-The Raps are still winless as they go to the Garden to take on the Celts. - Another late night exam prohibited me from making the preview. - Bonner will be starting tonight as he did Wednesday night. - Ricky Davis better be contained. - And if we come out like we did Tues./Wed., this may get ugly. Enjoy it!
I think this will be the game the Raptors finnally get their first win of the year but I guess well have to wait and see.
Interesting start to the game .. we're playing alright … boston is playing horrible. Great start to the game for Charlie. The guy can score so many different ways and he's amazing on the offensive glass… reminds me of having JYD out there the way he never gives up on the play (not quite as goofy and more composed though) Our defense still sucks… the guy in the corner spotting up for the 3 is always open… Sam Mitchell needs to learn how to coach …
this better be a win but overall--i am impressed with the raps performance Charlie and bosh are impressing so far Charlie: 18 points/1 block/3 steals/5 rebounds Bosh 15 points..12 rebounds bonner started and so far--is struggling
I don't know why Mitchell went with Rose in the last meaningful possession instead of Bosh. Rose had scored only 2 points in the second half and had been shooting terribly for almost the whole game, Bosh, meanwhile, was pretty hot and had Mark Blount guarding him. Bosh could have easily drove to the hoop. Once again, the Raps falter in the fourth. It's good that they stayed in the game every quarter, but the finishes have to be better.
i noticed that mitchell reacts to public criticisms made by his players: mo. pete demands to be played or traded, the next day he's in the starting lineup; j.rose complains about minutes and in the next game he gets what he wants.
Rose always ends up wrecking it for us, I like the guy even though he play's no bad e-fence cause there's no D. But he's gotta realize he's old and he should let the young guys do there thang when there hot.
Wow, this is terrible. The rebounding on the team is just horrific. It's nice that Bosh is averaging 11 RPG and all, but it's also not a good thing because he's currently not that good a rebounder, and it just shows how crappy the team is on the glass. Right now our second leading rebounder is Charlie with 5.9 RPG, 5.9, and we're averaging 37.4 RPG, wow.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting PlaTsanity:</div><div class="quote_post">whyyy is bonner starting? why not charlie?</div> you can't just start the rookies all of a sudden, that will make teams figure him out early and toronto will be even worse Toronto needs to rebound better, especially try to stay away from letting up offensive rebounds. Blount apparently won the game for celtics, he made 2 crucial shots Toronto is too inexperienced in too many areas, that's why they are last...
Why is Bonner starting? I still dont understand that..we need rebounding and defence yet Mitchell decides to start Bonner over Williams, Woods or Araujo? Fire Mitchell. His rotations and starting lineups are so erradic and it makes no sense. His offensive sets are bs and whatever defence he's preaching to his guys is clearly not getting through. But I dont see why you guys are getting all pissed off for them being winless. Babcock predicted it and so did a bunch of media outlets. Is it this much of a surprise? A win should come as a bonus.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting hohoyoyoyo:</div><div class="quote_post">you can't just start the rookies all of a sudden, that will make teams figure him out early and toronto will be even worse</div> And teams haven't figured out Bonner yet? He's way to one-dimensional to be anything but a good bench player. If Mitchell is going to stay true his promise of playing those who earned time, Villanueva should at least be given a chance to start now.
