The “disappointed in your home team” edition.
Banks – well, he did something better than his backcourt mates and did it better from the bench: no turnovers and nobody blew by him except the towel boy.
Bargnani – man, those double teams sure knocked him off his game tonight, huh? Is it bad to ask for, you know, production on both ends of the floor on a somewhat consistent basis? The only D this guy has is from his online fanboys.
Belinelli – he must circle the Sixers games on the calendar, knowing he’ll get some playing time against Kapono. He played well, but that is like saying the 10 year old housecat played well against the scratching post.
Bosh – back on the floor but did nothing to help his teammates come together, become a team and rally against a team we should have beaten. The 12 boards look good in the stat sheet, but that’s the end of it.
Calderon – going to be sporting a shiner, but he shouldn’t be proud of it since it came in a losing effort. Didn’t come to life until the fourth quarter and it was too little too late. Uncharacteristic turnovers, no attacking the hoop, and no trips to the free throw line. Telling.
DeRozan – the rookie saw more minutes go to Marco Belinelli. Think about that. His handlers have to get to this kid and wake him up. He has lived up to the hype as much as Oden.
Evans – certainly showed his offensive prowess today. Odd thing is, it came at the cost of his defence. He was getting knocked around and just didn’t bring it today. Jay yanked him, playing him for reduced minutes for the second game in a row. Wise move.
Jack – played well, but was easily shown up by the Sixers backcourt. He found himself turning around and seeing names and numbers as opposed to facing up and seeing team names. He must have been having flashbacks to Celtics games.
Johnson – sick? just didn’t care? inability to compete? Choose one. All applicable to Amir tonight.
Nesterovic – pictures speak louder than floortime.
O’Bryant – well, at least he’s 7ft.
Turkoglu- missed the game due to a tweaked ankle. Did you notice?
Weems – comes off a career high night and gets the start in place of Hedo. He came out tighter than Joan Rivers’ face and promptly set the tone for the day. He picked it up as the game wore on and he faced some lesser defenders, but those first few minutes were terrible.
Wright – hey, how does 2/10 grab ya? How about the only reason he was left out there is because, quite simply, we had nobody else left? A horribly off day.
Driving The Bus: Jarrett Jack
Under The Bus: Antoine Wright
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Andrea Bargnani is awesome. I’m so glad he’s the future of basketball in Toronto. Phew! :|
Were in good hands with Bargs as the franchise..
I wish Bargnani could handle the pressure. Instead he’s sweating like Mike Tyson at spelling bee. Crumbling right in front of our eyes.
So, it looks like if CB4 does not produce his regular 24/10 Raptors don’t stand the chance against any team that plays half-decent defense. Nicks are of course exception, their defense is as good as ours.
As much as we praise our team’s depth at the end of the day we’re only as good as Bosh is. These last 8 games have proven that we can’t depend on others on this team to fill the void when Chris isn’t in the lineup.
Bosh is probably at about 80% health right now and my biggest concern is whether or not he re-injured his ankle today. If so, we’re up shit’s creek without any paddles or floaties.
This has nothing to do with Team Depth or …. This is a mentality that this team is suffering from.
This is lack of accountability in this team that you can come in, take a night off and then just be like ” well, it was not a good game, we did not have the energy but there is a game tomorrow and we should play better and ….”.
This is about coming in, taking bunch of jump shots and … while knowing your coach will simply not give you a hard time and life will go on ….
You can bring more talents and … But it will not help.
Which is more reason why I would really like players like Stephen Jackson or Gerald Wallace on this team to harden this pussies that are soft as jell-o.
Absolutely, and even when Chris is on and healthy we still need other guys to step up. I cannot see another legitimate go to guy on this team, and that’s not good.
This is something I’ve worried about a bit. It seems extremely easy to neutralize the Raptors offense (if Wright is on the floor.) Send a double when Bosh catches the ball, Bosh kicks it out, the ball swings around the perimeter and we get a Wright clanked shot. Or we end up with a lazy, ineffective drive.
Remember, this happened also in the Memphis game…OJ Mayo left Wright to double Bosh in the closing minutes. Wright of course clanked the three.
Without Turk, we cannot make teams pay for cheating. None of our other wings seem to shoot consistently.
I like Bargs.
Plenty of potential that is rarely reached. Flashes of brilliance surrounded by quarters you wouldn’t even know he’s on the floor. Talent and natural ability without competitive drive or emotion. Not sure if he’s the second or fifth option, and not interested in pushing the issue. He really embodies the spirit of this entire Raps team.
so…have you asked yourself WHY it is that you like him? or do you like the IDEA of him?
Bargnani’s potential is an abstract concept like universal peace and equality for all men. In a more perfect world, all of these could be achieved. Alas..
This coming from a guy praising the potential of Tim Thomas just the other week
Edit: Tyrus Thomas
Tyrus Thomas is a badasss! his ‘potential’ would rape Bargnani’s then take his lunch money..
I like that analogy, the idea of him is exciting, the reality is disappointing.
Maybe a team meeting where him and all his teammates are told he is the number 2 option and to stop looking off him.
I don’t think it’s about “looking off” of him. He just lacks that drive, desire, looks uninterested on the floor most of the time. He seems to be happy with where he is, with how much he contributes. And expectations are much higher.
Maybe Hedo is rubbing off on him. Just wait for the playoffs and they’ll both come alive and take us to the title!!!
Then again…
They don’t look off of him on the three point line, or when he’s posting up deep.
They look off him at certain times only-
They look off of him when he hangs out, facing the rim, at the elbow of the key, not facing the ball, asking for it, posting up, setting screens, or doing ANYTHING USEFUL.
This is EVERY SECOND POSSESSION. What is he doing there?
Kid has talent… but he’s not using it.
“so…have you asked yourself WHY it is that you like him?”
Sorry, the post was meant to be a sarcastic view of how the Raptor players passively accept mediocrity instead of making the sustained effort required to break out and be something better. What’s worse is that fans support and even defend that attitude.
Those undertones just didn’t come across well.
I actually do like that Bargs has a lot to offer the team. It just drives me NUTS when (much like the rest of this team) he never shows enough drive or consistency to impact games as anything more than a 3rd or 4th option. If Bargs ever puts all that size and skill together then there is plenty of room to become an all-star… but that’s a huge “if”.
If the Raptors ever put everything together then their fans might anticipate the playoffs instead of dreading the end of the season… but not this year.
you rarely watch the games and when you do comment you bitch about bargnani just like on your old site…good job enhancing this site.
Hey, whether you like me or not sean, you can’t say I’m not consistent. ;)
Cheers man and good to see you here. :)
doc, u were horrible at raptors forum and now you’ll be horrible here. rr took a huge step back giving you a job. nobody liked you at raptor forums and that’s why it never took off and that’s why the forums are dead here. you jumped ship and abandoned them like a pathetic opportunistic traitor. now you’ve brought your bargnani hate campaign here. it’s too bad rr didn’t look into you a bit better before giving you the forums. people don’t like your corny pretentious act.
Raptor forums sucks dude…the site looks like it was designed in the late 90s or something. And the fan base there are “tribal honkers”, as FAQ would say.
I browsed around and looked at previous posts, and you can tell people are jumping off that ship quickly.
Anyway, perhaps that is enough ad hominem attacks for the day, eh?
Hey Brian Colangelo,
I think it is time you sell your experimental number 1 pick and save face. Andrea can not grab at least 8 boards as a center and can not score consistently to make up for his poor board stats like Channing Frye. I think it’s time for Raptors fans to know Derozan is most likely a bust unless he gets into the weight room and improve his weaknesses. I will not be surprised if Bosh leaves, Bosh will be thinking why am I paired with this horrible center that can not rebound and score consistently. I see Bosh with the Rockets or the Bulls if he really wants to win a championship except if Brian can get Andray Blatche or Brook Lopez, Igoudala and Thaddeus Young or Wilson Chandler to make Bosh change his mind and resign.
Crap Game
Forgot Turk didnt Play
Lost count of Wright’s bricks
Bargs was inconsistant
How many 3Seconds did Amir have?
You know its bad when Belinelli gets playing time
Ugh.. Not a proud day for Raptor fans
Everyone should just relax and not panic. This was a Sunday game and some of the guys were really tired from last night and so needed a day off. Come on, you guys take Sunday off so why not these guys!
So they came in and they approach the game like a nice pickup game. Do few moves here and there and get their body all relax and loose and get the appetite going for Sunday dinner.
I mean why not? Is there someone in that locker room after the game that is going to call them out?? Of course not!! Plus, we have valid excuses man. Bosh just came back from stomach virus. AB had his head banged up and is getting double teamed. Weems had that one great game 2 days ago, how much more do you expect? Calderon was under the weather … and damn, we did not have our 50 million dollar man, the great Turk.
Plus, come on, we are the Raptor. We are allowed and it is our custom to take days off. So fans should just relax and enjoy what they are getting and stop bitching.
At the end, we all know what will happen. We will make the play off as a 7 or 8 seed, will win a game in the first round and will go to vacation after a 4-1 defeat. Bosh will leave and we start investing on another young player and…
Fucking disgusting!!
Philly which is not going to see playoffs this year wanted this W more than the Raptors. I mean with this attitude, what is the point of the Raptors even getting into playoffs?
They are just as BAD as us. With all that Talent on that team, there is no excuse for their record. Their problem is just like us, lack of accountability and lack of pride.
Our luck, they decided to play tonight and ….
We need another team meeting.
Huh, I guess those guys who said the Bucks are better than the Raptors were right. That rap of the day suddenly looks good again.
At least the Bucks have a legit big man in Andrew Bogut, a non-stat point guard in Brandon Jennings(laugh at the people comparing him to Iverson), a rejuvenated John Salmons and a legit coach in Scott Skiles. That is the making of good team:-
1. A legit big man
2. Leading point guards
3. Creative wings
So far, Raptors only have number 1 which we will not have when Bosh leaves.
I am very close to resigning as a Raptor fan. I feel I have wasted far too much time on this team. Thank god for Feb schedule or we’d be in last place right now instead of in April!
Trust me I am ready to eat my words, and hope I do. But these guys seem hopeless!
weather is not so fair today is it fan…
Not so fair weather if you count 15 years waiting. I have been teased. I feel this year has been such a let down. Plus if this had been after a couple of wins, maybe I could stomach it. However, this is now a serious situation for this team. A couple more losses and there may not be a playoff series to win.
AND
Now I am getting razzed by all the Leaf fans, when I tried to convert them. I didn’t want them to be “uneducated” in case the band wagon got bigger. You know Toronto fans – they’ll cheer for a losing hockey team, but any other sport the team has to be in first!
I guess John Hammond didn’t help us today.
That Calderon Bosh battery is long gone, all there is to show for like, eight or nine years. What were we thinking. And then they drafted Bargs pretty high as I understand it.
But we still be in sight of the Celtics going for 4th. Yay. Yikes.
sigh. going from watching raps/6ers to watching LA/Orl is like…well, i dunno what it’s like. going from a D-league game to a top-quality, playoff-like NBA game? yeah, that’s what it was. any raptor fan realizes that the raps have the ability to play with upper echelon teams. in the regular season. once in a while. they’ll also toss out shit games on a regular basis, and lose to ‘inferior’ opponents regularly too. it is what it is (THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!!!).
“THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!!!” = .500 East Confernce team at their best.
Where was Turkoglu?, I understand he was injured and this is a home game but shouldn’t he have been on the bench?!
He was home making Baklava for the team meeting where he will be given the player of the year award.
i hate him with a passion
Mmm, delicious baklava..
That’s a tribal ‘monkeying’ fan … soooo obvious
Sure is a lot of monkey feces being thrown about and hoping some of it sticks … LOL
Wow…. calm down people…
yes today’s overall effort, especially defensively, sucked…
that was a game we should have taken…
but let’s not throw everybody under the bus and jump off the bandwagon…
looking forward to the West coast trip, a chance for the team to bond together again on the road… historically these are trouble but i am predicting we come out of it 2 – 2 ….
Raps will be in the playoffs these year , and trust me, no one wants to play them in a 7 game series…..
2-2 so we get 2 wins against SAC and GSW.
I guess the Culture of mediocrity is not only enjoyed by the players/coaches but also it is something that some of the fans embrace too.
The Kings game is the 2nd of a back-to-back. The odds of us winning that game are very slim…especially considering how difficult of a time we had against them at home last month.
Or do you mean the top 4 teams are smacking their lips and hoping the Raps play them in the playoffs?
The sad sacks are out in full force today. The way we react to losses is terrifying, but I have a feeling that even if the raptors went 82-0 we’d have some fans bitching about something.
Always room for improvement.
Improvement would be to criticize the team as a whole without pointing fingers at a few ( Barg , Wright , Hedo for being injured , Beli for playing).
Were you Happy by the team’s performance today??
Did you miss Turkoglu?
Yeah, I fucking did.
You guys keep sacking the Turk, but come on, we’re better with him, than without him.
I like Sonny, but I’d rather see Turk instead of him.
That I’ll agree with Adrian. This team is better with Turk. He may be struggling badly this season, but he still draws alot of attention regardless.
The only reason I can think of for starting Jack-DeRozan is the fact that the management told Triano Jose and Wright are not in the long term plans for this team after this summer. The problem is after this summer nothing else will count if Bosh leaves. Jack is worse than TJ and DeRozan is a D-League player right now. Both are the definition of fooling people a few times but not all the times. Well, there are still fans that are fooled by them however it is on them for not understanding this game.
It is sad to see a franchise destroyed by a rookie coach selected due to the players’ approval, players who were then traded or not signed.
What? When did management say Jose isn’t in the long term plans? I totally missed that one. Do you have a link?
The reason Jack and Derozan are starting is because we had a long run of winning with that lineup so it was working, there are a few hiccups now but I wouldn’t be throwing myself off a bridge just yet.
I have to defend Amir Johnson on the 3 second calls. If you get a chance, watch what happens. He fights for position while his teammates continue to pass up open looks. This is the fault of the guys with the ball, not Amir.
Bargnani has had plenty of pen shots and has been horrible. He also does not hustle back on defense and in fact, I saw him walking back after a turnover. He will get let off the hook for his awful defense because he blocks the occasional shot. Come on, he better block some shots, he 7 foot tall for crying out loud. He still has no clue how to switch off on defense on pick and rolls and back screens and his footwork is atrocious.
I like Sonny Weems but I am getting sick of him fouling people taking jump shots out around the three point area. He has done this on a few occasions this season and he did it twice in the same quarter today. It is common sense and he doesn’t have it. How many times does a jump shot from way out get blocked? Rarely! Weems better start to realize that.
The one thing this team lacks is brains. Very dumb game decisions and really dumb substitutions. Triano should be given Banks a shot. The dude plays hard which is more than I can say for a few Raptors out there.
This game was a killer and combined all the things that have killed us this season including once again, falling behind big early in the first quarter. I know we came back to tie but playing catch up every game is a dangerous idea.
I didn’t see the first three second call, but the second was Wright’s fault, not his. Wright got the ball after a swing around, didn’t shoot, and then did a lazy dribble to the basket. I’m pissed that Triano took out Amir.
Agreed. Often times, it’s simply a matter of taking open shots.
What “hype” are you talking about? Oden was the first overall pick and was hailed as the next great center while DeMar was a kid who could jump really high and maybe down the road could become a really good player. How are those even CLOSE to comparison???
LOL… I was wondering if anyone would point this out. Comparing Derozan to Oden was a bit odd, but isn’t it about time Triano pulled Derozan from the starting lineup and told him that he’d have to earn those minutes? The kid has had an easy ride so far and while production hasn’t been bad for a rookie it hasn’t been stellar either. Sitting him down and making him work harder for floor time might not be a bad choice.
But who am I to question Jay? He’s got STATS!
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