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by RaptorsHQ - Defensive Stance on Feb 23, 2010 12:40 PM EST in Daily Links

Hedo Turkoglu is fearless, but should not be considered clutch.

If you were to guess based on the headline alone, I would have wagered that this article was about Turkoglu.

Turner Broadcasting System Inc.’s David Levy is planning to meet with NBA officials to talk about potential changes to All-Star Saturday’s dunk contest, which has faced media and viewer complaints in recent years for lacking star power and excitement (read: it sucked).

Empty the Bench takes a look at the NBA's Eastern Conference Playoff Race.

Houston is a pretty compelling destination for Chris Bosh.

Bosh, Turkoglu and Andrea Bargnani land just outside Dime Magazine's Top 10 Frontcourts.

Rasho Nesterovic deserves credit for erasing Oliver Miller's name from the team record book.

Former Raptor employee Jama Mahlalela takes hoops global.

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Bosh in Houston

I wouldn’t expect Bosh and Yao to work any better together than Stoudamire and Shaq did in Phoenix. If the idea is for Bosh to be the decoy so that Yao can work against single coverage then how much is Chris going to enjoy that. If Bosh receives the ball and drives, only to run into Yao already standing in the paint, then how well does that work. Alternatively, Chris could take the role that Andrea has in Toronto’s offence(ie post up once in a while, but otherwise catch and shoot or receive the ball to drive as a last resort).

Defensively, things would be fine and overall it could probably work out, but I don’t think it would be the slam dunk success that this article portrays. Although, CB would get his marquee role back as soon as Yao went down with his next injury.

by DW19 on Feb 23, 2010 2:48 PM EST reply actions

Well, both Bosh and Yao can shoot/space a bit better than Stoudamire and Shaq.

That being said, I’m not exactly sure how they could get Bosh without giving us their better players. They’ve already made big investments in Yao/Martin and have Ariza/Jeffries/Battier at 6-7 each. Not sure there is enough ball for a big 3 either.

I could plausibly see Yao coming to Toronto, which is probably not good, but might not be awful if Bargnani could manage at PF.

by bigweeze on Feb 24, 2010 12:44 AM EST reply actions