Comments on: Gameday: Raptors vs Suns – Nov. 29/09

By: tibs

tibs — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:52:49 +0000

starting line
jack/ jose
derozen/marco
hedo/wright
bosh/bargnani
amir/reggie
the reason y i start amir is he rebounds with bosh.n when bargnani comes then reggie will rebound

By: tibs

tibs — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:46:04 +0000

if reggie comes back i would play bosh n amir and bargnani n reggie

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:16:22 +0000

Do you think there’s any chance that Amir Johnson is re-signed next summer?

I’m not optimistic about it. I think the odds are pretty low that Amir is back in Toronto next season. Moreover, even if Amir returns, I think he’ll be once again confined to a relatively small role in the rotation like he has been this season.

I wouldn’t squash a trade with significant medium + long term benefits over someone who is (1) a rental who’s only here for a few months (2) a bit part player.

By: @RapsFan

@RapsFan — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:09:54 +0000

I’d rather keep Johnson personally.

By: verbatim

verbatim — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:29:29 +0000

And we have McGrady and Bosh both on contract years. Start Jack, and maybe we put in a respectable effort. We won’t have any depth, but we are blowing up the team anyway, so a deep playoff run isn’t in the cards.

I just don’t see the Rockets making this trade though.

By: verbatim

verbatim — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:26:35 +0000

If they actually would pull that trade, then I say go for it. Free up the capspace, and see who they can acquire if Bosh does not re-sign with all of that space opened up. And if Bosh does re-sign, we still have about 15 mil capspace.

By: Len

Len — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:46:22 +0000

big hole at the point…already you prove yourself to be a dumass

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:54:03 +0000

I don’t know, verbatim, I think the Rockets would be heavily tempted to make that trade.

(1) Calderon would fill a big hole at the point + his shooting ability would be lethal alongside a post presence like Yao Ming. The Rockets need a better half court point guard with Scola + Yao.
(2) McGrady doesn’t look like he’s in the long term plans
(3) The Rockets don’t have enough cap space to add a max contract next summer. They’d have to move Ariza or Battier + let Scola leave in free agency. It will be difficult to improve the team with so much talent leaving. Plus, the Rockets offseason decisions/spending indicates that they’re not planning on being major players in free agency anyway.

Evans and Banks is a high cost for Calderon though. Maybe though. Hmmm … One of them + Amir (another makeweight needed?) makes it a much better package for Houston. It would be hard for them to turn that down.

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Personally, I wouldn’t be concerned about moving Banks or Evans. Their contracts expire in a year and a half anyway.

I’d rather plan for 2011 than try to force something in 2010 — moving those contracts will cost you too many assets and take too many options off the table. I think it’s better to concentrate on the contracts that stretch beyond 2011 (Bargnani, Jose, Hedo, Jack) and decide what combination of them you want to keep or send away.

By: verbatim

verbatim — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:15:03 +0000

This is how I feel right now – blow the motherf**ker up. We can’t play a shred of defence with this team. We go through a cold spell at the beginning of the third, but then we can’t get stop of our own.

If BC made the following trade I would be happy:

Banks, Belinelli, Calderon, Evans, Weems for McGrady (and this trade works).

Houston wouldn’t do it I know, but right now I think we need capspace, because this team will not win anything as it is presently built. I gave the team time to see if they could work it out. Could Bosh and Bargs play solid team defence? No. Is Calderon the right pointguard for a team with weak interior defence? No. Blow it up.

Bah! I know I am being inconsistent, as in the past I have said that before BC makes changes Triano needs to shake up the lines. But right now, I feel so pessimistic – just blow it up. I hate to see Bosh go, because he is the best player on the team, hands down, but that seems to be inevitable.

By: hateslosing

hateslosing — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:55:36 +0000

*were
*against

By: hateslosing

hateslosing — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:53:48 +0000

Yes they got blown out again. But the last two have been against the celtics and the suns. Suns=best record in the NBA, and I’m pretty sure everyone will agree the celtics are a very good team.
Now to address the Bobcats game, I am personnally of the belief that that team (if they don’t implode) will be a playoff team this year. They have now won a couple in a row and ere pretty convincing angains the cavs. So While these are games we can win-we have the talent- it is not the end of the world. We’ve got some easier games coming up, so look for our guys to rebound. If we loose to the Wiz and the Timberwolves though….

By: OCEAN

OCEAN — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:50:48 +0000

They have the heart of a chipmunk. no warriors, no soliders. it’s all lip service, they show up pertend to play as a team, call it a day and go home and relax. As a fan, i feel ripped off. This is the perfect situation for the Raptor team to grab the city of Toronto by the horns and step up. but this isn’t even entertaining.

By: shahinc

shahinc — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:45:54 +0000

Stick a fork in it Guys, this team is Done !!!! another Blowout

By: OCEAN

OCEAN — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:40:28 +0000

agreed. LET’S GET MONTA ELLIS!!!

By: bland

bland — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:40:10 +0000

yup trade em. shit package whatever if you have to. keep bosh jack and derozan. other than that. whatever. dunno why anyone would take either of them. but who knows.

By: OCEAN

OCEAN — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:39:39 +0000

because the money is invested in Jack, Turk,Calderon and Derozen. Money talks, they gotta play there investments and go down with the ship. NOT THIS FAN!!!

By: phez

phez — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:32:58 +0000

why the hell isn’t he playing weems?

By: hateslosing

hateslosing — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:31:12 +0000

Trade Jose.

By: ChrisR

ChrisR — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:30:35 +0000

Bargnani and Calderon need to be out. We will never field a winning team with these two players as our starters.

Man, I am definitely losing interest, now in the third season of watching this gutless garbage.

By: JJTO

JJTO — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:22:56 +0000

Agreed, this team is officially sub-par. Jose is a huge liability.