Lunchbox Links

by Adam Francis on Sep 3, 2009 12:52 PM EDT

We kick off today's lunchbox links with some former Raptor love. Roko Ukic was named MVP of the Efes Pilsen World Cup after leading Croatia to the tournament title. It's going to be interesting to see how the former Raptor does in Milwaukee this season with the point guard situation so wide open for that club.

Also on a former Raptor-related and now former Buck note, check out this promo featuring Charlie Villanueva and the "Dominican Dream Team."

Chris Bosh had an online tweet-chat at NBA.com earlier today and many of the questions had to do with his future in Toronto. Wearingfilm.com takes a look at just that and in the process, dissects what they feel are some common misconceptions about CB4.

Backing up Bosh this year? None other than Mr. Evans, Mr. Nesterovic and Mr. Johnson.

Oh...and perhaps Mr. O'Bryant...

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In regards to the defense of Bosh. I agree with your though process in that you cannot compare him to Kobe or Lebron as they are wing players. Much like they will probably never average 20 and 10 a season, Bosh will never be expected to create like they can.

My issue with Bosh is that he does not add anything exceptional to warrant a Max contract that it will take to sign him. He averages only 1 block, 2 assists and .8 steals per game which individually wouldn’t be a problem but they are virtually on the Curry line. If he did boast his scoring to say 25/game or rebounding to 12.5 per game I could live with the deficiencies in the other areas but until he does I do not believe he is a max contract player. In fact, I think the Raptors might be better off trading him to NY for David Lee as Lee plays more like a traditional PF/C and therefore would be a good fit with Bargnani or at least a better fit.

by McGateway on Sep 3, 2009 1:24 PM EDT reply actions