First off, i know hes still tryin to get into the groove of things after the injuries but come on. Last nights game vs Orlando was painful to watch. I watched my raps battle back multiple times only to see ford step on the floor and repeatedly turn the ball over (7TOs, could have been at least one more if Kapono didnt get a hand on it) and shoot first instead of working the ball around. Sure he had 20pts, but ur teammates are going to know ur shooting well and get you the ball back. In the fourth quarter TJ was the only player to shoot the ball till there was 5mins left in the game. WHAT???!!! come on smitch we cant have this, raptors play the best when we get alot of assists and play as a team. We loose and always will loose if TJ brings the ball up and does one of only 2 things, shoots the ball or turns it over. Does he not know how well AP is playing and shooting??? Has he been hangin with Derek (Chucker) Martin on the bench too long? Thanks, but i had to let that rant out after lastnights game.
I had to change the channel after the first half of the fourth quarter, I couldn't watch anymore. When CB isn't in the game, Ford plays so differently. I don't think that he understands that he needs to be a better point guard without Bosh, not a one-on-one scorer. He needs to get it through his head that without Bosh, his teammates need his help even more, because the focus is shifted off of Bosh and the open looks vanish. I hope this loss doesn't overshadow the job Rasho did on Howard for most of the game. Rasho was great.
Our PG's last night in general played pretty bad. A combined 5 assists is horrible. My worry is that Calderon is tired and he hasn't been getting this much burn in his entire basketball career. But when TJ is asked to come out and play, he is expected to get his team involved and not have a shoot first mentality. When you have guys who can knock down shots, you need to get them the ball. Thing is, I just don't want this is happen every night Bosh isn't playing. We can't have TJ play 1 on 1 with every PG, because obviously it doesn't work. With 7 turnovers I can still see TJ is lost on the court. Sam needs to have a chat with him and the players to make sure they're on the same page.
man, we dont need TJ, we need another point gaurd, but not TJ, take a look at PHX (da team i hate the most in nba) they have nash, den barbosa (da dude could avg 20 and 5 per game), we need that kind of a combo, i hope raps trade him!!!
