Ummm…anyone care how many games their team wins during the regular season?

I, for one, couldn’t care less. All I care about is how many games my team wins in the PLAYOFFS.

As far I recall, in the highest-win total year in the Raps’ history, they were out in the first round.

Buh-bye, Colangelo.

Thanks for nothing.

But wouldn’t Bosh benefit his new team, in this case the Knickers, by just signing there (at less money than the Raps could give), freeing the Knicks up to move Lee for another complimentary asset that might play alongside him or shore up the depth?

That’s my point:
The Raps either get little value in return just to save face and not let a free agent walk for nothing, or you get reasonable (but not equal) value in return and it weakens the receiving team JUST SO THE FA CAN GET MAX MONEY.

I simply don’t like the sign and trade scenario, not because it can’t help my team, but because it takes away the “we’re the only place where you can get max money” bargaining chip and doesn’t let the player have his cake (cute eh?) and eat it too.

If you want to leave, fine. Understandable.
But you’re leaving the 30M on the table, in neat little piles…

As far as I’m concerned, both teams have no chance of getting anywhere near the conference finals. Anyways, why would I freakin’ care about the Bobcats? I live in Toronto. I’ve been a Raps fan since Day One.

That said, I would take the Bobcats roster in a FLASH over the Craptors. In fact, I would like take close to 25 teams ahead of the Raptors, particularly when looking forward at the next several years of desperately trying to rid the team of BC’s brutal contracts.

I believe the NUMBER ONE problem with this team is the general manager, who not only has failed in his bid to get this team deep into the playoffs, but has also saddled this team with a pile of terrible contracts.

I’m not saying the team will immediately improve as a result of ridding the team of this terrible GM, but at least it’s a start. He is very, very quickly losing the trust of every fan in this city. If MLSE cannot see that now, there is going to a major day of reckoning arriving in the near future.

How does the defense get any better if:
- The coaching staff is coming back
- Andrea Bargnani is coming back (in fact our GM is in love with his game and claimed he’s a good defender)
- Hedo isn’t going anywhere

This is one of those massive circle jerks where everyone acknowledges there’s a problem but nobody is going to bear responsibility.

I mean really is the answer going to be that the only person who falls on his sword for this season is Bosh by way of Colangelo possibly not resigning him even if he wants to come back?

How do you make this team better defensively if the biggest reasons why it’s a terrible defensive team aren’t going to change?

If for example Jose/Hedo/Bargs are all here next year how does this team become league average defensively short of having Thabo and Garnett playing the other 2 positions in a fantasyworld.

“I’ve never once claimed that the Raptors were a good defensive team and that they don’t have to VASTLY improve to even come close to the defensive effectiveness and consistency of a team like Charlotte.”

And why didn’t anyone in the media correct Colangelo when he stated this was the 2oth defense. 20th based on what? FG%?

This team was LAST in defensive efficiency, one of the 10 worst defenses of the past 30 years.

For all of LMA faults, he was basically the only player who made a full season on a 50 win team playing as the teams 2nd best player. Why couldn’t Bargnani carry us to more than 40 wins? Roy missed more games than Bosh (never mind all the injuries to Oden, Pryz, Batum, Fernandez, etc).

You guys shill so hard for this team it’s sad. Honestly I wish you didn’t do radio for the team and just did The Gameplan b/c I guarantee your analysis would be different with respect to this team.

And a couple of other notes: If Bargnani is such great value, then how come:
- All 4 years in this league this team gives up more pts with him on the floor than off of it.
- This team gave up 8,5 more pts/100 possessions with him on the floor than off of it THIS YEAR (his first year as the game in game out 35 mpg center)
- For comparison, Portland gives up less pts when LMA the sieve is on the floor.
- Bargnani has a rebound rate that would make a shooting guard proud, and is dead average for a small forward.

david lee for chris bosh.

lee is not as good as bosh overall but he’s still a solid player that would plug into any line up in the league.

however, if new york were to add bosh, they’d likely be fine with losing lee. i don’t see bosh and lee playing together; both would be undersized if they played center and their games are too similar to be on the floor at the same time. that’s my opinion.

so you can make a deal that helps both teams. you’re not necessarily hurting one team and helping the other or simply taking back next to nothing as you suggest.

plus, this is where you rely on pro scouting as well — finding a player or two that fit your system better than where they’re currently playing (i.e. – Sonny Weems was dealt from Denver … to Milwaukee … and then sort of ‘thrown in’ to the Bucks-Raptors trade – and turned out to be a huge asset for Toronto).