If you’re a basketball fan in Canada, quite likely you resent being lumped in with the rest of “Hockey Nation.” Well, here’s a chance to show that Canadians aren’t all puckheads — we love the orange roundie, too!

In this, the final week of Future Shop’s “Build Your Hockey Playoff Pad” contest, come join my BASKETBALL Playoff Pad (note the hardwood floors). If you make my pad the most popular one, I win a Sony home theater system, and you can win a Sony Bravia 46″ flat panel LCD TV.

So let’s give a loud “WE ARE HERE” from basketball Whoville before this Thursday, April 30, 11:59PM PST. Join my playoff pad!

Wanna win another Toronto Raptors ball cap?

The Hoop Doctors are offering adidas Raptors swag again in the latest Create-a-Cap contest. This time, put your words in the mouths of Richard Hamilton and Allen Iverson.

Interestingly, both Rip and AI have been connected to the Raptors in the past little while. Hmm. Does Dr. Anklesnap know something we don’t know? But I digress…

Go create a cap now!

The prize for The Hoop Doctors’ latest Create-a-Cap contest is an adidas Toronto Raptors ball cap, plus an official NBA Hoops shirt.

Contest closes March 23, so you’ll Delfin-itely have to get your thinking caps on ASAP (hint-hint, pun-pun).

Go submit-a-cap now!

With the Raptors on a five-game losing skid, they’re far more palatable in LOLCats form, wouldn’t you agree? Here are the halarryus entries from the LOLRaps contest.

First, Mookie (A Stern Warning) captures Jason Kidd’s historic game:

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Ah, March. Pete Marasmitch is taking a hint from Shawn Marion and fleeing the cold for a week. In the meantime, here’s a contest for you Raptors fans.

While I’m gone, create some “Lolcats” images related to what’s new with the Raptors from March 1 to 7 – what happened in the games against the Mavs, the Rockets and the Heat; who got signed to a 10-day contract; the Bobby Baun-like return of Hump, stuff like that.

For example:

The best pictures will be posted on March 9.

Contest prizes

• All pictures that make me LOL will be posted, along with the artists’ names and web addresses.
• The one that makes me ROFL will be featured in the post, and will earn the Raptors a frozen envelope for the 2010 draft.

Contest rules

• Send your images to me before March 9, 7 AM ET.
• Make them relevant to what happened to the Raptors during the period of March 1-7.
• Keep ’em clean — no swearing, smut, suggestive lyrics, etc.
• Send however many images you like, and use whatever image-editing software you like. Im e z.

See ya in about a week!

Here’s your chance to watch D-How grab another handful of Hump. (Getty)

Head on over to Raptors Republic, comment on this post and win tickets to the Raptors/Magic game on January 4, oh … next-yearish.

Game prediction: CB4 scores a ton, D-How dominates the boards, and Hump gets, um, manhandled.

UPDATE: For those of you who care, it’s at 12:30. PM. At the ACC. Toronto.

Get a chance to see Mo Pete. He might not see you, though. (NBA.com)

Bohire is now on Facebook. Download now and become a fan of the Bohire application by Thursday December 11, 1:00PM EST to have a chance to win great Raptors tickets. We will conduct a random draw from our list of fans on Dec. 11, 1:30PM EST.

The Prize: An amazing pair of Toronto Raptors Tickets (face value $354.00) vs. New Orleans Hornets on Sunday Dec. 14, at 12:30PM. The Bohire seats are 5 rows from the floor, Section 102, Row E.

From the latest Bohire e-Announcement:

The “Tell a Friend about Bohire” contest starts now! Bohire is Canada’s Job Referral Community where Canada’s Top Employers will pay you to refer your friends to jobs.

The Prize: A pair of amazing Toronto Raptor Tickets (face value $322.00) vs. Indiana Pacers [Pete's note: the return of TJ and Rashoooo...] on Wednesday Dec. 10, at 7:00PM (face value $322.00). The Bohire seats are 5 rows from the floor, Section 102, Row E, Seats 11 & 12.

All you have to do is tell as many people as you can about Bohire. The person who gets the most friends to join Bohire from right now until this Friday December 5th at 1:00PM wins the tickets. The winner will be announced this Friday at 6:00PM.

To participate, you must already be a Bohire Referrer. If you have not already joined, please join for free at http://bohire.com/index.php?stage=member&mode=MemberJoin&type=r

When you get your friend to sign up as a Bohire Referrer they must list your name and email address as the referral source (the email address you used to create your Bohire referrer account). It’s as easy as that!

Hurry, the “Tell a Friend about Bohire” contest ends this Friday December 5th at 1:00PM. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Vincent Tsang,
Vice President – Business Development
Bohire Inc.
vincent.tsang@bohire.com

Would you like to win adidas Raptors gear? Then head on over to Hoops Addict and comment in the Brotherhood of Ballers post. One commenter, randomly chosen (I think), will win this stuff:

1 Bosh Raptors Swingman Jersey
1 Garnett Celtics Swingman Jersey
3 adidas Basketball t’s
3 Raptors wristbands (3 pairs, I would imagine)
1 Raptors headband
7 Raptors Flex Fit Hats

That’s over $500 worth of gear.

So go comment!