The “booooooooo” edition.
Adams – the hole in the middle of this donut of a team.
Bargnani – like those dry crusty timbits that are left over in the office kitchen. Oh how fickle the Toronto crowd is. Cheering a few games back, booing tonight. Deservedly so?
Bosh – the eclair….except tonight it was more like a melted eclair with no filling. Tired? Probably. Good move by Triano to sit him down? Definitely. Just a brutal effortless night that should be played and replayed by his cousin to remind him how bad he looked.
Calderon – why does this guy even try to shoot? You’d have better luck winning a grand prize rolling up your rim than this guy hitting a shot when he is covered. Kidd was about as visible as Pluto from Earth and Jose couldn’t take advantage.
Graham – ‘splain this one to me, Triano-huggers. Joey comes out and takes it to the Mavs like a homeless man to a Krispy Kreme. Then he sits longer than me at a modeling audition. We see “good Joey” and General Canuck decides to sit him in favour of the guys who are doing so much better?
Humphries – We need rebounding help against the best rebounding team in the league. I got it…..let’s play one of our hungrier players 2 minutes!! That’s about as smart as making donuts that taste like lemons.
Jawai – he can start working out soon. Yay. He will be able to contribute about as soon as they invent donuts that can fend off heart disease.
Kapono – he was being taken advantage of like free chocolate dips at a Weight Watchers meeting. I still completely support him as a starter, but you have to wonder if having two liabilities on the floor to start the second half might not be opening the door to some of these game-killing runs.
Moon – good shooting night and just missing a double double. Like a maple donut on Canada Day, his recent athleticism is a good fit for us. Just unfortunate we can’t take more advantage of it.
O’Neal – he of the high-priced behind the glass fancy donut variety. He gave great game tonight and is deserving of as many accolades as you can laud on him. He actually jumped 4 times (one when he was even by himself!), he had 2 nice blocks and one lucky sideswipe fingertip one, and once he even bolted down the floor. Still would like to see him hit some of those jumpers, though.
Parker – as sexy as a glossy marble donut, with as much game as a pinball machine with 2 busted bumpers. He’s going through Jose-itis right now and obviously needs to snap himself back to game shape. Not sure a 6 game road trip will afford him the time to do so, but it’s apparent we need him back. Badly.
Solomon – get your bag of day olds…..day olds, right here….day olds….
Ukic – came out like a warm bear claw to start the game. Gave Jose some breather, played superb basketball, was communicating, passing, driving. Then he thought, what the hell, let’s try shooting the ball. Idiot. I was actually surprised to see he amassed zero assists. Still, above average game from him and again showing he deserves some more floor time.
Voskuhl – like the plain donut……always around, but never really wanted.
Driving The Bus: Jermaine O’Neal
Under The Bus: Chris Bosh
Game Theme: For Mr. Bosh
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Well …. thank you for providing that TSN2 feed … and I really enjoyed watching the Celtic-Hawks playing decent bball. It really made my evening. Thanks again.
Sam Mitchell knew the season was over when he said: “This is not an athletic team, but it’s basketball-wise.” Well … you can teach brains but you can’t teach athletics by the time you reach the NBA. You’ve either got it or you don’t .. and the Raptors don’t. Unfortunately they are neither athletic nor basketball-wise and Mitchell knew it. He also knew he was going to be fired because he probably told BC what he thought of this team before the season started. Sams behaviour and game strategy playing Bosh and Calderon 40+ minutes confirms that.
Jack Armstrong commented that the Raptors were “out of shape”, and did not have the stamina to play a full game. When this happens, you are not only physically fatigued, you are mentally fatigued too .. and then you tighten up and your shooting goes to shit. Notice how relaxed the Mavs were and their shooting just flowed .. while the Raptors were throwing bricks and loopers.
The extent of the loss is devastating, because the Raptors were leading by 13 at one time in the first half, and then lost by 10 … that’s a 23 point swing .. and this seems to be the pattern now. Once the opposition finds the Raps weaknesses, they just exploit it with good play. Meanwhile the Raptors play just falls apart in the second half and they don’t even look like bball players.
The Raptors are not a legitimate NBA product .. and if the game attendance drops, they should drop ticket prices. Of course, as a visiting team, the Raptors are a washout. I wouldn’t pay to watch this team and if I do watch them on tv, it will only be in the 4th quarter … and then decide if I want to continue watching.
Bosh’s agent must be screaming for a trade … because Bosh is totally demoralized and I can’t blame him … he’s gone through a lot as a Raptor. BC had better do Plan “B” … trade Bosh .. and then Plan “C” … trade Calderon. Plan “D” is a deiberate tanking of the season and start the long road of picking up high draft picks .. because good veteran players will not come to Toronto nohow … not even for money unless they are planning to finish their careers with the Raptors and pick up a few more easy Mil$ before packing it in.
Thanks again for continuing the tv feed with the Boston-Atlanta game … good bball ..!!!!
Now watching the Spurs and Hornets, they are teams who have gelled and providing good entertainment.
That’s hilarious, AltRaps … and do you have a list of “themes” set for the season, or does it just hit you during the game???
What can we expect on future Roll Calls … a “sex” theme … an “Iron Chef” theme … a “Toys R Us” theme ….???!!!!
Don’t stop, because they should put you up at the conclusion of Raps games on TSN, Score, and CBC … udasikman …LOL
Nah, they just hit me. In a week or so I could be using the “come down off the ledge” theme.
Great little write up. Sadly I think this team is playing to its level. They are about as good (?) as I thought they would be to start the season. Question has to be do you write off 2 years or do you move pieces now to try and make some upward movement this year and next.
Jack is the conductor on the excuse train that never runs out of fuel. Oh bosh is tired from the Olympics, oh he’s tired from Sam riding him. No, he doesn’t give a flying rats ass. He’s gonna keep practicing his jumper and save his body for a real team.
Triano will never be hit with a word or criticism because he IS Canadian. Hence, he can’t do wrong.
What a bunch of choke artist.
OKC is waiting to beat their ass.
AltRaps ^^^ – Question has to be do you write off 2 years or do you move pieces now to try and make some upward movement this year and next.[sic]..(?)
When BC’s dad was asked what his son’s greatest management strengths were, he said: “Bryan was decisive at pulling the trigger.”
I wonder how long it will take before BC kills himself.
What did I tell you guys?
We don’t have the talent to compete against any team in the L. Not 1.
Oklahoma and Memphis, and the Knicks are better teams
Does Raptors Republic have an endorsement deal with Tim Horton’s? MMMM DONUTS. Oh well. Not much to say it is the same movie over and over. Time for a major casting change.
I missed the game, but Bosh was 0/2 from downtown. We have all noticed him trying to use the 3 as a game changer. If he works hard and becomes a great 3 point shooter, fine, but until then he should not be doing it except in desperation
im at a loss for words.balls simple.if your shot isnt falling you take it to the hole and crash the boards.you get to the line and get some cheap buckets of rebounds till you get your confidence back and only then do you rely on your jumpshot when you have your fucking confidence…watching tonight was daliesque as it was 100 % negativity at the acc while the bitches all clanked jumpers.im here at my pad watching the game with my boys and were fuming screaming “TO THE FUCKING HOLE YOU CUNTS!”………..this is absurd.this team needs a fucking exorcism.
Andiamo Dec 3, 2008 11:05 pm
i bet a massive weight has just been lifted off this squad.i’ll also bet a million dollars we see bargs gets some plays run for him…..PLAYS BITCHES PLAYS!….HORNS UP!…also,anybody knocking triano is a dumb newb who obviously has no clue about ball and who triano is.we will be leaps and bounds ahead of a sam coached team.we will be prepared,we will run plays,we will make sensible sub patterns,we will be better.
lmfao…u dumb fucks.this team will be a million times better with triano in charge.we will make the playoffs…
lol….figures flux lurking with queerness he has to come out the closet and look up one of my posts.its called positivity u dumb cunt.its a long season fagboy…………..on an unrelated note marcus camby WITH 27 rebounds tonight……………i guess we should all hail flux and his loser attitude all season.
Fluxland: “lmfao…u dumb fucks.this team will be a million times better with triano in charge.we will make the playoffs…”
… and if the Raptors don’t make the playoffs where can I send you your:
http://tinyurl.com/4tc8rf
the more i come to think about it.the more i realize flux was onto something…this team is a bunch of quitters,like flux and many in here,it takes one to know one i suppose….and btw,theres a difference between venting and being an “i told you so”, type of asshole….you come out after losses to rub our noses in it and you scour for quotes?…lol.loser.
It would take Andrea 4 years combined to average 27 boards. Parker and Moon are players I really despise. Just 2 mentally soft and useless players a team could have
Isn’t bargnani suppose to provided energy of the bench? How i hate him licking his lis n running around with his mouth open. He has the most emotionless face i have ever seen. Parker – that twerp runs around like a cock with his head in his hiney. I have finally lost my faith in BC. I am done watching raptors games till they don’t get some serious athletic and scrappy players. Somebody please take Jake, Bargs, Parker, Adams and Will off our hands. Why does BC likes all these clean-looking soft guys? Does he have to take ‘em home to his mother? Isn’t the basketball one of the more athletic sport? And i don’t see anyone beyond Moon n Graham on our team who is remotely athletic. And isn’t it funny that under Traino they r the only ones who are thriving – aside from Kapono(sometimes – as expected from a player of his caliber) n JO…
Bryan is fascinated with European style basketball. And those clean looking mild mannered guys reflect the style. 3 point shooting powerhouse is what he wants to build here. And having character guys, his thinking is they’ll never complain about playing time and they’ll always give it there all.
The problem with this is that usually nice guys, don’t care if they loose, it slides off there back easily and doesn’t affect them personally. We’ll do better the next game. That’s why Moon and Parker are always laughing when there getting blown out. There just happy to be in the NBA. You think teams are afraid to play the Raptors?
Hey FAQ, those were quotes from the one and only Andiamo, who insults everyone under the sun, but can’t take his own quotes being shown to him.
I enjoyed the read Scott…very creative. I wish the team was.
hungry while you were writing this? lol..donut is a great analogy for this team. come january 1st…black hole?
FLUXLAND – Dec 18, 2008 7:41 am — “Hey FAQ, those were quotes from the one and only Andiamo, who insults everyone under the sun, but can’t take his own quotes being shown to him.”
Oh, sorry flux … but you should use quotation marks if it’s a quote so us feeble-minded fans will not be confused. Send my ‘gift’ to Andiamo, unused of course ….
Lol Calderon fucking shot perfect from the floor a couple games back. You fail man.
FAQ, yeah, you are right I should have. Figured the Andiamo prior to was enough. My bad.
Raps Fan… make sure you save some room for that crow we have to eat come January. : )