1. Bosh. Bosh is not getting enough minutes. First few games of the season Bosh averaged 42 minutes, he was having a career year and raptors winning record was above 500. More minutes for bosh more points, more wins. It’s not Rocket Science.

2.Game Plan, Coaching and Rotation. I don’t know why Jay (current head coach) Triano has this mentality of having his players rotate every game. It brings predictability on the table and at the same time players who are hot are cooled down thus not getting their groove, once their time is up on the rotation. I’ve always believed and history has proven that great coaches and teams has always implemented situational and match up substitutions not rotation. It maybe the Sam Mitchell effect on Triano or the fact that he coached a Canadian Team to international Basketball. He has to understand that coaching international basketball is different than coaching professional league. In international basketball all players were handpicked and has different roles, where in pro basketball we have to admit, some players are there to fill up the spot. No game plan is clear on every game. The game against New Jersey where they gave one of their star players (Devin Harris) a look of everything. They threw in Moon, Calderon, Parker against him, thus negating him and making other players beat you.

3.Bargnani. I don’t even know where to start. The guy is a decent player. Not what they are building him to be “the future of the franchise”. Upside? Maybe, but if Colangelo is intending to build around Bosh and wants to win now, better make the sacrifice while value of Barngani is still high so he can get a good wing player.

4. Wing. We obviously need a good wing player, nuff said. Moon is another decent player, think he deserves to be in the NBA. I think he would be good off the bench. But he has to admit to himself. He is not a good shooter. Please drive to the hoop and take the foul. If I were a coach of the opponent team (and from what I see they always use the the player who guards Moon for the double) I’ll make Moon beat us with jump shots.

The Lakers will not sacrifice Ariza for Radmanovic, Vujacic or Walton.

When your team is unafraid to exceed the Salary Cap and/or the Luxury Tax Threshold, if need be, to compete for a championship, it gives your entire operation a bountiful sense of flexibility.

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Given the obscene amount of money which MLSE makes … it is simply ludicrous that any Leafs or Raptors fan should tolerate a President/GM or owner who says that it’s one of this organization’s goals to remain below either of these two artificially imposed barriers to on-the-court/ice success.

For the owners/operators of this specific franchise … it SHOULD BE about Winning.

He should never have been signed in the first place. Bryan decided to sign Euro players who were on there last legs. We needed a complete rebuild, not a quick fix. Well, we went the quick fix route and now we have nothing to show for it. Tough guys wins championships not gentle guys

Assuming the Lakers do not find expiring replacements for any one of them and/or do not win the title, since Buss has said he will gladly ignore the cap for the chance at multiple championships, Ariza will be let go in a Joe Johnson style salary concession.

And then, in an obvious progression of the preceding facts, the Raptors will sign him.

With Bosh as our Leader and focal point of the Raptors we have not yet beat one good team so far this season. You can blame his supporting cast, his minutes, his injuries but that wont cut it with me. He does not make his teammates better and doesn’t instill confidence in himself