I would hate to think where the Raptors as currently constituted would be without Bosh.

Left to Right – Player, Minutes, Offensive Rating, Defensive Rating, +/-, Win Shares

Starters
——————
Bosh 325, 129 – 112 +17, 2.1
Bargnani 310, 119 – 115 +4, .8
Turkoglu 307, 118 – 115 +3, .6
DeRozan 158, 100 – 114 -14, .0
Calderon 298, 123 – 119 + 4 .7

Bench
———-
Wright 191, 94 – 117 -23, -0.1 (A minus Win Share – LOL)
Jack 215, 88 – 119 -31, -0.3 (An even worse minus Win Share)
Belinelli 145, 123 – 117 +6 0.4
Nesterovic 50, 128 – 112 +16 0.2
Johnson 138, 135 – 114 +21 0.4

So the leaders are

Minutes – Bosh 325
Offensive Rating – Johnson 135 (Something must wrong with these stats)
Defensive Rating – Bosh, Nesterovic 112
Spread – Johnson +21
Win Shares – Bosh 2.1
WS per 100 minutes played – Bosh .65

He must be the worst defensive PG in the league because the Raps are a poor defensive team… and good defense always starts with the PG, right?

He only racked up so many assists because he gave the ball to the open man and that guy hit their shot. I mean come on, always throw the ball at the rim for alley-oops… it doesn’t matter that nobody was going to the bucket, someone will eventually.

He only had so few turnovers because he didn’t take chances with the ball. Head down, out of control, wild passes…. thats what it takes to be a star!

Screw reliability… we wanted highlight reel plays every 24 secs. We would have been happier with a guy getting less assists, more turnovers and worse shooting (like Devin Harris) because he’s fast and its awesome to watch.

I mean look at Jack this year… thats exactly what we want from Jose. He’s always driving, trying to force plays, and every 5 games he makes a pass that will end up on a highlight reel. And everyone in the offseason said he was a good defender so it must be true!

Now as I turn the sarcasm off…. Jose’s not going to get any respect regardless of how good a player he is. People were so excited about him to start last year and so dissappointed with the result of the season, they have become completely jaded.

P.S. feel bad bashing Jack cause I really like him and expect him to turn it around as the season progresses… but I find it ironic that the things he does wrong are exactly the things people said they wanted from Jose.

I am still shocked at just how many people were throwing Jose Calderon under the bus at the start of this season.

The guy plays one season on a bad hamstring putting up his best numbers ever and he goes from being cheated out of an all-star spot to a goat. Talk about short term memory and no respect.