http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writ...gelo/index.html<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Colangelo brought in nine new players, including foreign stars Jorge Garbajosa (Spain) and Anthony Parker (Israel) and playmaking point guard T.J. Ford. He sought out skill players capable of playing multiple positions, which is the primary reason Toronto made forward Andrea Bargnani the top pick in the 2006 NBA draft."All the moves that were made were designed to put a team together," said Colangelo, who was also given $1 million to renovate the Toronto locker room. "The NBA is a star-based league, but we feel like we brought in a nice blend of talent. High character talent.""When Bryan and I started talking about players [this summer]we talked about what a player's objective would be coming to this team," said Mitchell. "We asked if a player was going to be about the team or was he going to be about him. Guys with bad attitudes can kill your team. Bryan brought in a great group of guys; there is not one player on our team I wouldn't enjoy going to dinner with."</div> Interesting read on how Colangelo is turning things around...I've been critical of Colengelo, but it seems like is in fact the real deal.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (playaofthegame @ Jan 31 2007, 12:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>A good job by Colangelo but definitely not contenders...</div> Obviously, he didnt mean deep playoff contenders, but meant contenders in that the Raptors are actually fighting to win their division and get a playoff spot, which in itself is a a very good accomplishment in that at this point in the season last year, I believe we were under 15 wins. So it helps players and their confidence to know the impact they have done this year.
