<font size=""4"">Rookies doing team proud</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">But there is one knock still against the big kid, at least for those looking for reasons to worry, which is in the average sports writer's make up: Bargnani doesn't demonstrate much emotion on the court. Sometimes, it looks that he doesn't really care. But Colangelo will have none of that. Colangelo went so far yesterday to ask one reporter to get off the big kid's back. </div> <font size=""4"">Raps shut down Arenas, Wizards</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Calderon wasn't expected to start with T.J. Ford coming back from an ankle injury after a four-game absence. Ford though, seeing the way the team was playing with Calderon starting at the point, told coach Sam Mitchell before the game that he was ready to go but he still felt Calderon should start.</div> <font size=""4"">No invite for Calderon</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"I'm about as disappointed as I think Jose is," Mitchell said, looking anything but disappointed. "You talk to people around the NBA and they all think the world of Jose as a person and as a player."</div> <font size=""4"">Love, respect and wins</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"It's like a family here and it doesn't matter who starts and who doesn't start, we have to win," said Calderon, who had a career-best 24 points and if he didn't out-play Washington's Gilbert Arenas he at least held him to a draw. "We did and everybody's happy today, nobody's talking about who's playing and who's not. We win, and everybody's happy. That's our thing. "I tell you all the time, we need the 14 guys here to win games. We never know when it's our turn to play good or play bad, everybody in this room is important to win games."</div> <font size=""4"">Raps shut down sluggish Arenas</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The argument here has always been that Ford is the better option to play the bulk of the minutes because this is a team building for a future and Ford ? not Calderon ? is the point guard of the future.</div> <font size=""4"">Garbajosa added to rookie team</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"It's a great honour," the 29-year-old Raptor said yesterday after being named to the nine-man rookie team along with teammate Andrea Bargnani. "The game? Whatever it is, is fine."</div> <font size=""4"">Toronto works its magic</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Has he ever been that hot? "You know, it's the first time, and there's a first time for everything," said Bosh, who finished with 34 points on 15-of-19 shooting to go with eight rebounds. "I'm kind of addicted to that feeling now, so I hope every game goes like that somehow."</div> <font size=""4"">Raptors' rookies heading to Vegas</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"Andrea will surprise you, man," said Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell. "If it's about running up and down and getting up some shots, Big Rook will get up some shots, I promise you that much."</div> <font size=""4"">Too Much Bosh for Wizards</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"Truthfully, I didn't know who put it up. I just heard the crowd go, 'Yeah!' When I looked back up [at the scoreboard], we were down 17. I was like . . . that went in? That counts?" said Arenas, who led the Wizards with 27 points. "When you're feeling it, shots like that, from full court, they go in. It was his night."</div> <font size=""4"">Wizards miss Jamison</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"Without Antawn on the floor we don't have the same spacing," said Haywood, who finished with eight points. "We've got to find out what works and what doesn't work. You saw it tonight. Teams are going to load up on Gilbert and throw everything but the kitchen sink at him. I know I would if I was a coach." </div>
Anyone else suprized that Feschuk has been so positive for this whole season? I mean we're talking 3 positive articles in the span of a week. I amost expect to see him courtside with a foam finger ...
