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two\u00a0of the ‘Young Gunz’, DeMar DeRozan (@DeMar_DeRozan)\u00a0& Sonny Weems (@Sonny13),\u00a0got invited via Twitter last week by a Raptors fan to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17217875],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOpen Run: DeMar DeRozan & Sonny Weems play pick-up hoops in the GTA - The Sports Daily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/open-run-demar-derozan-sonny-weems\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Open Run: DeMar DeRozan & Sonny Weems play pick-up hoops in the GTA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/open-run-demar-derozan-sonny-weems\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Sports Daily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-08-26T00:31:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-14T16:32:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/open-run-demar-derozan-sonny-weems\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/open-run-demar-derozan-sonny-weems\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Draper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5\"},\"headline\":\"Open Run: DeMar DeRozan & Sonny Weems play pick-up hoops in the GTA\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-08-26T00:31:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-14T16:32:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/open-run-demar-derozan-sonny-weems\/\"},\"wordCount\":173,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Raptors\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2010\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/open-run-demar-derozan-sonny-weems\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/open-run-demar-derozan-sonny-weems\/\",\"name\":\"Open Run: DeMar DeRozan & Sonny Weems play pick-up hoops in the GTA - 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