As if anyone needed a reminder on how pathetic the Raptors were in making stops, Wednesday’s roll call of the NBA’s shut-down defenders reinforced Toronto’s sad state. Not a single player on the Raptors received a single vote in balloting confined to the league’s head coaches. This isn’t some media-driven popularity contest where agendas rule. This is as transparent a process as you can get given the inherent problems, but it all speaks to how much work lies ahead this off-season. For the second straight year, no Raptor player, regardless of position or pedigree, got even a sniff. One has to go back three years to find the last time a Raptor received even one vote, a dishonor that falls on the lap of Chris Bosh. Since the Raptors were hatched in 1995, no player has ever appeared on the league’s first or second all-defensive teams. http://www.torontosun.com/sports/basketball/2010/05/05/13840651.html
