I’m stating facts.

Bosh has never beat a 500 team in his entire career. I can document that for you if you want me too.

Bosh can beat an Orlando team without there starting point guard?

You good commenter. You sense make.

Ask Dwight Howard if Bosh can beat a .500 team.

Toodles, moron.

Win against a 500% team for once in your career.

Colangelo was hired to turn a profit for the Raptors not to win games. His mantra is to make enough quick fixes each year and hopefully something clicks. A complete rebuild contradicts what MLSE is all about.

A top notch GM does not draft Andrea Bargnani with the #1 pick

A top notch GM does not re-sign Jose Calderon, period. He is a backup.

A top notch GM does not sign a 30 year old Hedo Turkoglu for 5 years.

A top notch GM does not hire Jay Triano to lead an NBA franchise.

Nothing will change this season and years to come unless Ownership is changed.

DeRozan has been okay so far. He definitely doesn’t seem like a bust so far, and while he seems to have more positives than negatives so far, he tends to disappear like in the game against the Celtics. I love that he’s been driving a lot (and drawing fouls) but he’s clearly not a solid NBA player yet. That Belinelli has been worse is hugely irrelevant IMO. If Belinelli can’t play, I bet we’ll be seeing his minutes split between Wright and Jack (Wright moreso).

Huston got him for 800K.

Considering this teams weakness was rebounding, I honestly don’t understand why we did not figure out a way to re-sign him.

“We had a really promising team in Golden State there and they blew that whole team up and he’s[Jackson] kind of left over in a rebuilding situation. I know he wants nothing more than to win. I just think right now you kind of want to keep your temper down and not really cause a big riff, but I think he wants to win. I think that’s where all this is coming from.”

Can you see any parallels to the New Raptors ???

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/so-desporto

http://www.rajangan.net/template_live.php?ida=56

The problem is that if you watched the preseason games you would have seen that Marco has been awful on both ends and hasn’t done anything to earn anything more than spot minutes. The Raptors win 35 Games if he plays 18 minutes a night (assuming he doesn’t drastically improve) which isn’t impossible. Your “eyes” would tell you that it’s more than if the shot goes in, it’s how you take it, when you take it, etc. He hasn’t looked like an NBA player. He has very little skill off the dribble compared to advertised. He can pump fake and 1 dribble but thats it and he has no breakdown ability. Even if the shot goes down hes no better than Kapono. Your clearly a big Raptor fan so need I say more?!

I’m not trying to preach to anyone and I might be wrong. But my opinions are based on what I know about things and what I have SEEN WITH MY EYES. Box scores don’t tell you the whole story. I have NBA TV and watch 100 Games other than the Raptors which I never miss. I have watched all 3 Games on TV in the preseason. I’m an ESPN insider and Read everything on from Hollinger, Thorpe and the rest there along with Hoopsworld and Hoopshype. I love it!

DeRozan has looked so much better in the last 2 games that Triano and company must be thinking differently. They are in win now mode and they have a chance to win but the way Bellineli has played and the fact that Weems has spent the majority of his career in the D league indicate to me that Jack and DeRozan will make up more than the 30 minutes you are thinking. Not saying your wrong but I do think if you watched the games you would agree that if your goal is to win now then you have to play Jack and DeRozan 40 minutes a night to have your best team on the floor. Maybe not from game 1. Your minute ratio is sensible as you can’t judge anything after 8 preseason games with this many new players but I think when the dust settles after 15 games DeRozan will be the close to full time starter and finish the season with 25+ per game and jack will play more at SG as well.

The thought was also that Jack would finish games at SG but I even think DD will be in at the end of the game. He can make plays without the ball and he can defend 1 on 1. He needs to learn the offense and defense but he will learn well on the fly with the gifts he already has.

(and please don’t take what follows as me arguing something that you already know, I just want to weigh in on the subject)

Based on this preseason, Derozan’s shot selection and basketball intelligence has been significantly greater than Belineli’s, who gives me the impression that he needs to jack the ball every time someone passes it to him. Whether he has a good shot or not, he takes them off balance and usually out of offensive rhythm. When they sink, it looks incredible, but when they don’t you are left with wtf moment.

I also have not seen the defensive effort from Marco that he was so eager to demonstrate in his interviews. Maybe he is not quick enough or athletic enough to impact the game defensively, or maybe he is not as focused on that side of the game as he likes to imply.

In any event, Derozan as a teen kid, has played as good if not better than him on both ends of the floor, and he hasn’t played that great. Was it a steal from GSW, or are we just using someone else’s discareded futton? I don’t know… not a huge Belineli fan, but even I expected more.

You misunderstood what I meant by difference maker. Allow me to clarify.

I’m simply saying that the team has a plan for DeRozan’s development. They want to give him playing time, but without any needless pressure. They want him to grow without having his confidence crushed by the Kobes, Wades and Lebrons. For all this to happen, he will receive X number of minutes at certain points in the game, with Belinelli and Jack filling in the rest of the time.

HOWEVER, if Belinelli (or the entire team, for that matter) underwhelms, it would be silly to use DeRozan in a way that is inconsistent with their plan for his development. He’s not going to change the fortunes of the team drastically in the 5-10 extra minutes he might play. The only way you’ll see him take away Belinelli’s minutes is if it’s the difference between making and missing the playoffs, AND if it won’t hurt his development.

The kid only played one year in college, and didn’t even do that well until the latter part of the season, so you’re kidding yourself if you think he’s a Vince Carter or Lebron James (or even Jason Richardson) ready to be thrown into the fire. He’ll get his 15-20 minutes early on, and if he’s ready, he might get as much as 25 toward the end of the season, but you’re totally smoking the hype if you think he’s ready for 30 a night right now.

DD would get minutes no matter what but if the others aren’t as good which has been pretty clear in the preseason why would they give minutes to someone else like Marco over a better, younger player?

Some of you need to look past the points and rebounds and see what guys are actually doing and what the team NEEDS them to do. Marco would be a nice option for Charlotte who need scoring badly but we don’t need what he has to offer and he hasn’t shown he can ever score well. I am not about to throw the guy away because of a few bad preseason games and think he may come around but the thought that DD hasn’t taken a further bite into his minutes is silly. Marco might help the second unit but starting is out of the question to me.