O'Neal deal a step backwards

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June 26

Toronto Star

columnist Dave Feschuk

Bryan Colangelo, the fashion-wise head honcho of the Toronto Raptors, showed up at the club's annual pre-draft press conference wearing the usual checklist of chicer-than-thou finery yesterday. The bespoke summer-weight navy suit? Check. The belt-and-shoe combo crafted from the finest leather of caviar-fed virgin ostriches? Goes without saying. But hang on. Your alert correspondent spotted a chink in the Men's Vogue-worthy exterior. Colangelo's shirt – and it was the usual high-style, high-collared, hand-sewn-by-a-grandmother-on-the-outskirts-of-Bologna shirt – was bereft of the usual worth-more-than-your-Toyota cufflinks. It was a shocking omission, like Shaq O'Neal suddenly stripped of his deputy's badge. And granted, if you're looking for symbolism in the fearless leader's image, this wasn't exactly Rob Babcock in a wrinkled golf shirt and Dockers keeping the secret that turned out to be Rafael Freaking Araujo.

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