Sorry for being late with this guys .... just got into the office not too long ago. <font size=""4"">Bosh mayor of Sam's town</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"We came in to play the Raptors (Mitchell was an assistant with Milwaukee) and he had on those two braces and you could see he was beat up," Mitchell recalled. "But he went out there and played 38 minutes and he was playing centre. We were sitting on the bench watching him play and we were beating him but we were impressed. Here's a young kid, one year of college, the season is over and he is competing. That told me right there this kid had a chance to be good. He could have chosen to sit." </div> <font size=""4"">New Kobe just as dangerous</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"He can shoot the fade-away. There is not a shot he won't take or a shot that he feels like he can't make. Having a guy like him with the green light and that confidence is tough. It's going to be more of a team effort with him. One guy is not going to stop him. It's going to be the amount of help we have when he drives past that first guy that determines how much success we are going to have."</div> <font size=""4"">Bosh vs. Kobe: The battle for MVP?</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"I was talking to my family members and I was telling them, it feels really good going into every game knowing you're going to win or feeling you have a very, very good chance of winning. "When I step on the court, it's like, `Okay, I know I'm going to play well, I know we're going to play well.'"</div> <font size=""4"">History isn't on Bosh's side</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Toronto fans may like Chris Bosh for NBA MVP, but Raptors have not fared well in the annual media balloting. A history of Raptor MVP votes (10 points for 1st, seven for 2nd, five for 3rd, three for 4th, one for 5th): 1998-99 Vince Carter T16th (1 point) 1999-00 Vince Carter 10th (51 points) 2000-01 Vince Carter T11th (7 points)</div> <font size=""4"">Calamity James</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Are there storm clouds brewing in Cleveland? Earlier this week, LeBron James openly questioned the team's offensive strategy and even if he pulls back on his comments, his criticism of coach Mike Brown's philosophy will be talked about for a while.</div> <font size=""4"">Broadcasters await bandwagon viewers</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"I do see it as a property that will easily average 150,000 to 200,000 viewers," Cicione said. "I think it will be one of the strongest Canadian television properties there is outside of hockey." Said King, of TSN: "I think if you're doing 300,000 with a nice demographic, which basketball does have, you'll be doing really well. You could get to 400,000, but you need a good, exciting team that's winning year after year for five or six years to get there."</div> <font size=""4"">Bosh takes MVP talk in stride</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"I've never really thought of it [before], but the way we've been going lately, and me having confidence in myself, yeah, I think about it a little bit," said Bosh, who sparked the chant when he scored a career-high 41 points against the Orlando Magic. "But before I get on that level, I have a long way to go. I don't take a backseat [to bigger names]. I'm always competitive, I'm always going to try and lead my team to bigger things," he said. "But [most MVP candidates] are on teams that are expected to win NBA championships. Until we get to that point and people consider us right there, that's when I'll really be up there in that upper tier."</div> <font size=""4"">Bosh the beneficiary of Mitchell's tough love</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"We had a little in-between time, and he told me he was proud of me ? and then he said he would pick up all the insults tomorrow," Bosh said, laughing.</div> <div align="center"><font size=""5""><u>Sunshine Girl of the Day</u></font> </div>
I read the Star articles today and wasn't really impressed. It seems with our basketball coverage, they either completely neglect our team or try to overcompensate when we actually do well. Both are extremes that don't really do justice to the Raps. Bosh isn't an MVP, he's had a spectacular month but that doesn't mean you should start comparing him to the Kobe's and Nash's of the league. The Globe article about the bandwagon viewers was pretty interesting. Its good to see that our team is gaining back some interest from the casual viewers, despite the fact that NBA viewership has decreased a little this year.
