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by RaptorsHQ - Defensive Stance on Jan 12, 2010 1:15 PM EST in Daily Links

The Indiana Pacers used defence and small ball to rally from 23 points down to beat the Raptors at Conseco Fieldhouse. Fatigue, lack of focus and lack of a killer instinct may have something to do with last night's implosion.

Should Toronto pursue trading Chris Bosh? If the Raptors were to trade Bosh to a contender in February, a team with which he might want to stay, it could dramatically alter the 2010 NBA free agent landscape.

According to the "Pythagorean expectation", the Raptors have been the third-luckiest team in the NBA, by virtue of winning 2.5 more games than they should have according to their numbers.

Check out how the Raptors stack up against the rest of the league in power rankings from SI.com and ESPN.

Lots of Raptor-related questions and answers in Chris Sheridan's latest chat.

NBA Playbook takes a look at Rajon Rondo's triple double from Sunday afternoon.

Ten Wheaties boxes you will never see.

Former Raptor Vince Carter may (pause for laughter) move into a sixth-man role.

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Action: The Rapters get blown out of the barn multiple times in the first month of the season.

Result: According to the “Pythagorean expectation”, they are either lucky or clutch.

I've been looking at the sky

by Back In Black on Jan 12, 2010 4:22 PM EST reply actions

lol vince

by Frag on Jan 12, 2010 4:22 PM EST reply actions

Trading Bosh

I don’t comment alot, and I’m sure its been discussed ad nauseum, but doesn’t Bosh have to be traded? What’s the absolute best case scenario for this team? Sneak in as the 6th or 7th seed and go one-and-done in the playoffs? This isn’t a very good team for some reason and by not trading Bosh and going for a “playoff run”, the Raptors will get nothing for him when he walks this offseason.

I was nervously excited about the 2009 offseason but its obvious BC’s moves were not enough to take this team to the next level, so l say move on.

Celebrating 2 years of Arrowhead Priding Jan 7, 2010

by craig in calgary on Jan 12, 2010 4:30 PM EST reply actions

You don’t know he’s gonna walk for nothing. Alot of people have a feeling that if he does decide to leave, itll be via sign and trade. And why wouldn’t he help the only team he’s ever played for if he’s gonna leave anyway. Trading him is a bad idea right now. If we’ve learned anything from the past few games, its that Bargnani and Bosh are pretty damn good and this team would be no-where without them. I dunno about you, but if keeping bosh means i get to see some playoff action instead of another around 30 win season, im hoping BC lets all 29 teams know Bosh isn’t going anywhere for now.

by HDave on Jan 12, 2010 8:17 PM EST up reply actions

it’ll take another year or two, and probably a better small forward, for this team to reach its potential. trading their only all star at this point would be an impatient waste, and the result would be a very bad team.

by benjibopper on Jan 12, 2010 8:46 PM EST up reply actions

hedo

i think either hedo or calderon needs to leave the team because both cant be effective without the ball hedo needs the ball in his hands to be effective and i feel he is a good player he just doesnt get the ball to much so he doesnt get into a rthym so if we trade calderon for a defensive player this will help give us some defense and hedo will get the ball more and be effective i think its less likley some1 would want hedo over calderon so calderon needs to go

by raptors_run_the_show on Jan 12, 2010 8:56 PM EST reply actions