The “did we trade the wrong guy” edition.
Adams – let’s just hope all this playing time doesn’t go to his head.
Bargnani – you know when you’ve been looking forward to, say, italian all day? You can just taste that lasagna. So, you decide to stop by your local restaurant on the way home to pick up some good eats. You get it home, open it up, and it’s veal. Well, AB has been that veal lately. He couldn’t hit a thing all game (literally…he hit nothing) and might be having to ride the pine for a while. Such a big downgrade from what he has been doing.
Bosh – started off like the Bosh of late and came back like a mini-me version of the Bosh of early. Ended up with a double double, but the passion is still lacking. I think tonight he ended up feeding off the energy of the b-team and it helped kick him in the ass.
Calderon – thank God he can pass and hit free throws, because a one armed midget could hit jumpers better than him. Oh, and that breeze you felt?? Call it TJ.
Graham – who let the dogs out? Heavens to Betsy, who the hell slipped this guy some ups? Attitude, attack, passion……he needs to be the coverboy for NBA LIVE2010! 26 freakin’ minutes. TWENTY-SIX!! That’s only 2 minutes off my best time with Jessica Alba. Hope CentreSports has enough jersey’s in stock, because Santa’s gonna have a few late orders.
Humphries – his shooting tips have finally sunk in with Kap.
Jawai – looks like he has been heading to Bavarian’s for a few hearty meals.
Kapono – I half expected to see him start jump skipping down the court, yelling “wheeeee…look at meeeeeeeee!!!” followed by kisses to the crowd. Let’s not all get carried away, but again proving my point from last year that this cat should start. He took 23 shots, which is equal to the number of times RapsFan gets turned down at Fluid on an average Saturday.
Moon – solid game as a starter. Don’t know where (or why) he has been hiding it. Have to wonder if it’s a product of everything seeming to go right for the entire team tonight. Who knows, but I like it….as does his agent.
O’Neal – his amazing shooting prowess continues. I am glad he didn’t come out like an overzealous assh……oh, wait, 2 fouls in the first few minutes? Right. Sorry. At least he settled down after that and provided a presence. Seriously, though, RUN. JOG. DO SOMETHING. Does he like looking at teammates asses or what? No wonder Sam and Jay keep yelling ‘go go go’, it’s because lugnut here is closer to the concessions than he is to the opposing hoop when lightning quick Jose is bringing the ball up.
Parker – sprained ankle. didn’t play. If you wear a suit, tuck your shirt in. Get better soon or we might have to activate the Big Barrier Jawai.
Solomon – I’m kinda pissed that he didn’t play point against TJ just for a few minutes. Can you imagine? It would be like two kids hopped up on Red Bull and Pop Rocks trying to get past each other. Willy would be stretching every extremity he had to try and stop Ford. He’d look like Gumby. Maybe next time.
Ukic – nice bucket, now get back on D son…your man just whipped past you before you reached midcourt. We have to get him up to 15-17 a game so he can run with the big boys. He also needs to remember his shooting is not as good as his passing. Look for your man.
Driving The Bus: Joey Graham
Under The Bus: Herbie the Announcer. Any more “niiiiiiice” calls and you sleep with the fishes.
Game Theme: Welcome Back
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Finally a win! Liked how JO kept the game ball for Triano.
This game is fools gold. I only watched the game on a Yahoo sports ticker, and I can see “the Matrix” through the Play-By-Play. It seems Granger is jacking up a lot of shots, in which he can slaughter us by trying to get to the line, and a lot of shots that Marquis Daniels would kill us on are just not dropping. I think we got a pity win for this one. It looks like the Pacers just tossed this one away or something. TJ was out most of the game, I might of thought someone injured him again. Good for Triano to take this one as a first victory at least. Last but not least two white players almost out-rebounded the Raptors by-themselves…that is just a large large doodie laid in a punch bowl ain’t it?
The way that they have been playing lately, hard to believe but there is still some teams to which raptors are superior in every way.
congratulations coach. the raps did what they needed to do. this indiana team may not be good, but they can score in bunches. I am glad we didn’t let their shooters get hot – except murphy. who is this guy?
Last but not least two white players almost out-rebounded the Raptors by-themselves…that is just a large large doodie laid in a punch bowl ain’t it? -tonious35
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Does that mean cause I’m of darker skin I am genetically supposed to be a better rebounder than my melanin deficient peers? Yea the Raps are not a great rebounding team but don’t bring skin colour into this aka “the social construct of race”.
Missed the game but a win is a win hopefully they will build on this. I also heard on fan590 that as well as Joey is playing, putting him in the starting line up could end up like Bargnani did when he got starters minutes……..very badly. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it?
jonron,
I’ll take back the angle I used on when I generalized too much “socially” on the rebounding, but when you let Troy Murphy get 20 rebounds, that is a concern. Jeff Foster always by tradition found a way to get a double-double on the Raptors guaranteed.
I totally agree with you about Joey Graham. I’m not sure it is time to get him off the bench yet, let’s see if he is still hungry for more playing time. Can we be seeing the “Cito Gaston upping Adam Lind” effect here?
Troy Murphy is averaging 10.6 rebounds a game… that’s more than Chris Bosh (a black guy, I might note), and good for ninth in the entire league.
20 is a big number but not really that surprising considering both these teams are playing uptempo. This season alone Murph had a 17 rebound game against the Lakers, a 19 rebound game against Atlanta and he grabbed 15 in his season opener against Detroit.
Considering you were watching on a Yahoo ticker you could have tried clicking on the dude’s name and checking his stats before dissing him.
AltRaps, move to Indiana. You’re not happy. Go. Now.
I am not going to get excited just yet. With this win we can definatly start realizing that if we beat the Pacers and they beat Boston and Lakers if I am not mistaken.. What we are doing wrong is not playing in confidence.. Thats it!! We are money and we dont even know it (quoted by the movie Swingers) If I was Traino I wouldnt practice one day and take the squad to a confidence seminar..
Lets not plan the parade route just yet,bottom line it was about running the ball up the court.
ass…
lol
Honestly looking at the footage again I think coach Triano knows what he is doing.. I think Sam Mitchelle didnt know who was our starters and who was our back end.. This starting line up was bad ass.. Bosh Oneal Calderon Moon Kapono … 2 big men , versatile great point guard, Moon our side show frak forward, and the best 3 pointer in the league Kapono.. I think the mistake was getting Bargniani and Parker to start..
So I taped the game last night (PVR) and I was thinking to avoid all my reading until I’ve finished watching the game. Can’t trust all these live-bloggers anymore. I get to half time and I’m feeling giddy.. could this be a win? Finally!! Now I actually *want* to read the blogs. So I take a peek at Roll Call. Shit! Altraps is pissed, we must’ve blown it in the second half! I pause the game in disgust and head off to bed.