We ain't gonna be winning the division until we can bring a steady road game to our east coast friends.
Okay people. Let's hope the Raptors finish strong. We have to beat the bobcats tomorrow and pray they will pull a miracle against the Suns. Looking forward to Feb, the Raptors have a lot of home game. They have to take care of business. The tough part is that our home games are against good teams. This is it, if they finish Feb with a monthly record of 4 games above .500, they will look forward to the playoffs, anything below .500 means it's over. trade deadline is not too far away, i don't know if they will pull a good one
Couldnt have said it better. It starts tomorrow night... if we cant beat Charlotte on the road, especially with Dallas, Washington, and Phoenix coming to town - we dont belong in the playoffs. I'm encouraged by what I've been seeing though. The team is only one strong post player from being a legit team in the East.
Guys Charlotte's home record is 7-17 and our road record is 3-19 this means Charlotte's more dominant at home than we are on the road. The numbers are not in our favorites. Not looking good guys, not good at all.
This last week has had all the signs that the Raptors are ready to go on another 10 game losing streak and lose any chance at the playoffs. The effort hasnt been there, the shots werent falling, and Rafer has gone balistic. They wont win any of their next three games, and its anyone's guess after that. In a way it might be for the best. For Vince's trade to matter the draft picks we get need to mean something. Plus this team can be good, but only against inferior opposition. Even if everything went right they would be a .500 team and no more. So we need to trade Donyell, get some help in the middle, and pray that the opened cap space will give the Raps a chance to sign a big man who would want to play alongside Bosh. Its time to realize that Araujo will never be a starting center in the league, and that until we have a solid front line it doesnt matter how many guys on the team can shoot the 3.
The one thing I hate is, they always miss the playoffs but they are never the worst team in the league. This is bad because you don't get a good draft pick unless you are the bottem 3 teams in the league. If they are going to miss the playoffs, might as well lose them all. Be like NO, at least they have a shot at a first pick. I am glad we got Bosh, but seriously, wouldn't you rather have Lebron James? We got robbed that year with the 4th pick. Even second pick would have given us Anthony.
That's another HELLL YEAH for beating the Wizards. They had our number all season long, it's about time. so now we are down to 19 more HELL YEAHs before we can say playoffs. I figre a 39-45 record is good enough for playoffs in the East Atlantic
The Raptors could lose the rest of their games this year... I'm satisfied. They completely shut Vince down. As soon as he tried to drive, they knew a little contact would faze him!!!!! The defensive effort and the effort on the boards were also huge... what a great day to be a Raptors fan (finally!)
big win for the raps im tellin you jalen rose is the key after vc left he is taking command . chris bosh is an intergral part ansdwhere is mo pete. all they needs is a big centre and another point guard trade alvin to injury proned.
Great stretch since the break... too bad we're playing three unwinnable games on the road in the next week...
Well, looks like the Raptors screwed a golden opprotunity on the trade market. http://www.tsn.ca/nba/news_story.asp?id=118474
The only foundation for this rumour is the fact that Jaamal is from T. Great player though and I wish he was part of the Raps
I'm not sure what to believe. What I will say though is that I will believe any article pointing to incompetence with Rob Babcock... he always has an excuse, and meanwhile 29 other GM's can make trades while he sits and does nothing.
what a year of turmoil and missed chances this could be the worst year as far as a soap opera is concerned. i still think their are in a rebuilding process and the draft will be the important factor.
yup, Raptors are done. Currently losing to Chicago in the 4th with 6 minutes to go by 9. They could come back, but havnt had a lead in the game. Babcock is a ******, he basically gave Carter away for free, what did we get out of him? A. Williams, barely any playing time, no use, just there to foul. E. Williams, barely plays, suppsobly got him to get a better defense, A. Mourning, didnt wear the raps jersey, back-up for Shaq in Miami. picks, what are we going to do with the picks, especially with our scouting staff, c'mun, we scouted Aruojo, lol
Oh come on, you knew this season was straight to ******** after 20 games played. Or should I say when we traded away Vince Carter for nothing in return. Our biggest problem is in the paint. We have no muscle in the paint. This up coming draft pick is weak. We have a lot of picks but they are like 8th, 9th, 10th. They have some serious work to do in the off-season. Rafer Alston is not a pure point gaurd. We need a point gaurd that can organize the offense, not just trying to score points. Can someone please tell me why did we decide to keep Marshall? He is just going to leave the team in the off-season. We could have at least got some draft pick for him and dumped some salaries. Can someone please tell me why are they still trying to win games? 2 months ago we should have traded Marshall away and lose games on purpose to get better draft picks. I mean, we weren't going to make the playoffs to start with, we should think of our next season. Poor us, poor raptor fans. I guess it's all up to the Jays now. Let's hope hockey strike is over before october hits. tsk tsk tsk
now, as stupid as Babcock, I don't believe he would have passed on this opportunity. I don't believe the sources. For sure it wasn't that easy to get JM.