Comments on: A blowout without a blowout feel

By: shahinc

shahinc — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:44:23 +0000

Yes, But we are not lakers !!!! With lakers, you got Kobe in there who will get the job done. With Bulls, you had Micheal there. Our Raptors is bunch of guys who lose their focus fast. you have to have control on them and keep them in line.

By: Michel G

Michel G — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:15:53 +0000

It was reported on draft night.

By: Marz

Marz — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:47:02 +0000

I’ve heard this but haven’t been able to confirm it. Do you remember where you read that?

By: Michel G

Michel G — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:49:19 +0000

I agree with you in a way. Although I want Wright to start, I also don’t think they should give him heavy minutes. Let him guard the opposing starting 2 best he can while he’s in there but give Belinelli the majority of the minutes after that.

By: JJTO

JJTO — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:54:30 +0000

Did I miss something with Rasho? He hasn’t been fantastic. He also hasn’t been given any sort of minutes to establish a flow. I still think he can eat up some 2/3 quarter minutes and put some 5 point 5 rebound or 10 point 7 rebound games this year. Whats the worst that will happen- he’ll stink on defence? Hahaha!

By: aa

aa — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:38:43 +0000

winner

By: Ol' Dirty Raptor

Ol' Dirty Raptor — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:33:07 +0000

because roy hibbert’s team had such a good defensive game yesterday??

BC wouldn’t have drafted him even if we did have the pick btw..we picked him because that’s who indy wanted.

By: Ol' Dirty Raptor

Ol' Dirty Raptor — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:28:22 +0000

no one really boos tj at the games. there’s some clapping, but it’s probably mostly indifference. most people appreciate that he was a good contributor here.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:30:21 +0000

That is .86 points per possession, which is good but is not as good as you are making it seem.

By: tonious35

tonious35 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:26:54 +0000

Delfino actually looked better when he was forcing something, Wright just looks atrocious! He should just do the Bruce Bowen thing: defend whomever, pass the ball, set his feet at the 3pt line for a shot, and open layups.

By: tonious35

tonious35 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:23:51 +0000

Why the hell are ppl even booing TJ? Well, he did say something retarded during the CBC interview that he should of made the effort to correct to the fans, and didn’t, but c’mon he was a key player that guided our team to a playoff success.

By: Jhigh

Jhigh — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:22:56 +0000

I am not sold on Wright as a starter or big minute player – he may be a solid defender however his aggressiveness often leads to him commiting a lot of fouls that leads to early bonus (easy points) …… and on offense he tries to force to many plays at the expense of our main scorers … he reminds me of Delfino when he was here

By: tonious35

tonious35 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:19:40 +0000

Frig!! Why he hell does he never call the time out??? Call it after 3 pathetically easy made bucket you gave up, at least that’s what any college coach would do.

You only not call a time out is you have Kobe on the floor for your team.

By: tonious35

tonious35 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:44:48 +0000

There has to be some plays and something to force Demar to cut to the basket more to keep him moving. If Demar moves slowly during his offensive play and never touches the ball, for a young guy, it will for sure make him lose some attention and interest on defense.

By: tonious35

tonious35 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:38:09 +0000

Now I know why Leprachaun O’Brien is not letting TJ play that much as usual, TJ Ford is really getting screened out on defense, and Bargnani and Rasho feel like there is leaf hitting their hip when they screen out Ford. Even Jose can bump him away!

By: tonious35

tonious35 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:33:54 +0000

That Roy Hibbert trade kinda hurts now. I kinda see the pattern about the 3rd quarter at home the past 2 games…besides our team sucking on D, I think we get so damn lazy on offense that it really affects our defense. Such as a span of bad shots, lack of free throws, and retarded turnovers. We need to keep our leads at halftime under 15 next time??

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:32:33 +0000

I’m not saying that their defence isn’t poor. There are stretches where the defence is okay but more stretches where its abysmal. I completely agree with Arsenalist that one major problem is overhelping. I find Jose is the most guilty of that. But even with this team playing strong defence, this won’t be a team that holds opponents to 88PPG continuously.

By: Michel G

Michel G — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:26:50 +0000

I’ve always agreed with starting DeRozan and getting him his limited minutes at the start of both halves. But after last night’s game I think the coaching staff should reconsider that. Especially after watching the kid struggle against Granger.

Now that I understand Triano’s rotation, DeRozan probably would be better served backing up Hedo with Wright starting at the 2 for his defence. I know that Triano stated at the beginning of the year that he wanted two of our ‘big four’ (Bargs, Bosh, Calderon, or Turk) on the floor at the same time, but that hasn’t work out. There is consistent minutes for a second wing player off the bench after Belinelli (if Wright starts). On merit, those minutes should probably go to Weems, but if you do that, how do you develop DeRozan?

By: sean

sean — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:14:09 +0000

they’re also ranked worst in points allowed per possesion:

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/teamstats?&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fnba%2fhollinger%2fteamstats

They are really that bad on D

By: Michel G

Michel G — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:06:02 +0000

Good observation on Jack and Bargnani but their chemistry could simply be a result of Bargs playing a lot with the second unit without Bosh and Turk. At that point, he becomes the focus of the offense and Jack’s primary outlet.