Now hold on just a minute before you go calling me crazy and other things.
This assumes that the Raptors keep Bosh and Johnson.
I would swap Johnson for Bargnani in the starting lineup which in no way of course who would affect who will be playing in crunch time in the 4th quarter.
My reasoning for starting Johnson even if fouls or coaches decision limit him to 25 minutes a game is this.
One of the biggest problems that the Raptors had last season was giving up a ton of points in the 1st quarter and falling behind up to two digits or more by the end of it.
So it seems to me if Johnson is put into the starting lineup the Raptors are less lightly to get torched in the first quarter by opposing teams. Yes, the Raptors would score a bit less but overall it seems to me that the Raptors would have better chance of leading after quarter #1 or only being down a few points with Johnson starting alongside Bosh.
Even if Johnson gets in early foul trouble you just bring in Bargnani a little earlier.
The other advantage to putting Bargnani on the second unit is that with Hedo there and Jack, assuming the PG situation is the same next season.
Those are pretty three good players to have coming in off of the bench.
So the first unit would be the "young guns" plus CB4 plus Calderon. I think that would be a pretty athletic starting unit that could score decently and play pretty good defense. Yes I know about Calderon so for those that want an even better defense on the first unit the Raptors could start Jack.
Though it seems to me that net net what the Raptors may lose by Calderon's less than stellar defense vs Jack's okay defense they would more than make up on the offensive side especially with the Johnson - Calderon connection that developed so very nicely last season.
This assumes that the Raptors keep Bosh and Johnson.
I would swap Johnson for Bargnani in the starting lineup which in no way of course who would affect who will be playing in crunch time in the 4th quarter.
My reasoning for starting Johnson even if fouls or coaches decision limit him to 25 minutes a game is this.
One of the biggest problems that the Raptors had last season was giving up a ton of points in the 1st quarter and falling behind up to two digits or more by the end of it.
So it seems to me if Johnson is put into the starting lineup the Raptors are less lightly to get torched in the first quarter by opposing teams. Yes, the Raptors would score a bit less but overall it seems to me that the Raptors would have better chance of leading after quarter #1 or only being down a few points with Johnson starting alongside Bosh.
Even if Johnson gets in early foul trouble you just bring in Bargnani a little earlier.
The other advantage to putting Bargnani on the second unit is that with Hedo there and Jack, assuming the PG situation is the same next season.
Those are pretty three good players to have coming in off of the bench.
So the first unit would be the "young guns" plus CB4 plus Calderon. I think that would be a pretty athletic starting unit that could score decently and play pretty good defense. Yes I know about Calderon so for those that want an even better defense on the first unit the Raptors could start Jack.
Though it seems to me that net net what the Raptors may lose by Calderon's less than stellar defense vs Jack's okay defense they would more than make up on the offensive side especially with the Johnson - Calderon connection that developed so very nicely last season.
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