Comments on: Gameday: Raptors vs Wizards – Dec. 1/09

By: DANNY

DANNY — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:25:56 +0000

and i would still take jamison over bosh.

By: Michel G

Michel G — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:17:58 +0000

The maximum that Bosh can make next year is 16 million in the first year of a new contract if the cap projection is what they predict. That’s 4 million dollars more, not 10.

By: Dragan

Dragan — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:12:23 +0000

This comparison is even better:

Jamison and Turkoglu are making about the same :)

By: DANNY

DANNY — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:07:08 +0000

Jamison is such a competitive player. I wish we could trade Bosh for him.

Think about this: Jamison is making 12 million per. Bosh is asking for 10 million more dollars per season than Jamison.

By: Gman

Gman — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:21:54 +0000

We’re sixth in 3 point percentage at .381

By: yertu damkule

yertu damkule — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:46:16 +0000

i think you also forgot to mention that this would be good reading for 99% of doug smith’s readers.

By: yertu damkule

yertu damkule — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:44:04 +0000

just to be safe, i’m thinking all postings under ‘FAQ’ should be deleted. to be sure.

By: skip

skip — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:40:35 +0000

I think we’re slightly above average in terms of “pace”. 11th in the L according to Hollinger:

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/teamstats?sort=pac&seasonType=2&league=nba&action=upsell&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fnba%2fhollinger%2fteamstats%3fsort%3dpac%26seasonType%3d2%26league%3dnba

Golden State’s 1st, Phoenix 5th

By: mark

mark — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:42:02 +0000

Sorry, forgot to mention the article is at hoopsworld.com

By: mark

mark — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:40:22 +0000

For any of us that have thought of trading Bargs as a solution there is a good read about why CP3 can’t be traded easy and the same deal applys to Bargnani. It’s a provision in the CBA called the “poison pill”. Good read.

By: santimo

santimo — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:19:58 +0000

I think he was expecting Jose to be better then he has been. I don’t think he was expecting them to be great, but I don’t think he was expecting them to be historically bad (well if they keep it up it will be historic). I don’t think anybody was expecting the Raptors would be resorting to a zone to make up for their lack of defense.

By: FAQ

FAQ — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:17:33 +0000

Alt Raps …. the above posting is an imposter … please delete… thanks.

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By: Arsenalist

Arsenalist — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:07:40 +0000

Apparently Jack Armstrong told Bargnani to sit his ass down on his radio show:

“Bargnani was a lot better on defence last year, than this year. He was really good in that first game against Cleveland. But, son, if you’re not going to play defence, then sit your ass down. You don’t deserve to hear your name announced before the game.”

By: AltRaps

AltRaps — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:46:13 +0000

Why would you post something that was posted an hour earlier (look about 3 posts up) and also in the links section?

Sigh.

By: OCEAN

OCEAN — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:23:17 +0000

i think there’s a lot of politics involved. understand that the league is attempting to change the culture of the league without watering down the game too much. i say go against the grain and get an all star caliber guard/HOF. That’s something that Toronto has never had.

By: nadir

nadir — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:19:17 +0000

Or, since I would prefer to win, let DD take those shots for awhile until he shows some improvement or not, and go from there. Sure, he will miss a lot, but why not find out now if he wants to make them or not. In other words, let’s not stop him if he can actually shoot. I mean, what are we doing with him now? Teaching him defense? 50 wins – LOL.

By: MOBCHESTER

MOBCHESTER — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:09:19 +0000

here is an article from nba.com suggesting the reason why we should sign iverson
http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/vince_thomas/12/01/ai.possibles/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt1

Toronto: There’s definitely 30 mpg available in Toronto. With Jose Calderon and Hedo Turkoglu, Iverson would have little-to-zero facilitating responsibilities and could focus strictly on scoring. And, although a Calderon/Iverson backcourt is about as bad defensively as Nash/Iverson, what Iverson would bring with him is more important. The Raptors have been soft and essentially swag-less since Charles Oakley bounced and Vince Carter gave up. What you have now is fairly talented team with a lot of potential, but missing a strut in their steps. If nothing else, Iverson gives the Raptors some machismo. And the hoops-crazed fans in Ontario would love him. In terms of effort, he’s the anti-VC.

By: Silverback

Silverback — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:05:22 +0000

Good point. There must be something going on that we as fans will never know, because he still has some game left. Lots actually. It won’t happen, but I’d love watching Iverson as a Raptor. And I’m really tired of the excuses – he’s a ball hog; he’s a head case; he’ll take minutes away from DeRozan (like DeRozan’s minutes are actually helping the team at this point) … bottom line, as the writer of the article states, he brings something that the team does not have – machochismo. We’re a baby’s bottom soft 7 – 11 team – how does having a guy who plays his balls off who can put up 30 a game hurt our team? For one season? And, wouldn’t hurt the entertainment value of games or numbers in the stands either. But, there must be something more going on, because GM’s aren’t stupid.

By: Gman

Gman — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:53:56 +0000

I don’t know if I’m feeling that. Why is every GM in the league treating the guy like he’s radioactive. Let’s be serious, all of them have way higher Basketball IQ’s than we do…and they wont touch him with a ten foot pole.

By: Gman

Gman — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:50:53 +0000

No way AI signs a ten day. He wont come off the bench…