The “so THAT is why my girl is against doing….” edition.
Banks – good: his salary. bad: we pay it.
Bargnani – good: he was a former #1 pick. bad: he was ours.
Bosh – good: his second quarter tonight. bad: the other 3.
Calderon – good: he wanted to stay in Toronto and become a starter. bad: we let him.
Graham – good: he has a twin. bad: that means there are two of them.
Humphries – good: his leg is broken and he probably won’t be back this season. bad: it’s like he never left.
Kapono – good: he can shoot the ball well. bad: tonight he shot once (or was it twice?)
Marion – good: he used to be a good defender. bad: it was well before he got here.
Mensah-Bonsu – good: he showed some gusto in his first few games. bad: he is now just like his teammates.
O’Bryant – good: he’s irish. bad: he’s irish.
Parker – good: his sister has a C-cup. bad: they can probably dribble better than him.
Ukic – good: he’s a pig farmer. bad: he unfortunately thinks he can moonlight as a professional point guard. With us.
Voskuhl – good: he counts Bryan Colangelo as one of his close friends. bad: Bryan Colangelo does the hiring for our franchise
Driving The Bus: Chris Bosh & My Charlotte Bobcats….. oooohhh yeaahhhh
Under The Bus: everybody else.
Game Theme:
16 Raps
Chris knows whats best for this franchise. By playing back to his jumpshooting ways in the other 3 quarters Chris did his part in contributing to a higher pick for the raptors. By only taking one shot, Jason did his part to the Raptors getting a higher draft pick.
The truth the Raptors “get it”. Every Raptor did their part today in the long term success of the franchise. We should be proud, it isn’t easy to lose. Well mabey it is
Waaaaaay to harsh on Bosh, and maybe a bit harsh on Bargs
The guy shot 20 fucking free throws, and your still killing him for going back to his “jumpshooting ways” thats ridiculous
BOSH=ZERO D.
When I heard the Bobcats were fighting for the 8th playoff spot against the Bulls, I sorta wanted them to win this game, because the Ratpors are essentially … useless now.
Wallace, Diaw and Felton were great .. and I loved Diaw’s game. I was hoping for a Diaw/Barbosa trade for Bosh .. but that was not to be. I really enjoyed watching Diaw and Wallace tear the guts out of the Ratpors … no mercy …!!!!!
I figure the Ratpors will go at best 3-10 to the end of the season .. and then kablooey …!!!
Shocked at how easily Wallace and Diaw just posted him up and scored like it was nothing time and time again on him.Just backed him right up and an easy lay in, no resistance from our 133 million dollar man.
*WAS The SHOT of Minerva a subliminal message of what the raps used to be
Best Dance Pak member gone, best days for the Raps long GONE!
Shakira could teach the Ratpors some new moves … and even inspire them to greater heights … now if MLSE sold the Ratpors to Shakira … hmmmm … ya think …??!!!!
why are they letting calderon play 40 mins at this point of the season is beyond me.
To prove to everybody that he’s a solid, healthy, tradeable asset maybe … ya think ..???
Bargnani – good: he better change and to go away.
bad: Toronto don’t want to leave him go
Same old same old!!!!
Good: Bargnani hot shooting and unselfish play, decent defence
Bad: The rest of the fucking team but especially the HOG duo of Bosh / Jose forcing up everything in site while Bargs and others were wide open! ( there’s one of the biggest reasons we always lose…zero ball movement because of the foreplay between Bosh and Jose)
Also bad: Marion’s pathetic defence for a specialist and throwing up crappy ass shots hoping something will bounce in, and the pretty much useless Parker.
I’m sick of watching this team and pretty much only watch now to see Bargnani keep improving even though his teamates look him off repeatedly so he pretty much has to make his own shot all the time. Only keepers here are Bargs, Pops, Ukic ( future), and maybe Joey for an occasional sub.
Offensively, Bargnani played well and Bosh was okay.
Defensively, Bosh was a non-factor … primarily because he was checking the #4/PF position, which he cannot do at a high level, especially with an injured right knee.
However, the 2 absolute worst Raptors last night, on this end of the floor, were Andrea [from a Team D standpoint] and Shawn Marion [who was simply embarassed by Gerald Wallace, from an Individual D standpoint ... primarily because he was checking the #3/SF position, which he should no longer be asked to do at this stage of his career].
Jose Calderon was okay defensively, any time he did not have to work against Pick situations WITH Bargnani as the Picker’s defender. In this specific situation the Raptors simply get destroyed … because of Bargnani, not because of Calderon.
Calderon was victimized on the defensive glass several times in the 2nd half primarily because the Raptors #5/#4/#3’s could not get the job done rebounding wise and Felton was able to out-quick him to loose balls in the mid-range area of the court.
On account of Bosh’s limited mobility these days [see the lingering effect of his knee injury], it’s also become an adventure every his check goes to set a Pick on Calderon, as Bosh simply doesn’t have the lateral agility right now it takes to defend properly vs this action.
When you’re playing with an injury, it is much easier to move semi-properly on offense, since you are the one initiating that action.
On defense, since you’re the one “reacting” instead, it’s a different situation entirely.
Forget about the Debacle in Denver.
Forget about the Mishap vs Milwaukee.
Forget about the shellacking last week at Charlotte.
Forget about all the other losses so far this season.
At home, last night, in a game they ABSOLUTELY had to win to justify Bryan Colangelo’s FAITH in them, as a group of players WHO HE HAS SAID REPEATEDLY … IS THE BEST HE’S ASSEMBLED THUS FAR FOR THE RAPTORS, on paper … this collection of players and coaches came up whoafully short and was thoroughly embarassed at the ACC by the once-lowly Bobcats … who have successfully turned their franchise around this season and are now heading in the RIGHT direction under the tutelage of Larry Brown … as was suggested in the summer was going to happen for this team this season, in comparison with the Raptors.
Right now, heading toward the future, there is NO REASON whatsoever for anyone who is not named Bryan Colangelo to believe in earnest [and with a degree of basketball sophistication] that any of the following teams will finish below the Toronto Raptors in the 2009-2010 Eastern Conference regular season standings:
1 Cleveland
2 Boston
3 Orlando
4 Atlanta
5 Philadelphia
6 Miami
7 Detroit
8 Chicago
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New Jersey
Charlotte
Milwaukee
Indiana
New York
Washington
None, whatsoever.
Khan you are so predictable…just like your pals Christine and Caldereta.
Making excuses for Bosh on defense because of a supposed knee injury is just plain bull. His defense is never up to par and never has been. Jose and the injury thing is also crap. I have had two severe hamstring problems and you either can or can’t go…so his 80% crap is bull. He just plain old sucks on defense and can’t keep anyone in front of him ever. Blaiming Bargs for the inadequacy of Jose, Parker ( useless) and Marion to guard their own men and stay in front of them is bull. If Bargs steps in with a hard fould then he gets in early foul trouble and sits. You rarely ever see Bosh get in foul trouble or Parker or Jose because they never really try to guard anybody.
And Marion’s days as a defensive specialist are pretty much gone.
Bargs plays decent defense for a big 7 footer, more than I can say for Bosh and the rest of this team.
Just like the Raptors have checked out on the season, I’ve checked out on the Raptors.
Its too embarassing watching them pass up open opportunities, and just give way on defense. I can’t take it.
I wish i knew what the hell anyone of you are talking about, since i don’t or can’t bare to watch anymore.
Yours truly,
Disappointed