Toronto Raptors Morning Coffee July 7
Bryan Colangelo has made mistakes of late, and he’s lost the trust of many a Raptors fan.
Month: July 2010
MLE options and musing about Colangelo
I'll avoid speculating on anything because I too am guilty of reading too much into things. I've sworn that I'll just shut up about free agency unless something of real substance pops up, not just Chris Broussard sounding a horn on ESPN and using phrases like "could still happen", "possible scenario", and "sources close to",…
Toronto Raptors Morning Coffee July 6
“All I’m going to say,” Alabi added, “is the other teams missed out.”
Colangelo introduces Alabi and Davis
Quick post. Bryan Colangelo introduced Ed Davis and Solomon Alabi at the ACC on Monday. Colangelo definitely sounds like a man who is trying to build a different roster than last year, he's speaking of the upcoming team as something brand new based on the DeRozan and Weems era, not the Chris Bosh one. He…
Letting go of Chris Bosh
How Bosh has managed to transform the public's perception of him from "good player tired of losing" to "greedy attention-seeking diva" is truly a thing of beauty. He has handled the 2010 free-agency period about as poorly as one can. Whereas Dwayne Wade and LeBron James have met with other teams without alienating their existing…
Toronto Raptors Morning Coffee July 3
if you hand US$7-million a year to someone who has averaged 15 minutes per game — and 2.7 fouls in those 15 minutes — in his career, you should perhaps face the possibility that you’ve overpaid.
Jose Calderon should stay + Free Agency insanity
With players acting like high-priced escorts, the two days of free-agency has left many in a bit of a sour mood, myself included. What ever happened to loyalty? The biggest free-agent of our generation, Michael Jordan, didn't start shopping himself on the market after the Bulls lost to the Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals…
Toronto Raptors Morning Coffee July 2
According to team sources, Toronto has the parameters of five or six sign-and-trade scenarios worked out for Bosh but is waiting to hear from him on where he’d like to play next season.
In The Land Of The Blind, The One-eyed Man Is King
I'm very happy that Amir Johnson is returning to the Raptors, but let's start with addressing the "overpayment". Don't get me - or anyone else who is opposed to Colangelo throwing out money like it's of the Monopoly type - wrong, but does one season of averaging 6.2 points and 4.8 rebounds warrant this kind…
Toronto Raptors Morning Coffee July 1
Early Thursday, a Twitter post from Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said: "Just finished meeting with @chrisbosh - great player & person. He is about winning so I focused on how w/Houston he can win a championship."