stink that much with Defensive Stance and his little bro at the game. Shame, shame.

Strange…new players, new(ish) coach, similar trend to mediocrity at best, as has been the case the last few years. The reason - the team does not have a star player that automatically deserves to have the offense run through him. This has been the case since the Vince departure and yet instead of adopting a non-star system approach to game play, they anointed Chris Bosh the star/focal point. What happens subsequently is that players look to feed the star instead of playing as equals within the team concept, subconsciously they rely on the one player to elevate the team’s situation. Good examples of non-star system success stories include the Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls from a few years ago. To some extent even the Boston Celtics can be viewed as a non-star system team. On non-star system teams, each core player is relied upon equally to some extent. There is equal value placed on what that player is best suited to bring to the team (i.e. the ability to rebound or defend is held in similar esteem to the ability to score-see Ben Wallace, Pistons).

In this scenario a few things are accomplished — no one feels pressure to always deliver because he is “the star” and when he is not in the best position to contribute something positive to the situation in a primary role, he can very easily assume a support role that allows a teammate who might be in a better position to achieve success in the play. Sometimes, when you misappropriate star status to a player, you get what we’re getting from the raps of late.

I suppose it’s for marketing purposes or a consequence of the notion that in order to be successful in the league you NEED a star that so many teams look to find someone to be the “face of the franchise” when in all honesty the franchise would be better served on the court being faceless.

The game is about momentum, and this team seems to have a hard time finding any in a game let alone a season. It gets to the point where I watch the games but don’t expect much, hence my being pleasantly surprised when they play well.

Strange…new players, new(ish) coach, similar trend to mediocrity at best, as has been the case the last few years. The reason is the team does not have a star player that automatically deserves to have the offense run through him. This has been the case since the Vince departure and yet instead of adopting a non-star system approach to game play, they anointed Chris Bosh the star/focal point. What happens subsequently is that players look to feed the star instead of playing as equals within the team concept, subconsciously they rely on the one player to elevate the team’s situation. Good examples of non-star system success stories include the Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls from a few years ago. To some extent even the Boston Celtics can be viewed as a non-star system team. On non-star system teams, each core player is relied upon equally to some extent. There is equal value placed on what that player is best suited to bring to the team (i.e. the ability to rebound or defend is held in similar esteem to the ability to score-see Ben Wallace, Pistons).

In this scenario a few things are accomplished — no one feels pressure to always deliver because he is "the star" and when he is not in the best position to contribute something positive to the situation in a primary role, he can very easily assume a support role that allows a teammate who might be in a better position to achieve success in the play. Sometimes, when you misappropriate star status to a player, you get what we’re getting from the raps of late.

I suppose it’s for marketing purposes or a consequence of the notion that in order to be successful in the league you NEED a star that so many teams look to find someone to be the "face of the franchise" when in all honesty the franchise would be better served on the court being faceless.

The game is about momentum, and this team seems to have a hard time finding any in a game let alone a season. It gets to the point where I watch the games but don’t expect much, hence my being pleasantly surprised when they play well.

Am i the only one pissed for that stupid smirk he was flashing after a turnover and 2 straight bricks. Please tell me other people were ticked too..

although to be fair after the game was over he was seen holding his head in disappointment. The optimist in me thinks that it was just a smile of disbelief, the realist wants to cuss out Triano for giving him so many shots down the stretch.

Hate to be a broken record. But…

Score 106 – 102

Averages: Opponent 107 Raptors 104 (approx.)

This is not about one player missing some shots. Triano goes out there after the game talking about missing buckets instead of talking about the worst defense in the NBA. It’s incompetent.

Every game where they’ve held the opponent under 100 pts they’ve won.