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		<title>By: Dr_Claw</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2009/08/01/morning-coffee-aug-1/#comment-35248</link>
		<dc:creator>Dr_Claw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seeing as none of us are named Jay Triano (Jay are you on here under an alias?) there&#039;s no point on taking too much time speculating who&#039;s starting/finishing calibre and who will be getting the SG minutes.  All I&#039;m saying is I like the options and diversity the Raps have at that position... This is my order of preference for the moment... DeRozan, Jack, Wright, Belinelli, Douby, (Banks??)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seeing as none of us are named Jay Triano (Jay are you on here under an alias?) there&#8217;s no point on taking too much time speculating who&#8217;s starting/finishing calibre and who will be getting the SG minutes.  All I&#8217;m saying is I like the options and diversity the Raps have at that position&#8230; This is my order of preference for the moment&#8230; DeRozan, Jack, Wright, Belinelli, Douby, (Banks??)</p>
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		<title>By: Dr_Claw</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2009/08/01/morning-coffee-aug-1/#comment-35247</link>
		<dc:creator>Dr_Claw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can&#039;t completely endorse your statement here but I agree fully with the fact the Raptors need some more HARD players. That&#039;s why they should bring back Pops, although he&#039;s not American either... but he brings that hardnose, ferocious, energetic type of basketball.  We need to balance out all this skill and finesse with an element of rawness.  He doesn&#039;t need to drop 12 a night, but he&#039;s more offensively capable than Evans.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#8217;t completely endorse your statement here but I agree fully with the fact the Raptors need some more HARD players. That&#8217;s why they should bring back Pops, although he&#8217;s not American either&#8230; but he brings that hardnose, ferocious, energetic type of basketball.  We need to balance out all this skill and finesse with an element of rawness.  He doesn&#8217;t need to drop 12 a night, but he&#8217;s more offensively capable than Evans.</p>
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		<title>By: Dr_Claw</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2009/08/01/morning-coffee-aug-1/#comment-35246</link>
		<dc:creator>Dr_Claw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I see where you&#039;re going with this, but Bosh isn&#039;t counting the days down til he leaves Toronto... IF he leaves, it won&#039;t be because of the &#039;foreign&#039; factor... most players love it over here!

This &quot;foreign country&quot; business is mostly built up by the American media market, where their readers/watchers don&#039;t really care about how a Canadian team is doing.  Most NBA execs, agents and players know what&#039;s going on in Toronto and respect it in varying degrees.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I see where you&#8217;re going with this, but Bosh isn&#8217;t counting the days down til he leaves Toronto&#8230; IF he leaves, it won&#8217;t be because of the &#8216;foreign&#8217; factor&#8230; most players love it over here!</p>
<p>This &#8220;foreign country&#8221; business is mostly built up by the American media market, where their readers/watchers don&#8217;t really care about how a Canadian team is doing.  Most NBA execs, agents and players know what&#8217;s going on in Toronto and respect it in varying degrees.</p>
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		<title>By: afgpride</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2009/08/01/morning-coffee-aug-1/#comment-35224</link>
		<dc:creator>afgpride</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Some of these articles need better editing... Or at least revise and read over... Too many grammatical errors to count.

Anyway, I actually think that Belinelli is probably our best overall SG.  I think that Antoine Wright will be starting because of his defense but Jarret Jack will be finishing games at the 2 spot, but Marco Belinelli, at the Shooting-Guard spot, is better than Antoine Wright, Jarret Jack and DeMar DeRozan.  For that reason, I think he deserves 20 minutes a game... He is not our prospect like DeRozan is, he is not a good defender like Antoine Wright is, but he is our best SG.  I think our lack of small-forwards would be a good place to dump DeRozan&#039;s minutes, because we have too many SG&#039;s to devide minutes to.  Jarret Jack should play off the bench for PG/SG, and should finish games at SG.  DeRozan should get 20-ish minutes, most of time at the SF as should Antoine Wright.  

Here is what I think our Rotation Management should look like:
STARTERS:
PG: Jose Calderon, 34
SG: Antoine Wright, 20
SF: Hedo Turkoglu, 35
PF: Chris Bosh, 37
C: Andrea Bargnani, 33
BENCH:
Jarret Jack, 22
Marco Belinelli, 18
DeMar DeRozan, 18
Reggie Evans, 13
Rasho Nesterovic, 8
Roko Ukic, 2

BENCH WARMERS
Marcus Banks
Quincy Douby
Patrick O&#039;Bryant</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some of these articles need better editing&#8230; Or at least revise and read over&#8230; Too many grammatical errors to count.</p>
<p>Anyway, I actually think that Belinelli is probably our best overall SG.  I think that Antoine Wright will be starting because of his defense but Jarret Jack will be finishing games at the 2 spot, but Marco Belinelli, at the Shooting-Guard spot, is better than Antoine Wright, Jarret Jack and DeMar DeRozan.  For that reason, I think he deserves 20 minutes a game&#8230; He is not our prospect like DeRozan is, he is not a good defender like Antoine Wright is, but he is our best SG.  I think our lack of small-forwards would be a good place to dump DeRozan&#8217;s minutes, because we have too many SG&#8217;s to devide minutes to.  Jarret Jack should play off the bench for PG/SG, and should finish games at SG.  DeRozan should get 20-ish minutes, most of time at the SF as should Antoine Wright.  </p>
<p>Here is what I think our Rotation Management should look like:<br />
STARTERS:<br />
PG: Jose Calderon, 34<br />
SG: Antoine Wright, 20<br />
SF: Hedo Turkoglu, 35<br />
PF: Chris Bosh, 37<br />
C: Andrea Bargnani, 33<br />
BENCH:<br />
Jarret Jack, 22<br />
Marco Belinelli, 18<br />
DeMar DeRozan, 18<br />
Reggie Evans, 13<br />
Rasho Nesterovic, 8<br />
Roko Ukic, 2</p>
<p>BENCH WARMERS<br />
Marcus Banks<br />
Quincy Douby<br />
Patrick O&#8217;Bryant</p>
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		<title>By: Steve S.</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2009/08/01/morning-coffee-aug-1/#comment-35218</link>
		<dc:creator>Steve S.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 03:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am a big fan of the Ime Udoka move, if we can make it happen.  Tough guy, good defender, hard worker and I think experience with a team like the Spurs is to be valued.

I think he will sign somewhere for the minimum, but I&#039;m not sure how compelling TO might be for him, or whether he is even on the Raps&#039; radar.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a big fan of the Ime Udoka move, if we can make it happen.  Tough guy, good defender, hard worker and I think experience with a team like the Spurs is to be valued.</p>
<p>I think he will sign somewhere for the minimum, but I&#8217;m not sure how compelling TO might be for him, or whether he is even on the Raps&#8217; radar.</p>
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		<title>By: Babyface Killah</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2009/08/01/morning-coffee-aug-1/#comment-35217</link>
		<dc:creator>Babyface Killah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wright had about 25 min a game (more when terry was out) and he was very sold good defender and his hard worker, those are two things the raptors need the most. He is also tough and played much better in Dallas than I thought he would. If he improves his shot and slashes more he could very useful to this team (and theres basically 0 pressure on him unlike in Dallas and NJ). Wright is one of the underrated acquisitions for the raptors this off season.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wright had about 25 min a game (more when terry was out) and he was very sold good defender and his hard worker, those are two things the raptors need the most. He is also tough and played much better in Dallas than I thought he would. If he improves his shot and slashes more he could very useful to this team (and theres basically 0 pressure on him unlike in Dallas and NJ). Wright is one of the underrated acquisitions for the raptors this off season.</p>
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		<title>By: Babyface Killah</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2009/08/01/morning-coffee-aug-1/#comment-35216</link>
		<dc:creator>Babyface Killah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>IMO Wright should be the starting 2 rather than Derozan because he is much better rebounder and defendar at the off guard spot. Benlinelli won&#039;t be either starting nor finshing games for us he will be a more 2nd quater reserve or a guy who finishes a quarter. I dont expect to see Belinelli to be getting more than 20 min a game and I not expecting the world of him. 

I personaly dont like the Nocion (like him but not his contract). I could see wright getting more burn at the back-up three spot and in limited minutes Derozan to. BryCo should try to add a another big. With the trade for Benlinelli I see no point of adding another wing (unless delfino takes a 1 year deal).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IMO Wright should be the starting 2 rather than Derozan because he is much better rebounder and defendar at the off guard spot. Benlinelli won&#8217;t be either starting nor finshing games for us he will be a more 2nd quater reserve or a guy who finishes a quarter. I dont expect to see Belinelli to be getting more than 20 min a game and I not expecting the world of him. </p>
<p>I personaly dont like the Nocion (like him but not his contract). I could see wright getting more burn at the back-up three spot and in limited minutes Derozan to. BryCo should try to add a another big. With the trade for Benlinelli I see no point of adding another wing (unless delfino takes a 1 year deal).</p>
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		<title>By: Justaminute</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2009/08/01/morning-coffee-aug-1/#comment-35212</link>
		<dc:creator>Justaminute</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Re the GSofM piece...Iam willing to at least entertain the possibility that MB like AB labored under the dominating eye of Nelson (as did AB under Mitchell). New scenery, new/different coach attitudinally at least in Triano may set the guy &quot;free&quot;. After all he wasnt an 18th pick because he had no tools. I would assume the scouting at GS is pretty good at the SG position considering the competition at that position. MB was considered one of the best shooters in his draft and his defensive deficiency maybe can be chalked up to the lack of D in the GS system  (which is probably why there are conflicting reviews of some of his games) or the more team oriented d played by Euro teams. Hopefully Iavaroni can institute a system to elevate this area with the Raps.  

This said I digress but have to mention that I am completely mystified with the Kapono (MB is a bit of a clone but much younger, cheaper and better defensively/athletically) signing at the time (at midnight no less). Wonder if that was a BC evaluation or someone else.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Re the GSofM piece&#8230;Iam willing to at least entertain the possibility that MB like AB labored under the dominating eye of Nelson (as did AB under Mitchell). New scenery, new/different coach attitudinally at least in Triano may set the guy &#8220;free&#8221;. After all he wasnt an 18th pick because he had no tools. I would assume the scouting at GS is pretty good at the SG position considering the competition at that position. MB was considered one of the best shooters in his draft and his defensive deficiency maybe can be chalked up to the lack of D in the GS system  (which is probably why there are conflicting reviews of some of his games) or the more team oriented d played by Euro teams. Hopefully Iavaroni can institute a system to elevate this area with the Raps.  </p>
<p>This said I digress but have to mention that I am completely mystified with the Kapono (MB is a bit of a clone but much younger, cheaper and better defensively/athletically) signing at the time (at midnight no less). Wonder if that was a BC evaluation or someone else.</p>
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		<title>By: Rafael Uehara</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2009/08/01/morning-coffee-aug-1/#comment-35211</link>
		<dc:creator>Rafael Uehara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hardcore Raps is right.I meant that Canada is foreign country to Belinelli and Bargliani just like the US would be.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hardcore Raps is right.I meant that Canada is foreign country to Belinelli and Bargliani just like the US would be.</p>
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		<title>By: Raúl</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2009/08/01/morning-coffee-aug-1/#comment-35210</link>
		<dc:creator>Raúl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wright was not the actual starter, you&#039;re forgetting Jason Terry was the Sixth man of the year and that he played almost all the minutes at the SG position. Plus even Gerald Green and JJ Barea started at the SG last season in dallas. Wirght was the starter for just a part of the season, in his the first year at dallas after the jason kidd trade he was glued to the bench, he never played
Calling wright a starter is the same that calling Ginobili a bench player because he didn&#039;t start games. Everyone knows manu is one of the top three players of his team and no one considers him a bench player.
The same with ariza as the SF having odom on the bench</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wright was not the actual starter, you&#8217;re forgetting Jason Terry was the Sixth man of the year and that he played almost all the minutes at the SG position. Plus even Gerald Green and JJ Barea started at the SG last season in dallas. Wirght was the starter for just a part of the season, in his the first year at dallas after the jason kidd trade he was glued to the bench, he never played<br />
Calling wright a starter is the same that calling Ginobili a bench player because he didn&#8217;t start games. Everyone knows manu is one of the top three players of his team and no one considers him a bench player.<br />
The same with ariza as the SF having odom on the bench</p>
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		<title>By: Raúl</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2009/08/01/morning-coffee-aug-1/#comment-35209</link>
		<dc:creator>Raúl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>About the Kings: I think Divac and Stojackovic were more leaders than Christie, funderburke, and the jacksons. Don&#039;t forget turk was there too.
About an Euro as the main guy. I don&#039;t care, it&#039;s not the raptors case. Actually i think international players are much better supporting cast than americans. Look at Turk in orlando, Pau in LA, Parker and Manu in SA, Kirilenko and Okur in utah, Varejao and Ilgauskas in Cleveland, Scola in Houston,  all of them are succesful playoffs teams. So calderon, Bargniani, Turk, Bellinelli and Rasho will be great together without the pressure of being what amircans call the Superstar or the Franchise player. And the main reason why they are better in that aspect is because in europe there isn&#039;t one franchise player and 14 role players around him. They&#039;re all equally important to the success of the team, everyone in his role. The most important players to a basketball team are the ones that can make everyone around him better, and we have two (Turk and Jose) and possibly four (Bosh and Bargs) of them in the team.
What i like the most about this roster and the quality of the players BC is bringing is that the entire group will be much better than his parts. That&#039;s what basketball really is and that&#039;s what i love about the game.
One thing is sure to me, the ball movement of this team will be the best in the league and i can think only four teams that are good at that: Orl SA LA and Boston. That&#039;s more than 5 championships in only three teams</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>About the Kings: I think Divac and Stojackovic were more leaders than Christie, funderburke, and the jacksons. Don&#8217;t forget turk was there too.<br />
About an Euro as the main guy. I don&#8217;t care, it&#8217;s not the raptors case. Actually i think international players are much better supporting cast than americans. Look at Turk in orlando, Pau in LA, Parker and Manu in SA, Kirilenko and Okur in utah, Varejao and Ilgauskas in Cleveland, Scola in Houston,  all of them are succesful playoffs teams. So calderon, Bargniani, Turk, Bellinelli and Rasho will be great together without the pressure of being what amircans call the Superstar or the Franchise player. And the main reason why they are better in that aspect is because in europe there isn&#8217;t one franchise player and 14 role players around him. They&#8217;re all equally important to the success of the team, everyone in his role. The most important players to a basketball team are the ones that can make everyone around him better, and we have two (Turk and Jose) and possibly four (Bosh and Bargs) of them in the team.<br />
What i like the most about this roster and the quality of the players BC is bringing is that the entire group will be much better than his parts. That&#8217;s what basketball really is and that&#8217;s what i love about the game.<br />
One thing is sure to me, the ball movement of this team will be the best in the league and i can think only four teams that are good at that: Orl SA LA and Boston. That&#8217;s more than 5 championships in only three teams</p>
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		<title>By: RAPMAN</title>
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		<dc:creator>RAPMAN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t understand why everyone are forgetting about Wright. He was a starter in Dallas. I would rather have a previous starter from a good team who is lock down defender to finish my games over a rookie and a bench player who rarely saw any minutes on a terrible team. No offense to DD, he is just not ready yet.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t understand why everyone are forgetting about Wright. He was a starter in Dallas. I would rather have a previous starter from a good team who is lock down defender to finish my games over a rookie and a bench player who rarely saw any minutes on a terrible team. No offense to DD, he is just not ready yet.</p>
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		<title>By: Hardcore Raps</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hardcore Raps</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like the Marco trade just as much as everyone else... but we do need, as EarthJuice said, to temper our enthusiasm.  We have yet to see where Marco will fit in, what minutes he will get, etc.  Its not like we don&#039;t suddenly have a gluttony at the SG position.

I also wanted to mention:

&quot;Don’t look at his NBA expierience to judge his talent. Look at his play at the international level.&quot;  - I don&#039;t want to knock international ball, but it is definetely different than NBA ball.  I would say you need to look at his NBA experience and potential rather than his international play.  In all reality a good international player does not translate into a good NBAer, just like a good NBAer doesn&#039;t translate into a good international player.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like the Marco trade just as much as everyone else&#8230; but we do need, as EarthJuice said, to temper our enthusiasm.  We have yet to see where Marco will fit in, what minutes he will get, etc.  Its not like we don&#8217;t suddenly have a gluttony at the SG position.</p>
<p>I also wanted to mention:</p>
<p>&#8220;Don’t look at his NBA expierience to judge his talent. Look at his play at the international level.&#8221;  &#8211; I don&#8217;t want to knock international ball, but it is definetely different than NBA ball.  I would say you need to look at his NBA experience and potential rather than his international play.  In all reality a good international player does not translate into a good NBAer, just like a good NBAer doesn&#8217;t translate into a good international player.</p>
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		<title>By: Tj ford</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2009/08/01/morning-coffee-aug-1/#comment-35204</link>
		<dc:creator>Tj ford</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>lol im moving to united states. fcuk this.. i cant stand more euro white guys..even tho i am..but i love my basketball..and whats right for the team is HARD U.S basketball with EURO/South American talent. Dirk is the MAIN guy in Dallas..but how many other euro/south american Big ROLE players does he have? lol J.J Barea? .. Yao in houston..who does he got? Scoula and....... 

TORONTO WILL NOT BE VICTORIOUS.
KINGS HAD SUM EURO/WHITE TALENT way back..but they had leaders in C.WEBB, BIBBY, CHRISTIE, FUNDERBURKE, B JACKSON, JIM JACKSON etc etc..
So Please, im not being RACIST or hating because i am from Italy.. I am White.. call me white boy..but this Decision from BC is uterly stupid.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>lol im moving to united states. fcuk this.. i cant stand more euro white guys..even tho i am..but i love my basketball..and whats right for the team is HARD U.S basketball with EURO/South American talent. Dirk is the MAIN guy in Dallas..but how many other euro/south american Big ROLE players does he have? lol J.J Barea? .. Yao in houston..who does he got? Scoula and&#8230;&#8230;. </p>
<p>TORONTO WILL NOT BE VICTORIOUS.<br />
KINGS HAD SUM EURO/WHITE TALENT way back..but they had leaders in C.WEBB, BIBBY, CHRISTIE, FUNDERBURKE, B JACKSON, JIM JACKSON etc etc..<br />
So Please, im not being RACIST or hating because i am from Italy.. I am White.. call me white boy..but this Decision from BC is uterly stupid.</p>
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		<title>By: EarthJuice</title>
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		<dc:creator>EarthJuice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Belinelli will not finish games at SG over J.Jack or DeMar. That&#039;s just not going to happen. He could not get minutes on a 29 win team. What makes you think he will be our go-to guy at the SG when we have a proven 6th man in Jack? Much better than Derozan? Are you Belinelli&#039;s cousin or something? Belinelli will be option 8-10 in this team this year. Please temper your enthusiasm.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Belinelli will not finish games at SG over J.Jack or DeMar. That&#8217;s just not going to happen. He could not get minutes on a 29 win team. What makes you think he will be our go-to guy at the SG when we have a proven 6th man in Jack? Much better than Derozan? Are you Belinelli&#8217;s cousin or something? Belinelli will be option 8-10 in this team this year. Please temper your enthusiasm.</p>
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		<title>By: Raúl</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2009/08/01/morning-coffee-aug-1/#comment-35201</link>
		<dc:creator>Raúl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Glad to be back after a week of not being in touch with any basketball realted subjects. The news of the Bellinelli trade are espectacular. Don&#039;t look at his NBA expierience to judge his talent. Look at his play at the international level. The fact that he actually has experience playing internationally makes him a great fit for this team. He&#039;s a natural scorer, he shots the ball extreamly well and as almost every other international player he&#039;s a graet passer. His basketball IQ is a question due to his shot selection. But in Golden State and under coach Nelson, every player took bad shots. He will find himself in a very similar situation than in Europe, with players that share the ball and a good coach with international experience.
As for Delfino, i think we don&#039;t need him anymore. Yes, we need a back up SF and he can play there. Plus he brings more thing to the table than Belinelli, he&#039;e a better rebounder and MAYBE a better defender. But they are too similar to play together. 
What we need now is a defensive minded and rebounder back up SF. Nocioni is the best fit of course, if we trade him for banks POB and Wirght, the Kings will save almost $11 millions in the next year, wich is always a good thing for a rebuilding team. Plus, Nocioni doesn&#039;t fit in the Kings plans. The only concern about him is his salary.
If not, we should go after Ime Udoka, is a defensive specialist at the SF, is much cheaper than Nocioni (actualy he&#039;ll sign for the vet minimun), and can hit the 3 point shot as well. Of course, he&#039;s not nocioni but it&#039;s good as a Plan B.

One last thing about Belinelli, i think he won&#039;t start at the SG spot but he will finish games. Derozan starting is the logical choice, He would play the role of ariza in LA, defending the oponent best wing player. Playing with bosh turk and jose will making him better. But at the end of the game, you need your best 5, and belinelli right now is much better than derozan</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glad to be back after a week of not being in touch with any basketball realted subjects. The news of the Bellinelli trade are espectacular. Don&#8217;t look at his NBA expierience to judge his talent. Look at his play at the international level. The fact that he actually has experience playing internationally makes him a great fit for this team. He&#8217;s a natural scorer, he shots the ball extreamly well and as almost every other international player he&#8217;s a graet passer. His basketball IQ is a question due to his shot selection. But in Golden State and under coach Nelson, every player took bad shots. He will find himself in a very similar situation than in Europe, with players that share the ball and a good coach with international experience.<br />
As for Delfino, i think we don&#8217;t need him anymore. Yes, we need a back up SF and he can play there. Plus he brings more thing to the table than Belinelli, he&#8217;e a better rebounder and MAYBE a better defender. But they are too similar to play together.<br />
What we need now is a defensive minded and rebounder back up SF. Nocioni is the best fit of course, if we trade him for banks POB and Wirght, the Kings will save almost $11 millions in the next year, wich is always a good thing for a rebuilding team. Plus, Nocioni doesn&#8217;t fit in the Kings plans. The only concern about him is his salary.<br />
If not, we should go after Ime Udoka, is a defensive specialist at the SF, is much cheaper than Nocioni (actualy he&#8217;ll sign for the vet minimun), and can hit the 3 point shot as well. Of course, he&#8217;s not nocioni but it&#8217;s good as a Plan B.</p>
<p>One last thing about Belinelli, i think he won&#8217;t start at the SG spot but he will finish games. Derozan starting is the logical choice, He would play the role of ariza in LA, defending the oponent best wing player. Playing with bosh turk and jose will making him better. But at the end of the game, you need your best 5, and belinelli right now is much better than derozan</p>
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		<title>By: RAPMAN</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2009/08/01/morning-coffee-aug-1/#comment-35200</link>
		<dc:creator>RAPMAN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>yea FAQ what they meant was that Canada is a foreign country to Marco...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yea FAQ what they meant was that Canada is a foreign country to Marco&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Hardcore Raps</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2009/08/01/morning-coffee-aug-1/#comment-35199</link>
		<dc:creator>Hardcore Raps</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I doesn&#039;t say Canada is a &quot;foreign&quot; country to Americans (which by definition it is), its saying that Il Mago and Marco are playing in a &quot;foreign&quot; country... which Canada is to Italians (just like America, Australia, Japan, Norway etc are.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I doesn&#8217;t say Canada is a &#8220;foreign&#8221; country to Americans (which by definition it is), its saying that Il Mago and Marco are playing in a &#8220;foreign&#8221; country&#8230; which Canada is to Italians (just like America, Australia, Japan, Norway etc are.)</p>
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		<title>By: HoopsRC</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2009/08/01/morning-coffee-aug-1/#comment-35198</link>
		<dc:creator>HoopsRC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Some of your stuff I grudgingly agree with but … ur kind of a one-trick pony when it comes to this ‘everybody hates Canada’ thing.  With all due respect, you need to get out more.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some of your stuff I grudgingly agree with but … ur kind of a one-trick pony when it comes to this ‘everybody hates Canada’ thing.  With all due respect, you need to get out more.</p>
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		<title>By: stan</title>
		<link>http://raptorsrepublic.com/2009/08/01/morning-coffee-aug-1/#comment-35196</link>
		<dc:creator>stan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>shut-up fool.
 Bosh doesnt even know where he will be next year .
 mr know it all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>shut-up fool.<br />
 Bosh doesnt even know where he will be next year .<br />
 mr know it all.</p>
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