Raptors Rapid Recap: Phoenix 113 - Toronto 94
by RaptorsHQ - Howland on Nov 29, 2009 5:13 PM EST
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- Easily the low point of the season thus far as each game seems to leave this team with more questions than answers. Losing to Phoenix is not surprising but its how the Raps lost that is concerning. Once again their opponent shot over 50% and the Raps just can't stop anyone....well except maybe themselves.
- What is so disheartening about this loss is that the Raps outperformed the Suns in some key statistical categories including offensive rebounds, turnovers, steals and blocks. Of course none of this matters when you are shooting less than 40% from the field and a putrid 1-20 from beyond the arc.
- I feel pretty bad for CB4 today. Once again Bosh was unbelievable with 30 points and 17 rebounds. He has taken his offensive game to another level. Not a defensive stopper by any stretch but he is becoming elite on the offensive end. He did get some help from his front-court mate as Bargs had 24 but the rest of the roster really played poorly. Jose Calderon in particular had an off game and was outplayed badly by Nash.
- Call me crazy but Hedo just looks a step slow as compared to last season. If he is beat-up and needs rest then I think it is time to give it to him. The team has 5 years and 50 million tied up into this guy and if he needs a few games or even a couple of weeks off to rest to get back to 100% you have to at least consider it. Right now he is far from being a big time player.
- Where do you turn now if you are the Raps? At this point you have to pick one area to improve on and then move to the next. The coaching staff has their work cut out for them and if things don't turn around soon this ship is going to sink quickly. Toronto is 3-7 in their last ten and need to find something that works before they fall even further down the Eastern Conference standings.
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Preseason talk
I guess all the talk that it will take until December for this team to jell is now the end of December? almost half the season!
Somebody spiked my Kool-Aid!
I think it was Steve Nash.
The Raps had a hard schedule to begin, and are not playing their best. I expected them to be 8-10. They are 7-11.
They play 30 games in December and January. I have them down for 17 wins in those. That will make them 24 and 24. Probably not where we would like them to be.
Let’s just enjoy the ride, peeps. This is what sports are all about.
I’d agree PConn but the one worry I have is that the team doesn’t respond defensively regardless of schedule. I’ll talk more about it in the morning, but it was a pretty somber locker room…
by RaptorsHQ - Franchise on Nov 29, 2009 7:15 PM EST up reply actions
Disappointment
Held onto my optimism for quite a while but it’s starting to fade a bit now. Still hoping they can make the playoffs, but this team is not as good as I’d hoped. We knew D would be a hug problem but they are starting to look bad on both ends.
Calderon has been terrible; Turk is a major disappointment; and Bargs is still inconsistent and horrible on help D. Wright should never touch the ball on offense unless he gets an offensive board, and DeRozan will take at least a season to reach form.
To make matters worse, the coach seems clueless as to what lineups might actually get wins. Jack is finding his game now; maybe it’s time to start him, with Belz at the 2. And regardless of the points Bargs scores, I want more Amir, less Bargs. Every time Amir’s on the floor good things happen. His energy, D and rebounding are what we need most at this point. But for whatever reason Triano keeps going with the JJ & JC show.
During Turk's "glory days"
in Orlando he had his hands on the ball a lot and set up plays. He played like a 6’10" point guard. The only way he will blossom in Toronto is be be used that way. He is an average player without the ball.
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