<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">6. TORONTO RAPTORS The best word to describe the first Bryan Colangelo offseason in Toronto? Decisive. Colangelo knew exactly how he wanted to remake the Raptors and did it quickly, bringing in nine new players. Five of them (No. 1 overall pick Andrea Bargnani, swingman Jorge Garbajosa, Maccabi Tel Aviv star Anthony Parker, veteran center Rasho Nesterovic and 2005 second-round selection Uros Slokar) were either born in Europe or starred there, with Colangelo convinced that players accustomed to more cosmopolitan surroundings will adapt better to Canada than young Americans would. Will it work? I definitely wouldn't expect a playoff berth in Year 1, after so many changes and given the inevitable struggles awaiting the NBA newcomers, but the plan already has won Chris Bosh over. The Raps' franchise forward signed a three-year contract extension in July and actually applauded that risky big-for-small trade because Ford is one of his best friends</div> Full Story i bet if babcock had made those changes, we'd be dead last in the league lol. either way...its a good read
The one definite advantage that Colangelo has over Babcock is in decisiveness. Colangelo had an idea of how he wanted this team to look this year and went out and molded it that way. He's being commended, understandably, for being this bold and he will recieve the appropriate criticism/respect later on, based on how it turns out. I think part of the reason Babcock got more criticism is that he had a more deliberate/hesitant approach, which tended to give more time for criticism.
