Comments on: Gameday: Raptors vs Magic – Nov. 1/09

By: Len

Len — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:56:47 +0000

BRANDON JENNINGS!

By: David

David — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:18:21 +0000

At present Wright is one of your better defenders. Who in the starting lineup is strong on defense at
the positions Wright plays; none. How about the last five minutes of a winnable game. The coach
takes out his best defensive player. It’s not one substitution. It’s a substitution which replaces
defense with offense with the game on the line. Triano talks the talk but he doesn’t walk the talk.

By: poiter

poiter — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:41:14 +0000

Its good to have a plan, but you need to have flexibility. Against Orlando, ‘protecting the house doesn’t work, since everyone but Dwight, Marcin and Brandon Bass can hit threes.It should work against the pistons, providing that Wright plays Gordon for a significant portion of time

By: poiter

poiter — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:34:56 +0000

So your saying one substitution says everything about Triano’s coaching philosophy?

By: verbatim

verbatim — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:12:48 +0000

In case nobody has noticed, we haven’t “run plays” for anyone, including CB4, beyond the PNR, which we did run with Bargnani. Our main play, which seems eerily similar to Mitchell is to just a guy the ball in a spot where he can create, possibly with some PNR or PNP. The difference is now that player is not exclusively Bosh.

By: verbatim

verbatim — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:09:05 +0000

My point was that at least we are seeing a plan on defence. We have a system which was not implemented properly on this night. We did not recognize early enough that guarding the perimeter was more important than the paint, and that we needed to fight through screens instead of going under them. But we do have a defence in place.

Our offence, however, has no rhyme or reason. We just put playmakers on the floor and see what they can do through a series of pick and rolls. We need more than that.

By: Brain Colangelo

Brain Colangelo — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:47:31 +0000

DeRozan is not the problem on this team. He’s not falling behind on anything for which he’s being counted on. His #s so far are not far off of Courtney Lee’s season #s for a contending team from last year.

Still, I don’t mind seeing what Jelly Beli can do in clutch situations.

By: RapthoseLeafs

RapthoseLeafs — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:42:46 +0000

We aren’t an Elite team … so that is why we play him.

By: al

al — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:34:48 +0000

jack wright hedo bosh bargs

By: David

David — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:34:37 +0000

That fact Wright isn’t starting says Triano has chosen offense over defense.
The fact Wright was taken out in the four quarter with 5:11 left to play.
Who replaced him Caldron. What was the score 111 to 107. Toronto was
down by 4 points and you take out Wright and your telling me Triano believes
in defense. Triano lost this game just like he lost the last game.
I still can’t believe he took out Wright. That move ended any chance of Toronto
winning. To play Caldron and Jack together with the game on the line is
just plain dumb.

By: smushmush

smushmush — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:25:35 +0000

It might be time to get a veteran PG and draft a PG in next year’s draft ala Ty Lawson(the rookie PG) in Denver Nuggets. When your PG is getting burned and handed his ass out almost every game, you need to start looking for alternatives.

By: smushmush

smushmush — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:22:05 +0000

The Belinelli option looks nice. The guy even showed he is ready to play defense like in the end of the third quarter of the Cavs game. Another thing is that Triano may have to yank Derozan as an SG if he can not defend 3s and bring in Wright instead.This is where a veteran coach comes in. Triano is probably scared of Colangelo, because Colangelo is pushing for his draft pick to get minutes to the detriment of the team. How many Elite teams play rookies(except if the rookies are NBA ready) for more than 17 minutes per game like Triano does?

By: Brain Colangelo

Brain Colangelo — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:21:03 +0000

I like Belinelli/Wright over Jack late in games because roles are more well defined and Beli b/c he’s a better shooter who can also make things happen on D.

By: smushmush

smushmush — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:16:53 +0000

The problem with Bargs is that when he has an offensive rut, he shows complete disinterest in the game like the Grizzlies match when he could not get it going.He hurts the team with that attitude of his.No wonder, Sam Mitchell benched his ass when Sam knew Bargs was having an off-night offensively.

By: Paps

Paps — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:16:21 +0000

Could have ran plays for Demar. JJ is not the most athletic guard.

By: smushmush

smushmush — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:14:10 +0000

Another thing is when another team shoots 17 threes in the game and role players like JJ Redick having career nights, then something is wrong. Reminds me of the Rockets game in the pre-season.

By: smushmush

smushmush — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:12:18 +0000

The problem with this team is not the offense. But for elite teams in the NBA, when they have an off-night offensively(even the Celtics do), they play defense. Preventing the other team from walking all over you offensively improves the morale of the team and the team might be able to break out of the offensive rut.

By: smushmush

smushmush — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:07:09 +0000

I was trying to tell other Toronto fans the same thing. Toronto as a sports city sucks. Until MLSE hands off these franchises, we will be dealing with mediocrity for years to come. MLSE only cares about profits and not about their franchises winning.

By: poiter

poiter — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:54:25 +0000

Damn, FAQ has reincarnated into another douchebag

By: poiter

poiter — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:53:07 +0000

But the previous two games he was awful. Against New Jersey I think he was 4-11. It was a bloody fluke