The “big shoes to fill” edition.
Adams – Honorary roll-call inclusion. Although he wasn’t present in body, he had the same impact on the outcome of the game.
Bargnani – The VL tag wont be dropped until he hits the 20 ’solid-game’ in a row mark, but thanks for the hope during a shit season so far. If only you showed up last season, might not have had to trade for the HO.
Bosh – Efficient game. 31 points off of 13 shots (10 from the stripe). The Yin to Bargnani’s Yang. The kid’s sick, I got nothing else.
Calderon – It was good of him to pass out Gatorade during half-time. The Raptors have been fortunate so far with Rokoman at the helm, but they will need him desperately for the upcoming home-and-home with the Celtics.
Graham – Perfect from the floor. Perfect from the line. Hit the glass and didn’t break a sweat.
Humphries – Sir Hump-a-Lot got some burn, but was more concerned with the Vodka red-bulls and dirty girls he will be pounding later at Lobby.
Jawai – After 37 games, you would think this guy would have worn at least one good suit.
Kapono – Second good game in a row. Even hit a trey, I should check my Super 7 numbers.
Moon – It’s not considered child support when she’s living in yo momma house, is it?
O’Neal – Missing persons alert: I’m seeking information about the disappearance of one Jermaine O’Neal. Last seen working the ESPN trade machine.
Parker – It couldn’t go on forever, 3 points though? I mean, Voshkul had 4 in less the half the time on the court. At least he kept Mayo in check.
Solomon – Why would anyone purposely cut their hair like Damon Jones? Continued his solid stretch of games with Jose out.
Ukic –Ukic-be-good-to-me. Started bad, finished bad, but in between…bad.
Voskuhl –The teacher’s pet is still the first off the bench. Thankfully Swirsky isn’t around to give him a gay-ass nickname like J-Hova.
Driving The Bus: Chris Bosh
Riding Shot-Gun: Andrea Bargnani
Under The Bus: Roko Ukic
Game Theme: Killer B’s
24 Raps
Nice touch,”driving shot gun !!!!”
Killer B’s = not good nickname. Let it die a deserving death and let us hope jackass Devlin doesn’t bring it up again.
I must admit my stenchy hatred of Solomon is now downgraded to mere seething displeasure.
The Killer b’s thing has to end. Just sucks
I admit the Hassan Adams thing made me both laugh and cry at the same time. How will Raptor Fans ever move on past the Hassan Adams era. I just think it will get a little easier each day. Here is a good question most useless Raptor ever D-Mart or Hassan Adams. I know someone will mention D-Marts clutch shot to extend that stupid 3 point streak but get real. Although did Hassan Adams make a 3 as a Raptor? I don’t recall.
Jerome Moiso.
is it just me or did bargs look alot like dirk on that post dunk on mayo??? i pray that there able to kick boston while they’re down.if bargs can keep perkins out of the paint bosh will have a chance at some redemtion on KG. he better man up and abuse him. i also think killa willa might be able to cover rondo?
Why be negative? Andrea’s showing something special, “Alice Fine”, enjoy the win… the Celtics will be angry on Sunday.
im drink’n the koolaid for the raps and the brio for bargs baby BRIO!!!
oh that was all positive for the raps bosh and killa willa. im loving the raps right now!
If Bosh didn’t speak any English, had never played or lived in North America before he was drafted, was forced to play center, power forward and fucking small forward…start, come off the bench and start again all by the age of 23, maybe he wouldn’t be a “sick” superstar who manages to have “efficient” games against rookies either….who knows…
The Celtics don’t intimidate DJ Augustin or LaMarcus Aldridge…
They are struggling and Toronto usually likes to help struggling teams out…
If the Raptors and their “sick” superstar play tough for 4 quarters, defend and actually win….then maybe twitland can start to feel better..until then….having “efficient” games against a bunch of rookies and beating a bad team at home is hardly a reason to lapse back into the typical Toronto arrogant complacence.
AP was very important for us today despite his (low) points: he kept Mayo in check and especially he almost took over PG’s duties while Solomon and Ukic were turnovers machines and not able to make a play. JK played a similar role but with lower defensive attributes. I was quite impressed with our wings today who did the dirty work and set up the great display for CB4 and Andrea.
This lacked heart.
glad to see nunya #9 stick up for the Raps, in his own way…even if he is down on the fans…
I don’t actually care if the Raps win against Boston. But I do want to see them fight hard. I guarantee that CB4 and Il Mago will struggle to shoot 50% from the floor. They need solid play from their perimeter players to help space the floor. Boston will be hungry to crush sub-500 teams to make up for recent losses. I can only ask that the Raps play hard – they cannot fold under the pressure, but they might. Bargnani is riding high, but there has been no tough D on him…Yao and Howard included.
Nunya:
They did beat Orlando and Houston recently.
Lets try and stay positive here folks. This is a “new year” so to speak, hopefully we can get back to .500.
unrelated:
i actually hate LBJ and the Cavs as much as I hate Garnett and the Celts…isn’t it too bad that that game wasn’t a real grind-out triple overtime type of affair? Really wear down both sides…
I hope to see Kobe and Lakers hammer whoever they meet from the East…unless it is the Raps of course ;)
we are going to be facing one angry team on sunday … and monday. I got my blind fold rdy. I hope it wont be too bad. LOL who am I kidding
I would rather be facing the celtics now then when they were in a 19 game winning streak. Their confidence is low, hopefully we can sneak a win in.
A good second half against a very beatable team. It is great to see CB exploiting mismatches, but it’s even better now that he has a rep in this league, and is able to draw a foul almost every time he takes the ball to the hoop. Bargs had another solid game-I think it is going to be a lot of fun watching him the rest of the season. Will-E and Roko had fine games, Roko is starting to get creative to get off his shots, and with a lucky bounce here or there, would have had a nice little stat line. I would like our PGs to look for and practice the alley-oop a little more, as Will-E didn’t see Moon leak out at least twice last night, which would have been monster jams if they could have connected. The one that he did try ended up about 3 feet far and wide of the hoop. The raps are getting very good about pressuring opposing players into bad passes/turnovers with some timely doubling in the corners/at the sideline. All in all, another raps win in what will hopefully be a much better second half of the season.
Now if Caldy can just keep up.
vl?,its ml bitches….it appears bargs would have to suck off an armada of homos who still think he aint real to get some love and respect.
andy…go back & check out VL’s game-to-game stats from last year. in the midst of what can only be described as a horrific season, he had a number of runs where he was contributing positively…only to fall off the wagon. i’m all for VL being retired (the nickname, of course), but he’s gotta keep bringing it. that’s all.
i think hes turned a corner. whether its a 90 degree or a 180 degree turn IL MAGO has done it. BRIO BABY BRIO!!
When he did it for 3, you wanted 6. He did that. Now you want it for 20. When he does that, you will want a half season. That’s fine. But what was last year. Forderon. And what was this year up until 6 back. The experiment. So you have two back to back bullshit dramas. Now here we are, 6 and counting. Until the last 6, nothing matters, with respect to this team. Today we have the BB functioning properly. It is what it is. The next is can Caldy keep up. Maybe Bosh does make those around him better, maybe Toronto fans just don’t know how to recognize this yet. Is Caldy a bust? Watch their legs carefully when he comes back, ’cause they are feelin’ it right now.
all anyone’s ever ‘wanted’ was consistency. no one expects 20 pts each & every night, but is it too much to expect that he offers the THREAT of providing that kind of production? i’m more than ready/willing to hop back on the bandwagon, but as with good joey/bad joey (remember good joey?), i’ve learned to relax expectations. he’s going to go through struggles again…but as long as he’s ‘turned the corner,’ then it should just be a bad game or two here & there, not weeks at a time in which he’s invisible. he’s proven his value as a defender, and if the rebounds start to come along, then it’ll be easier to give him extended burn on those nights when his shot’s not falling.
still, the JO thing is gonna produce a dilemna. can’t imagine he’d welcome coming off the bench. also have to think that if bargs hadn’t been playing so well that he would have come back. seriously, after this long, the injury’s either more serious & their simply hiding it, or they’re being extra careful ’cause they’re trying to move him.