Tip-In: The Little Things

Too bad we messed up in the last couple of minutes. It was big of Bosh to say that he messed up. Well we ccan't win them all. However, we better show up for the Pacers.

I just hate seeing T.J. with the ball in his hands in the last 5 mins of a game. Lets look at all the close games this season and look at what T.J. has done. He consistently over-dribbles and jacks up a shot. He makes bad decisions all the time. Ok so he's better defender than Calderon. But Calderon gets the whole team involved in the offense. He moves the ball and team scores..Last night Calderon played 16 mins and the offense was shit. I'm not saying all the blame goes on T.J. For example, we could have rebounded better and got to the line more. But, our defense wasn't the problem (86 Cavs points); the problem was our offense, and Calderon is the guy that gets the offense going.

Franchise,

Screw the Cavs. Who or what would TO get out of the trade? TO needs to be looking at players like Varejao who I believe will be a FA next year and/or Gerald Wallace if the Bobcats won't pony up for him next year. What's the chance the Raptors could steal David Lee from New York? There's no way they should let him go but with Isiah in charge you never know.

Definately we need Varego or a clone who is aggressive and athletic to go after the ball. His defense on Bosh kept the Cav's from having to double & triple Bosh all the time, and left more to cover the other Rap's. Bosh did not have one assist. Jose only 2 assists. Rap's could not get offense going, or make jump shots. Zero points in the last 3 mins.
Maybe they were just due for an off night on offense after scoring an average 106 points for the last 10 games.Hope they can get it in gear for the Pacers.

Wouldn't Utah,Houston, Denver look good with Rasho and/or Garbo? Wouldn't San Antonio or the Lakers be killer with Anthony Parker?

Wouldn't any of these look great in a Raptors Uniform?

JR Smith - Denver
Kwame Brown - Lakers
Jordan Farmar - Lakers
Chuck Hayes - Houston
Luther Head - Houston
Beno Udrih - San Antonio
Ronnie Brewer - Utah
David West - NO
Devin Brown - NO

I'm just saying...

Tired of people blaming TJ when we lose. Yeah, he over dribbled on one play and missed a layup on the other (could've easily drawn a foul on that one though). But Bosh was stripped twice in a row, couldn't play defence on a $900k player and missed a wide-open jumper that would've sealed it. Oh yeah, and he forgot to box out Varejao who dunked on his head. And what about Bargnani? How many rookie mistakes did he have down the stretch? If all three of our young stars make mistakes that we can chalk up to experience, why do we come down on TJ but let CB4 and Ab off the hook?

The question I was asking myself last night was where were tj's and calderone's jump shots? If they don't shoot those early, there's no way they're getting to the rim late in the game since defenders just play off them.

Also, I guess it's neccessary evil to play humphries and jones to showcase them as potential trades, but they just produced nothing and messed with the momentum the regular second unit usually creates.

All that said, I don't think this was a bad loss. One point? Andrea, bosh and mopete(although he rushed) had good looks and making any one of those probably wins the game for us.

I think if a trade happens, it'll have to be on the big side to really help us. maybe rasho and ford would have to go (painful as it sounds) to get a decent scoring, high assist, utility guy like dunleavy and a rebounder like magloire. Don't overeact, just talking.

The little things...hmmm seems like it is going to be mostly the "little" things for the Raps down the stretch. We should have won that game easily last night. Ustation, I don't think I would take any of those players you chose with the exception of David West. Ok, maybe Luther Head, cuz i loved him in College, but c'mon there are some huge disadvantages going with some of those guys....but i guess we could hum and haw for hourse on who would look good in a Raps uni?? Ok, getting David Lee would be sweet! However I don't think Grunwald and Isiah will do that. I think if we can get Gerald Wallace for Fred Jones and a pick then BC should grab the deal. Other than that let's run the table and see what we get.

I'm out!

Fresh1

Good to see CB4 accept some responsibility for the loss BUT he's a 20 - 10 guy who can't do it all. It looked like his rail thin body was winded in the 4th quarter.

The team gave up 10 offensive rebounds and got beat on the glass as usual. CB4 needs another big time rebounder on the team to help. Garbo and Rasho, are smart solid rebounders but not that athletic and Bargnani is still a rookie. (This is where Anderson Varejo would fit in nicely)

Secondly, Mitchell's play got Mo Pete a clean last second shot but this game wasn't one of Sam's better outings.
The team didn't adjust when Lebron got rolling in the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter both teams only scored 15 points apiece. Yuck. A slashing forward would have come in handy getting to the line during crunch time. (Gerald Wallace anyone?)

Can't wait to see the Raps get revenge on Indiana Friday. Peace.

Fred Jones to Blazers. Juan Dixon to Raptors. Portland got hosed. All praise BC.

just heard the news.....

Fred Jones to Portland
Juan Dixon to us

We save a million in salary.

Good trade. 2 poosition guy and a better shooter. Also he plays defence!!!

I'm out

Fresh 1

called it...

a trailblazer fan on the trade:

"I like the move. Jones is a better defender and probably fits into Portland's up tempo future better than Juan. It will be nice to have the offensive "Show" in Sergio and the defensive "Go" of Jones on the second unit the rest of the season."

http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/2007/02/juan_dixon_out_fred_jones_is.html

say what?

I didn't watch the game yesterday, but reading the recap and comments i am seriously dumbfounded about all that Varejao praising. I got the chance to watch him play in Barcelona for a few years and he was just a mediocre PF (not even a starter or a factor in his team). I will never understand how guys like this can make a living in the NBA while some great talents are wasted (think Djordjevic, Macijauskas, Planinic...) and others go unnoticed and not even make it (Papaloukas, Navarro, Vujcic...).

Lets not forget how this month has been going. A little setback to a decent team. I like Bosh taking ownership because he should of had his guy boxed out at the end. Our next oppon