Well that sucked, eh? I don’t know what’s worse, getting blown out completely or blowing out the other team for the first half and then choking your chicken in the second. The first half was too good to be true, our movement was too perfect, the scoring was too balanced, our execution too sound, it was nothing like the real Raptors. You just knew it wasn’t going to last for two reasons: 1) The second half is where the pressure is at and 2) We weren’t getting production from Bosh. No matter how good the supporting cast is playing, road games against great teams are won by your superstars. Paul Pierce stepped up the scoring for the Celtics in the fourth quarter and our superstar got neutralized by Kevin Garnett. Again. And once more the overarching reason for the loss was the pathetic fourth quarter offense that resembled that of a middle-school JV team.
Paul Pierce had 22 points in the fourth quarter. Chris Bosh had 0. Box. In fact, he had 2 points in the entire second half and took only one shot. Let me say that I’m thankful to Bosh for saving us against the Bobcats and coming through against Golden State and hitting tons of clutch shots for us this year but all that doesn’t mean a damn thing if you don’t even wake up for the big games. This right here was a big game and we needed him, we needed his scoring, his intensity, his leadership and his passion and we got nothing. Jermaine O’Neal carried the team in the first half and Jason Kapono did all that’s in his power to keep the offense chugging along in the second half. Jose Calderon didn’t have a great game but when you have Kevin Garnett’s sweating dripping on your face you’re going to look at your big man for help and when its not there, you’re going to struggle. Even Joey Graham and Kris Humphries came off the bench to give us a spark. The guy that was missing was Chris Bosh and what made things even worse was that Garnett was bringing the intensity, trash talking every Raptor, D’ing up Bosh on the perimeter, fronting him in the post, playing him physical and we didn’t manage a whimper in response. We just sat there and took it. Disgusting. Chris Bosh, go look yourself hard in the mirror tonight.
Let’s talk about wing production again. You’ve been reading these posts now, I don’t need to dig up the Detroit and Atlanta numbers up for you to guess that we got killed here again. Pierce/Allen outscored Moon/Parker 55-20. That alone is a stat that should lose you the game but thanks to our strong rebounding effort (even at 39) and good ball movement (25 assists), we were somehow in the game till late but just never got the boost we needed. Obviously Chris Bosh didn’t provide that boost so we looked at Andrea Bargnani who picked up 4 fouls in 11 minutes and went 1-4 for two points and 0 rebounds. We can’t really ask more than we got from O’Neal so we looked to Jose to provide that boost but its hard when you’re running the same play 30 straight times in the second half and Boston keeps negating the pick ‘n roll by not allowing you shooting space and not allowing the pick setter to roll. What do you do then? Nothing. Nothing because that’s all we’ve got. That’s all Sam Mitchell’s pathetic excuse for a playbook has in it. All that movement we saw in the first half doesn’t work in the fourth quarter because the Celtics are awake and playing defense, not just loafing around. We needed somebody to demand the ball and want to win this game by attacking and putting the onus on the defense to stop them. Never happened.
This team just isn’t able to get easy baskets. In the seven games we’re played so far, here are our fast-break points:
4, 6, 4, 0, 3, 2, 2
I don’t know who’s fault it is, maybe its Jose not being aggressive enough or our wings not running the break or making attempts to leak out, bottom line is that we can’t run or play transition basketball. This would be more than acceptable if our offense functioned properly but since we labor to get good shots and struggle to score when it counts, it becomes crucial that we make up for it elsewhere. Having a strictly half-court offense while being crappy at it will only lead to losses like these. We need points and need to be creative in getting them. High pick ‘n roll only takes you so far.
It’s no surprise that Sam Mitchell’s playbook is thinner than a menu at a hot dog stand but at least we can expect some sensible substitutions, no? Is Jason Kapono qualified to be guarding Paul Pierce in the fourth quarter? I mean, you’d think after Pierce’s first 30 points he’d switch and let Moon or even Graham check the man or maybe God forbid double him since our rotations weren’t bad last night. I’d even settle for Kapono checking Ray Allen instead of Pierce, at least he wouldn’t have gotten blown-by and posted-up on the same play. I understand that if Bosh is choking to death you have to keep Kapono out there because he’s the only guy who’s got something going but does he have to guard Pierce? We didn’t even do offense/defense substitutions late in the game!!! How appalling is that?? Hey Sam, what’d you think of Kapono guarding Pierce:
“You look at the shots Paul Pierce made. He drove the basket a couple of times, but he was making a lot of 18, 19-foot shots with guys contesting him.”
No you clown, he had Jason Kapono guarding him and Paul Pierce has made a career out of hitting the 18 footer. If you think getting a token hand in the face is called a “contest” then you’re sadly mistaken. Once again Sam throws his hands up in the air and goes “Oh well, what can you do”. No, this should not be tolerated. We need to get him some coaching help ASAP, maybe a willy old defensive-minded assistant coach or a guy who can remind him when to play offense/defense. Something. Anything to keep him from doing shit like using Bosh as a decoy for an entire quarter.
There was a key play in this game. Trailing 84-81, Boston called timeout and came out with a great play that got Ray Allen a wide open three and he drained it to tie the game. The Raptors in response brough the following out of their timeout:
2:41 Jermaine O'Neal bad pass 84-84 1:50 Kendrick Perkins blocks Jermaine O'Neal's 15-foot jumper 84-84 1:17 Jermaine O'Neal turnover 84-86 0:52 Jose Calderon misses 13-foot jumper 84-88 0:30 Anthony Parker misses 26-foot three point jumper 84-90 0:17 Jason Kapono misses 26-foot three point jumper 84-92
Pretty pathetic eh. What these lines don’t tell you is that we took most of these shots with less than 3 seconds on the shot-clock and basically threw the ball into O’Neal when nothing else worked. There was no semblance of a play being run here, just us running around like chickens with our heads cut off.
One of the substitutions that hurt us the most was Jose Calderon being pulled for Will Solomon for absolutely no reason. We’re just coming off the third quarter break and there’s no reason to give the reigns to Will Solomon in this pressure packed environment. We’re nursing an 8 point lead and should be focusing on extending it rather than letting the Celtics back in the game. Mitchell goes with Solomon and here’s what our offense does under Solomon who struggled to get anyone the ball without at least 16 seconds running of the shot-clock:
10:57 Will Solomon enters the game for Jose Calderon 69-61 10:41 Will Solomon bad pass (Tony Allen steals) 69-62 10:18 Jason Kapono bad pass (Eddie House steals) 69-63 10:00 Jermaine O'Neal offensive foul (Leon Powe draws the foul) 69-65
It’s only three possessions but its three fourth quarter possessions that we get nothing out of and continue giving the momentum back to Boston. We have a day off tomorrow and our big guns need to be in there to see this thing through, there’s time to rest later. I’m just singling out one substitution but there’s also Joey Graham who had a great first half but didn’t play the entire third quarter and then was brought back in the game in the fourth ice cold.
Give kudos to Jermaine O’Neal for getting the Raptors off to a hot start, his 19 first half points were the main reason the Raptors were in this one and I’m starting to think that if it weren’t for him this game could’ve gotten out of hand early. He’s also the only guy that showed some real intensity by getting in Kendrick Perkins’ face in the first half and backing people down like a man possessed. In the second half we stopped looking for him and when we did, he got doubled and passed the ball well out of it. For the Raptors to win games consistently we need three scorers, tonight we got one and it wasn’t our main guy. I’m shocked we didn’t get blown out, oh wait, we did: 58-39 in the second half.
Is it me or did you want to throw a brick at your TV when you saw KG trash talking Calderon as poor Jose couldn’t believe it. Or how about Pierce crying out at the sky as he sinks another clutch jumper. Did you wish we had players that did that kind of stuff? Show outright emotion, play with their hearts on their sleeves, get pumped up and inspire their teammates, not settle for a loss and will their teams to big wins in big divisional games. I’m sad, it makes me sad that we don’t have anybody like that.
The Raptors last year beat the weak teams and lost to the good ones and this year appears to be no different. We just took one up the arse!
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No one commenting on Sam using Bosh as a decoy being the reason Bosh didn’t get any shots?
http://www.thestar.com/Sports/NBA/article/534501
The plain truth about the Rap’s Boston game is that they are the NBA champions, looking to repeat, and Rap’s are a .500 playoff team looking to win 1 or 2 series this year. No comparison talent wise.
Boston completely destroyed the Pistons in Detroit the night before, and you all expected the Raptors to beat them with Bargnani scoring 2 pts and Bosh 9, on their home court.
KG, Allen, and Pierce (all-stars/hall of famers)are so much better at their positions than anyone on Rap’s, that it’s impossible to even compare them. Bosh, O’Neal, Moon, AP, Kapono, all good NBA players, with Bosh having the potential to be great, but not there yet, but can’t compare with that talent/experience, are you kidding, or what ???
With all that said, the encouraging part of the game was that the Raptors, with a little better execution, in the last 2 minutes, could have won, due to their defensive play and the play of the bench players, Kapono, Graham, and Humphries.
Three key areas needing improvement defense and rebounding and bench play, all areas where they competed with the best
Calderon, although he had 10 assists, struggled with his shot, but did well in the matchup with Rondo that everyone was concerned with. Jose must be more aggressive early, and throughout, to offset the coverage on Bosh and O’Neal on the P&R plays. I would have loved to see Jose bump chests with KG when he challenged him, but at least he spoke up and told him off.
Excellent for MLSE
One of the reasons they fired Babcock was because he was unlikeable and sort of like the black sheep of the company. Didn’t have the respect of his peers.
So hire a GM with a confident persona in Colangelo instead. Even if he doesn’t know how to assemble a team that don’t matter because he’s such a nice guy. So media savvy , I mean who would bash him in the media? His flaws as a gm are masked in a sense. MLSE don’t want a contender they want a perfect 1 round and out team.
Same with the team. Assemble a bunch of nice guys with good character and let them get swept in the first round. There nice guys so the fans will always love them regardless. Toronto is a european market so lets hire euros. Fans would never boooo there countrymen.
Only player who had a pair TJ Ford.We trade him away.
Bryan could be a serial killer and people would love him. lol Its just that aura he has.
i can’t imagine why anyone would use their best player as a decoy on every single play of a quarter. for any series of crucial plays. or for anything other then ONE shot, if that.
to suggest that a “franshise” player was locked down by a defensive player for an entire quarter is absurd. we forget that the best players FIND a way to get the ball, and make ‘plays’ when the coaches strategy fails to get him the ball:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d8Ll9xgQ3U
The aura…and what looked like his early magic touch. Hey, he managed to trade Hoffa for a living, breathing NBA backup caliber basketball player :)!
The Raptors’ offense has always been a problem. In the previous years, when Bosh don’t score, we’re screwed. This year it is a bit better because O’Neal can also help out (which he finally did last night for the first time this year). However, our playcalls are just so obvious, and we have no movement whatsoever.
As for the defense side, I also question why Kapono is covering Pierce. I would rather have parker D up on Pierce, and let Kapono chase Allen around (Kapono is not a good defender and I’m being nice). And a big question mark should point towards the coaching staff on this. How could they not know that Pierce will burn almost anyone in the league from around the free throw area? He’s made that shot ever since he entered the league!!! At least find a way to get him out of that spot!!
Lastly, the game last night showed the difference between a playoff team and a championship team. There was no fire, not only in Bosh, but in the whole team. Aside from JO, I don’t think there was anyone that seemed like they really wanted the ball. All the players on the Celtics team from Garnett to House to Powe, they all looked like they wanted the ball a lot more. There was no fire, which is essential for a championship team. I think that needs to be addressed too.
Sam, he didn’t overcelebrate to his teammates, he wagged it at an opponent as he (HO) lay on the ground after blocking the shot. Same stuff Mutombo would do (except he wouldn’t be on his back).
TJ Ford almost becomes paralyzed last year and not one person sticks up for there friend. I show my dad and Nonno this and they go, Wait arn’t there teammates going to get involved?
Then that fucking pansy Parker in an interview after defends Harford saying it was an accident and no hard feelings basically. Oh Right, nice guy I know. worst starting SG in the league too BTW.
Lebron making fun of Bosh’s GF last season and taunting her. Bosh does nothing as always. I wish he went up to her and kissed her.
I dont give a flying Fuck if you can blow out Sacramento by 40 points. or Oklamhoma. Bosh always thrives when teams best players are injured too. He can beat Houston. So long as Artest, Mc Grady, and Ming are injured. Win a fucking 4th quarter against an elite team.
Alt, I’m pretty sure JO was wagging the finger as Bosh or someone else was about to help him off the deck. You’ve got plenty of other arrows to fire for your JO crusade.
KG’s intensity is bad for basketball, especially at lower levels. He fails to see the limits of talking while playing. Tons of other competitors who were more intense than KG (e.g. Bird, Jordan) knew where the balance lay. I liked KG and wished his T’wolves had made the leap with Spree and Cassel but with his current incarnation, I’ll take Lebron having fun over KG’s grim passion any day. Besides, Lebron might have gotten the T’wolves over the hump, bad GM and all.
You going to the game on the 23rd? Surely a supporter shows up for that one? You can prove your point to BC the other 40 games.
Sam and AltRaps, who cares if he wagged a finger or taunted or whatever. Bottom line is KG/PP showed us up and got in our faces and we got rattled and didn’t respond. Does it matter that much if he didn’t get a tech?? C’mon guys. I can’t wait till the 23rd when we get to see how this Raptor team will respond because they have to know they got humiliated.
Sam, I couldn’t disagree more. Some guys play with a quiet intensity, and some guys wear their hearts on their sleeve. KG may be a self-promoter, but you can’t tell me his antics yesterday weren’t effective. Bosh and JC WERE intimidated. In the face of KG’s ferocity, they wilted. The C’s defense was swarming and it started with KG.
The finger wagging in JC’s face went too far and he should certainly have been T’d up. But if I saw Bosh fiercely manning up Rajon Rondo, and forcing him to pick up his dribble 30 feet from the hoop to give up the ball, I’d be thrilled. So when KG does it, I can appreciate it. His Celtics teammates are obviously feeding off of it. Its working.
I love Bosh. And last night he was KG’s bitch. The way Bosh responds next Sunday will be telling.
We, myself included, have probably blown the finger pointing out of proportion.
I’m looking forward to the 23rd too. Sure hope the actual team is. I also hope they take their frustration out on Philly tomorrow.
I have to agree with almost everything that Arsenalist wrote here. One thing I always maintained, Sam Mitchel is one of the WORST coaches in NBA, if not THE WORST. How come someone can be, one year the laughing stock of NBA and arguably the worst coach in NBA, then all of sudden, the very next year becomes “coach of the year”. I mean, come on. What happened, his fair god mother made him a genius overnight, please. Arsenalist points are very valid:
- Which coach would let guy (Pierce) score 22 in a quarter on you and you play him with your, perhaps the worst defender Kapono (what about putting Moon or Graham on him), and not trying to get the ball out of his hands, double teaming him, etc…
- how in the world your BEST player gets only 8 shots in this game, HOW, HOW? Only extremely STUPID, third rate coach would not INSIST and MAKE SURE that his best player gets the ball in 4th quarter and to run offense through him (Bosh)
- What about timlely calling for time out, stoping the momentum of the oponent, and setting up good play out of time out….
Anyways, I can go on and on, but these are the most obvious points..
My conclusion is: mitchel is VERY BAD, VERY STUPID BUT VERY AROGANT COACH, he is actually POOR EXCUSE for a coach. Raptors will not be able to make next step forward with him, Raptors MUST fire mitchel A.S.A.P and bring someone who knows what is he doing……..
So here’s what they’ve given us so far …
Blocks/Min: Bargnani, O’Neal & Moon
Rebounds/Min: Bosh, Graham & Bargnani
FTs/Min: Bosh, Calderon & O’Neil
FGs/Min: Bosh, Calderon & O’Neal
3s/Min: Calderon, Parker & Moon
Assists/Min: Calderon, Parker & Kapono
Steals/Min: Moon, Parker & Calderon
+/-: Parker, Bosh & Moon
Efficiency/Min: Bosh, Calderon & Humphries
In order of total contibution: Bosh, Calderon, Parker, MOON, BARGNANI & O’Neal (tied), Graham, Kapono & Humphries.
In order of minutes: Bosh, Calderon, Parker, O’NEAL, Moon, KAPONO, Bargnani, Graham, SOLOMAN, UKIC, Humphries, (& Adams)
So, Sam, Moon & Bargnani are being under-utilized, while O’Neal & Kapono are being over-utilized by you.
I think the thing i’m concerned about most is the fact that Bosh ripped on Mitchell’s game-plan in the postgame. I wonder how close Sam is to losing this locker room? At the end of the playoffs last year there were similar grumblings. I’m guessing its only going to get worse. Bosh had the team USA coaches give him some pointers and watched how they went about their business, I bet that Mitchell looks like an idiot in comparision.
For Sam to get canned all that would need to happen is the entire team go to Bryan and tell him about there experience in the locker room and during the game. That he’s a detriment to the team and need a better strategist. Bryan would Listen.
Sam is an idiot.
Would Lebron James be used as a decoy in the 4th? lets have him go for 0 pints and use Varajao as out go to guy.
Tim Duncan?
The Mutumbo rule works like this: you can taunt (finger wag) to the crowd, to no one, to the roof, whatever, you just can’t taunt at a guy…ie get right in his face and start wagging. Mutumbo still wags, he just wags to the crowd instead of to the guy he just blocked.
God I hate the Celts…and I hate the Raps for not stepping up to them.
Yup, Adam’s got it right. KG deserved a tech but who cares, it’s a just another tiny little detail that compounds them misery of this loss. I wasn’t pissed that he didn’t get a tech, I was pissed we didn’t do the same thing.
Imagine Calderon going for a layup like TJ last year and Garnette clocks him hard and breaks his neck.
I think the death threats for Garnette would reach George Bush Highs
Well it looks like not much has changed huh! The raptors are still blowing big leads and choking in the clutch. Its fucking ridiculous that CB took 1 shot in the second half! I really feel like Sam mitchell is trying to get JO good numbers instead of helping the team, it doesnt matter what he does, he still stays in the game! He had a great game last night but at the cost of a loss! I really dont think JO and Chris Bosh can produce at a high level at the same time!
OOOPPAAAA…fantastic comments here,crowd!!
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re: diaper filling Raps in Money Time - “If you scared, say you scared”
re: game - “If you don’t like that, you don’t like NBA basketball!!” (Kings dude)
re: team - “They are who we (some of us) thought they are”
re: mental make up: “90% of this game is half mental” - Yogi - I hate KG the poser, but you gotta love how he gets into peoples heads. I thought we had “swagger”?! We got a bunch of players that front like they got “IT”, but they are fugazzi, straight up. They melt faster then a snowman in the middle of the desert. I’m looking at you,…aaah f it.. the ENTIRE effing team!!! (except Sam, he wouldn’t have taken that crap)
Maybe just me, but what’s the last time you heard CB4 getting booed in an arena?
2nd in the East, baby!!! NBA Finals - here we come! Twin Towers! Contenders all the way!!
p.s. love the “here’s what you do to fix it crowd”, bet they can’t balance a check book.
Was Sam a detriment when he won COY?
Discuss.
uh, wasn’t doc rivers the ‘worst coach in the league’ until KG & allen came to town?
We sure could have used Matt Bonner last night. He’d set that Garnett character straight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGIiO8SW7HA
Ah, those were the days.
It isn’t the players, it’s the coach & the system & the in-game decisions he’s making, period.
oh and rest assured that lil cunt TJ would have made buckets in Money Time last night, but he’s gone now. YAAAYYY!!!
Are Jose and Bosh All Stars? Is Bosh an MVP candidate? Why is HO here? Why didn’t we trade Jose and got 5 players in return, as opposed to trading away the farm for a six time washed up one legged fugazzi swagger having finger waving All-Star? Why do we keep importing former NBA dudes no one in their right mind would pick up? Is CB4 a franchise player (no)?
And WTF is Sherm talking about “this was a learning game”? WTF does this team need to learn that it doesn’t already know, Sherm? OOOH, we are the team on the short little yellow bus? Ok, my bad. Same lessons the last 5 years Sherm, ya tool.
GOOOOO CRAPTORS!!! Got your black unis yet?
Alright Flux I’m giving you that Indiana chick’s number
Was Sam a detriment when he won COY?
Discuss.
That team overachieved. It was the players that made the coach look like gold, Sam just reaped the reward. Boston New York Atlanta were gutted pretty much. When you bring in 9 new players Obv there will be a buzz in the locker room and there going to prove they belong in the NBA. Plus, scouting reports- No one could stop the Raps at that time.
Sam just said to them, play hard, make shots and have fun. A fucking person with Down Syndrome can tell them to do all that.
Garbajosa was my favourite player on that team that year. I think we miss him worse than anyone realises.
are the sam supporters retarded?.sams first year was full of mo and vince hating sam and we were horrible,sam was voted worst coach and opposing coaches would make fun of sam.2nd year bc gave sam all kinds of talent and sam cheerled this team to a winning record by jumping up n down like a buffoon while we won, and then sitting and rubbing his eyes cocooning on the bench when we lost.when it boils down to the brass tax and where a coach earns his paycheck,its the motherfucken playoffs and sam was out of his league.STARTING JOEY OUT OF THE BLUE,we played 4 against 5?THEN STARTING BARGS OUT OF THE BLUE,LOL.its comical how shit a coach sam is.u dummies need to open your eyes…..if u notice the postgame interviews these last couple games,its almost like bosh and jose are making fun of sam and his “shats mantra”.i saw bosh and jose make that same excuse in interviews,they both individually said”we just didnt make our shat”…lol.
sam=idiot.
This game was on tsn2 wight?
So, by using that theory as mentioned by most of you above, re: Sam winning COY, this team, as assembled, is worse than that squad.
Sweet. I can hardly wait to see what the rest of the year will bring.
And, to be clear, he has nothing to do with a winning team, but is the main reason we lose or play average (as our record was last year)? Right?
Just want to be sure.
we win in spite of sam…with a real coach this team would be upper echelon.
^^^^^ hahahahaha….
Now THAT, my friend, is comedy.
Great stuff.
u really love sam….its cute.
It’s the same old refrain. Winning’s on the players, losing’s on the coach. I’m tired of it. Sam’s a decent coach. Could be better, could be worse. I don’t think coaching plays that big of a role in the NBA. Talent rules in this league. Coaching can get you over the hump, but it doesn’t turn shit into gold.
I dunno
If Smith replaced Jackson and was running the Lakers do they win a series against Denver, San Antonio, Utah?
I dont have a clue.
I think they beat Denver and then chock against Utah 2nd round.
Look at the Knicks now. Running, gunning and seem happy now.
Just before the season started, Sam was reported as saying the Raptors were not an ‘athletic’ team but they were ‘basketball-wise’. Now what would prompt a coach to say that about his team?
The coaching staff assessed the talent of the Raptor players, and compared it to all the other players in the league, and then concluded as they did.
Regardless of what happened in Boston, the Raptor players are not what you would call ‘athletic’ in the NBA … they are marginal athletes with unique skills that enables them to earn a good living as NBA basketball players.
Of all the players on the Raptor roster, only three are legitimate starters, and even then. There are no overwhelming physical specimens and the players skills may not even blend with each other.
The Raptors may jell into a playoff team or they may not. In any event, they do provide a measure of entertainment for their Toronto fans, who must be happy that the NBA is in Toronto. Those who believe they deserve a near-championship team from this edition of the Raptors may be unrealistic in their expectations.
Of course you can’t reason with demanding tribal honking fans who think they know the workings of an NBA basketball team, or for that matter any basketball team. Sometimes I wonder if some on this forum have even played bball at a higher level given what they post … you know … on a team. Be critical … but be reasonable too.
With that ^^^ in mind …
THE persons who SHOULD be critiqued for the current state of the Raptors’ team, in relationship to where it could be otherwise, after almost 3 full years at the helm together … i.e. Feb/2006 to Nov/2008 … are Misters Tanenbaum [Principal Owner], Peddie [Principal Owner] and Colangelo [President/GM of Basketball Operations], which is where the Buck Stops, in Raptorville.
If others like where this team is at right now, and heading forward, in comparison with the other Top Tier teams in the NBA … others should have no problem with these 3 individuals AND the employees who work for them.
If others are not that pleased where this team is right now, and heading forward, in comparison with the other Top Tier teams in the NBA … others should focus their attention on addressing the roles played by these 3 individuals, specifically, NOT the employees who work for THEM.
If they really wanted to win they never would have hired Babcock to begin with. What were they thinking? Peddie is the cancer of that entire organization. This is the idiot who Hired Babcock, Then Ferguson for the Leafs, Then last year Scotty Bowman wants too run the leafs and Peddie dismisses him. That company is corrupt. Teachers need to make money right, you cant do that if your winning a championship. It costs too much in player salaries, exceed the luxury Tax.
MLSE probably told Colangelo from the beginning. Look, we think your perfect for getting us into the playoffs. That’s all we need from you. A 1st round is ideal, anything further isn’t necessary with us. We’ll pay you 3 million as well. Ok Deal.
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