Fiction. No one will take on his contract this year. Perhaps next year. F/F: Rafael Araujo will average at least 5 PPG or 5 RPG.
Fiction: I think Araujo will make much more of an improvement. I have hope for this guy (not a lot of hope though, hehe). He may surprise some heads and people that doubt him. F/F: When Jalen's contract expires, the Raps will give him a decent offer and this time maybe a little less cash so that they could keep a veteran leader on the team to mentor the next generation Raptors.
FICTION!! Are you nuts? I know your favourite player is Rose and all, but a "veteran leader"? I'd much rather pay Eric Williams the same amount of money to fill that mentor role.
But Rose is actually worth keeping and a legit scorer. I think any playoff contending team would love to have him in the roster. The Raps just need to pay him less and hopefully they'll come to terms with something. Btw, you forgot to add a new F/F...COME ON!!! hehe
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting MAKEOUTCITY:</div><div class="quote_post">But Rose is actually worth keeping and a legit scorer. I think any playoff contending team would love to have him in the roster. The Raps just need to pay him less and hopefully they'll come to terms with something. Btw, you forgot to add a new F/F...COME ON!!! hehe</div> The only way I see Babcock keeping Rose on the roster is if he learns to take a backseat to the youngsters and not demand shotgun. I see him somewhere else though,, as he probably wants a ring before his career is over.
Ugh!!! Yes, I agree. I hope Rose can do something here in the future for the Raps. I mean, he is still a great contributor and wisdom would come in handy. F/F: (since you forgot twice) Raps/Nets become new rival teams since Raps/Knicks...in a Raps point of view anyways and the Raps will beat the Nets in their first game.
Ouch.. That's a hard one. We play the Nets on Nov.4 at ACC and that is the second game of the season,, so barring any freak injuries to either Kidd or Carter I don't see the Raps coming out on top. But then it will depend on how Villy and Grambo play alongside Bosh.
I don't think the nets and raptors will have a rivalry maybe the fans will have it in their eyes and maybe most of the raptors organization have a grudge against VC but i doubt the nets care about the raptors. Fact or Fiction Babcock will try to clear some cap by trading jalen & junk for penny & tim thomas' expiring contracts
TRUE! CV31 is our 6th man, at least in the beginning of the season. The way he is playing right now, I don't think it is really that far fetched to think the he could con't the same MPG as well as PPG the he is playing in the pre season. The kid is a stud and he and Bosh have great on court chemistry. I look forward to watching this trend con't. All three Raptor rookie will be named to the All Rookie Team/and or the Rookie All Star Team (Calderon, Graham, Villanueva)
Fact. I think Charlie and Jose have great chances to make the All-Rookie squad this year because of their play but I think Joey doesnt have the same chance because of other SF's in this years draft like Marvin Williams, Danny Granger etc. Fact or Fiction. Jose starts more than 20 games this year?
fact: i see Jose become a starter by/after the all-star break fact of fiction: Raps will get .500 this year
Fact i think it is possible but they would have to work very hard and pull alot of upsets F/F: Rose loses starting spot this year again, but continues to put up numbers similar to last years bench roll that he played?
Fiction; If Rose doesn't get traded this year, I think he will start every with the exception of injuries. Not only is Graham a rookie (the most eligble player to take Rose's spot) but he also plays much much better defence than Rose. With that said, I think it is more important to have your bench players better defence players than offensive players. Starters establish the offense, benchers maintain leads. Besides, we will have enough problems this year without making more problems for ourselves by having Rose complain about havign a reduced role. The Rookies have a lot to learn still. F/F: Mo Pete will be in the running for Most Improved Player this year.
