<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> Sam Mitchell came around to the idea of a European training camp, but truth be told, if the Raptors head coach had his way this rash of pre-season games against European clubs would have the lifespan of a Bryan McCabe popularity contest in Toronto these days.</p> And Mitchell made his feelings known before the visiting Zalgiris Kaunas club from Lithuania gave the Raptors all they could handle in a 105-99 win by the home side.</p> To say Mitchell does not look forward to these games is akin to saying he gets a little annoyed with members of the media from time to time. In his opinion they are counter-productive to everything he's trying to accomplish at this point in the season.</p> And unlike Mitchell's pre-European rant, when he lambasted the trip before he even got on a plane, there's plenty of logic to Mitchell's complaints this time around.</p> In a nutshell, Mitchell's argument is he spends all of training camp preparing his team to face NBA teams and then a European team comes into town and plays a brand of basketball not only foreign to the game they've been training to play, but one they will not see the rest of the season.</div></p> The Toronto Sun</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Master Shake)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> Sam Mitchell came around to the idea of a European training camp, but truth be told, if the Raptors head coach had his way this rash of pre-season games against European clubs would have the lifespan of a Bryan McCabe popularity contest in Toronto these days.</p> And Mitchell made his feelings known before the visiting Zalgiris Kaunas club from Lithuania gave the Raptors all they could handle in a 105-99 win by the home side.</p> To say Mitchell does not look forward to these games is akin to saying he gets a little annoyed with members of the media from time to time. In his opinion they are counter-productive to everything he's trying to accomplish at this point in the season.</p> And unlike Mitchell's pre-European rant, when he lambasted the trip before he even got on a plane, there's plenty of logic to Mitchell's complaints this time around.</p> In a nutshell, Mitchell's argument is he spends all of training camp preparing his team to face NBA teams and then a European team comes into town and plays a brand of basketball not only foreign to the game they've been training to play, but one they will not see the rest of the season.</div></p> The Toronto Sun</p> </div></p> ZIIIINGGGGG!!</p> </p>
