What's Good...Not Us...
So even that almost great finish to the Houston game, where Rocket scrubs, down 27 with nine and a half minutes left in the game, bum rushed a Laker squad that still had Kobe for the start and end of a run that had them down one. But several missed free throws down the stretch and D Wade ref-blinding call on a Kobe missed lay-up (but it was so pretty)/ Kwame Brown goaltend sealed that deal. Scrubs came so close...but their undoing was, and is, inherent in their scrubdome.
And our own scrubs, what have become of them. Dropping back to back joints in what could be arguably their two worst performances of the season, the Raptors have the appearance of a real live D-Leauge team without Bosh. It's funny, because the drop off of another equally bad team (if not worse...I mean come on Blazer fans...) without their 'superstar' post was not nearly dramatic as the Bosh-less Dotters. And we come to the same problems which will identified in an enumerated style:
1. Our Interior Presence is One Away From Being Null: You think it's an accident we get pounded on the boards by a workmanlike Portland team and a Shaq-less Heat? You think it's by chance our free throw attempts range from anemic on the road to considerably out-tallied at home? Who is gonna pick up the 10+ rebound Bosh provides nightly? Rasho, with comme-ci comme-ca playing time...considering he can only grab anything within arms-length...we'll give that a 'meh'. Garbo? Well considering he's only near the basket on one side of the floor...try again? Bench help, like under-lengthed Humphries? Did anyone else see Magloire abuse him around the bakset retrieving misses...I mean, in the clumsiest possible way, of course (it was a battle of Clumsy v. Clumsier...and to see poor Jamal in the post was to see a shook player have his mind force his body to do things they just weren't meant to do....). I guess the youngsters get a reprieve for being young...as much as I enjoyed Joey's mashing of Alonzo, it would be nice to see him get a couple of misses when he's on the court and Bargani? Aren't you just glad there's tanglible progress...I mean, he sorta scores now. Sometimes. Just be happy with that.
We haven't mentioned anything about an alternate post scorer yet...but hey, with all those out of turn perimeter shots hoisted up by everyone else...who's to say they'd even get the ball...
2. Transition Game, Half-Court Sets...they all come down to a high pick and pop anyways: I wish someone out there with a...ahem...real public forum on this would just acknowledge the obvious: since the Lig has kept meanigful scores, we have not run at all this season. I mean post-preseason, we have not engaged in anything remotely resembling a running style...and Sam has the gaul to recently announce that the up-tempo style will be phased out. When was it phased in?
Colangelo has clearly assembled a roster made for transition: from our nimble, non-bulky (but not skinny no mo') star post, to our lightning quick starting point, even our Euro's and overseas pick-ups have skill sets that would be best suited to a running game. And really, that is the whole point of transition offense...to get down the court before the opposing team can set their defense and find an open look. Sometimes within 20 feet even.
We've been playing Sam's one-set halfcourt set all year, which not only makes us a tremendously boring team to watch but also one destined for failure. The only player who has even remotely played consistently in this, uh, 'style', (other than our All-Star) is Calderon...but thats' because he's now gotten the green light to fire away on that 20 footer off the pick and pop. But how does that help Freddie Jones? Or Joey Graham? Or how does that not lead to an off-balance 21 footer by MoPete when he's being showcased for other teams? And why does TJ always look like he doesn't know where anyone is when he penetrates...is it possible for him to make a pass that's not a kick-out to a stationary perimeter shooter? To say we have problems on the offensive end is like saying Dope Boys like big, ostentatious jewelry.
3. We have a rough schedule coming up...and if we don't win soon, you can kiss the play-offs good bye: DUH! What's wrong with our media! Stop reporting this as legitimate news. Everyone knows we have a tough schedule before January...lots of West Coast swings, etc. And yes, coming out of a third of the season playing .300 ball will tend not to get you in the play-offs, Atlantic division comedy aside. Can we get on to some serious commentary? My mans put money on the Raptors on an over/under season-win bet (yeeeeeessss Justin...I know, I know, they looked good in the preseason...)...is their any indication he'll not lose duckets? Anything?
I was flipping channels the other day and it landed on the cheapest production on a sports-related TV show-ever mess that Sportsnet actually has the gaul to broadcast. Yeah...you know...when they televise that Fan 590 Radio show. So before my eyes and ears started to outright bleed, I managed to suffer through a segment with an 'esteemed' Dot basketball journalist. I hate to put it on this dude, but why is he talking about dropping Sam (gooood)...to bring in a European coach...like with this year's World Championship outcome and all, we can outsource our coaching problems to foreign talent. It worked for our roster (guuh?).
When will people learn. The NBA is a unique game to all other basketball...and no-one...I mean, nobody that does not have an inside knowledge of this game will ever prove useful as a headcoach to anyone in the Lig. Ever. Unless his assistant coaches began coaching in this stead outright (and then what is he...a puppet head coach?). Yeah, I know it looked all lovely when the U.S. lost to a far less talented team that, clearly, outplayed them in the summer...but try playing that game with NBA rules. Even Coach K wouldn't have messed that up....Greece wouldn't have come within 20.
So our team sucks...and so do our broadcasters and press. how long will it take before long segments (that may actually be useful at first) about this year's stellar draft start popping up on game broadcasts and on Raptors TV, in general. Fire it up...losers.
And our own scrubs, what have become of them. Dropping back to back joints in what could be arguably their two worst performances of the season, the Raptors have the appearance of a real live D-Leauge team without Bosh. It's funny, because the drop off of another equally bad team (if not worse...I mean come on Blazer fans...) without their 'superstar' post was not nearly dramatic as the Bosh-less Dotters. And we come to the same problems which will identified in an enumerated style:
1. Our Interior Presence is One Away From Being Null: You think it's an accident we get pounded on the boards by a workmanlike Portland team and a Shaq-less Heat? You think it's by chance our free throw attempts range from anemic on the road to considerably out-tallied at home? Who is gonna pick up the 10+ rebound Bosh provides nightly? Rasho, with comme-ci comme-ca playing time...considering he can only grab anything within arms-length...we'll give that a 'meh'. Garbo? Well considering he's only near the basket on one side of the floor...try again? Bench help, like under-lengthed Humphries? Did anyone else see Magloire abuse him around the bakset retrieving misses...I mean, in the clumsiest possible way, of course (it was a battle of Clumsy v. Clumsier...and to see poor Jamal in the post was to see a shook player have his mind force his body to do things they just weren't meant to do....). I guess the youngsters get a reprieve for being young...as much as I enjoyed Joey's mashing of Alonzo, it would be nice to see him get a couple of misses when he's on the court and Bargani? Aren't you just glad there's tanglible progress...I mean, he sorta scores now. Sometimes. Just be happy with that.
We haven't mentioned anything about an alternate post scorer yet...but hey, with all those out of turn perimeter shots hoisted up by everyone else...who's to say they'd even get the ball...
2. Transition Game, Half-Court Sets...they all come down to a high pick and pop anyways: I wish someone out there with a...ahem...real public forum on this would just acknowledge the obvious: since the Lig has kept meanigful scores, we have not run at all this season. I mean post-preseason, we have not engaged in anything remotely resembling a running style...and Sam has the gaul to recently announce that the up-tempo style will be phased out. When was it phased in?
Colangelo has clearly assembled a roster made for transition: from our nimble, non-bulky (but not skinny no mo') star post, to our lightning quick starting point, even our Euro's and overseas pick-ups have skill sets that would be best suited to a running game. And really, that is the whole point of transition offense...to get down the court before the opposing team can set their defense and find an open look. Sometimes within 20 feet even.
We've been playing Sam's one-set halfcourt set all year, which not only makes us a tremendously boring team to watch but also one destined for failure. The only player who has even remotely played consistently in this, uh, 'style', (other than our All-Star) is Calderon...but thats' because he's now gotten the green light to fire away on that 20 footer off the pick and pop. But how does that help Freddie Jones? Or Joey Graham? Or how does that not lead to an off-balance 21 footer by MoPete when he's being showcased for other teams? And why does TJ always look like he doesn't know where anyone is when he penetrates...is it possible for him to make a pass that's not a kick-out to a stationary perimeter shooter? To say we have problems on the offensive end is like saying Dope Boys like big, ostentatious jewelry.
3. We have a rough schedule coming up...and if we don't win soon, you can kiss the play-offs good bye: DUH! What's wrong with our media! Stop reporting this as legitimate news. Everyone knows we have a tough schedule before January...lots of West Coast swings, etc. And yes, coming out of a third of the season playing .300 ball will tend not to get you in the play-offs, Atlantic division comedy aside. Can we get on to some serious commentary? My mans put money on the Raptors on an over/under season-win bet (yeeeeeessss Justin...I know, I know, they looked good in the preseason...)...is their any indication he'll not lose duckets? Anything?
I was flipping channels the other day and it landed on the cheapest production on a sports-related TV show-ever mess that Sportsnet actually has the gaul to broadcast. Yeah...you know...when they televise that Fan 590 Radio show. So before my eyes and ears started to outright bleed, I managed to suffer through a segment with an 'esteemed' Dot basketball journalist. I hate to put it on this dude, but why is he talking about dropping Sam (gooood)...to bring in a European coach...like with this year's World Championship outcome and all, we can outsource our coaching problems to foreign talent. It worked for our roster (guuh?).
When will people learn. The NBA is a unique game to all other basketball...and no-one...I mean, nobody that does not have an inside knowledge of this game will ever prove useful as a headcoach to anyone in the Lig. Ever. Unless his assistant coaches began coaching in this stead outright (and then what is he...a puppet head coach?). Yeah, I know it looked all lovely when the U.S. lost to a far less talented team that, clearly, outplayed them in the summer...but try playing that game with NBA rules. Even Coach K wouldn't have messed that up....Greece wouldn't have come within 20.
So our team sucks...and so do our broadcasters and press. how long will it take before long segments (that may actually be useful at first) about this year's stellar draft start popping up on game broadcasts and on Raptors TV, in general. Fire it up...losers.
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