3 in the Key - Game-Day Preview vs The Knicks

Since there seems to be a general need to rip somebody on the team and it appears that it is Jose’s turn, I think two things : Jose certainly is capable of playing to his past best level and will but he should loose minutes to Banks until he does.
Derozan is looking better each time out. I think he is capable of very good numbers but can he do it without an offense that is focused on developing him to be their “go to guy”?
There needs to some way of spreading the defence once in a while so that Derozen or Weems have more room to drive to the hoop in the set offense. It seems sometimes their own players are in their way

Really, 3 Knicks on Jose and Bargs just taking in the scenery in no man’s land.

What a ass clown, people have been telling him that Jose needs to come off the bench for a long time now. He just kept saying, no Jose is the best option to start.
Now when he hears from people within the organization that Jose isn’t starting anymore, all of a sudden it makes sense and he agrees with it.
Does he ever have a original thought that doesn’t completely agree with what management is shoving down our throats.
Good to see Jay finally wake up though.

Great set up Franchise. regarding reggie, the last couple of games have sweetened me to the idea of starting him. Andrea is sucha a terrible rebounder, it actually forces the hand of Triano a bit… However, you’r absolutely right, Triano has done a good job of focussing Reggie on kicking the ball out and not looking to be an offensive presence.

Speaking of Triano – this interview grew my respect for him about 100%. This is the second time he’s called out Bargnani this season. In this instance, he is asked if Bargnani had improved his help defence at all over the offseason as that was one of his designate areas to really work on in the summer. Trian thinks long and hard, looks back at the reporter that asked the questoins and says “NO”. LOL gotta see it for yourselves. It’s at the 3:30 mark of this link:http://www.nba.com/raptors/video/2010/10/21/RWEB101021TRIANOflv-1444823.flv

And, it’s not just what he says, but how he said it… He looks kinda pissed. Let’s hope for the sake of all things holy, the franchise stops protecting this guy and hold him accountable this year. It’s what’s best fot the franchise and probably what’s best for Bargnani himself…

Ill at the game tonight, I’m happy basketball is coming to my town…pre-season I know but still pretty pumped, better be a good game.

And from what the raptor announcers were saying the game is sold out…that’s a great look for Montreal hopefully they’ll be more NBA games to come in this god damn hockey craze town!!!

Some like to say things like “he’s making too much to come off the bench” I mean, the team is paying between 16 to 18 mill for point guard contracts regardless, so if getting the most out the team means parking 8 M of that on the bench until he recovers from whatever ails him then so be it.

Fans really have to stop worrying about a player’s salary as if it’s some key metric to success. It’s like complaining that you won’t buy a Coke because they spend so much on their delivery trucks, whereas Pepsi only spends half.

Crazy.

The one thing that worries me is Triano’s penchant for stubbornness. He gets it in his mind that things should work a certain way and sticks with it way too long. So, even if Calderon is proving ineffective to the point where trying Banks might be a good idea, it will take a while for that change to come.

Raptors last year with Bosh averaged 104.1 ppg on offense, with Jack/Jose splitting starting and minutes in half.
This preseason sans Bosh are averaging 108.7 ppg with Jack/Jose splitting starting and minutes in half. IT’S ONLY PRESEASON, BUT WHAT’S WRONG WITH THAT ???

THRU 7 GAMES: Playmaking @ the PG position
Jack-162mins-34ast-17to’s Avg 4.9ast, 2.43 turnovers
Jose-151mins-36ast-9to’s Avg 5.1ast, 1.29 turnovers
Banks-33mins-2ast-1to Avg .7ast, .33 turnovers (3gms avg 11mpg)

With the offense being shared by 7 players scoring in double figures over 7 games, who cares if Calderon is only averqaging 4.7 ppg ??? ITS A TEAM GAME !!! THEY WILL SCORE>

The problem that needs improving is cohesion on the defensive side between the guards and the bigs, so that when the initial defense is beaten, which will happen as there are few players who can guard one on one in the NBA, there is help defense, and rotations to stop the layup parades.

This is the most difficult thing to master in defense and will be a work in process all season as they learn to depend on one another.
It will be the responsibility of the coaching staff to demand compliance to their plan and not play players who do not buy into the system.

the 108.7 ppg stats are skewed because of the double overtime – take that out and the ppg is much lower – lets not get too much into preseason stats

Is Jose virtually untradeable at this point? I mean, yes, he could be traded for something worse, or even a long-term contract in return. But obvious stuff aside, he looks untradeable to me. His salary, and his liability as a player on the floor (no offence thus far, and no D), makes me think no GM in their right mind would bite on a legit trade.

Is it me, or does Jose look very disinterested on the floor? His energy levels and body language look like yesterdays breakfast.

I would LOVE to see BANKS get more time.

Well said Johnn19. I’m seeing other guards in the leaque including Jack being beatin by quick cross overs but it’s Calderon that gets pissed on all the time. And no he doesn’t get beat everytime.
If there is a player who can stay in front of Rondo, Stuckey, Nelson, Paul, Wade, Harris , Jennings (on and on) let him step forward and we will name him Jesus.