Marcus Banks

The “best 4th quarter of the year” edition.

The “3 hours at the grindhouse” edition. Banks – no burn, unless you count that seething feeling in his body at not getting PT. Bargnani –  2 reasons I hope this injury isn’t one that sees him out of action for an extended period: it’s obvious he has become a major part of this offence…

The “one man army” edition. Banks – the Lenny Kosnowski of the Toronto Raptors. Bargnani –  he’s played well and is deserving of a night off…which he took in glorious fashion. He was lumbering up and down the court, his shot was off, any time he was covering Bogut the Aussie made him look like…

The “46 minutes is just not enough” edition. Banks – still recovering from the doubt shown him by Arsenalist, so he asked Coach to take it easy on him. Bargnani –  may have relied on his 3-ball a bit too much and evidently he flashed the international sign for “don’t give me the ball” during…

The “we LOVE when Jose and Jarrett play together” edition. Banks – must have felt nice to get back on the floor, garbage time or not. Have to keep him active and game-ready if these trades happen. Bargnani –  fairly quiet, well except for that hammer home, first half, but found his rhythm in the…

The “please, not again” edition. Banks – hoping beyond hope that the rumblings of a Calderon trade turn into something. Bargnani –  it would be easy to say he had a little pop today playing against his fellow countryman, but let’s face it: he’s been playing this way the past few weeks. Established his outside…

The “well, that was embarrassing” edition. Banks – I’d be faking a cold too. Bargnani –  statistically a monster game from Andrea with a 12/17 night. He was just as disappointing as anybody in the second half, though, including a shot late that looked like it would have landed in the 30th row if the…

The “close to the corner, waiting for the light to change” edition. Banks – begging Bosh to take him with him to L.A. Bargnani –  stop me if you’ve heard this line before: “season high against the Raptors”.  Shot well but didn’t have the recent fire. Needed him to step up his defensive effort, not…

The “another year off my life” edition. Banks – the only shot he has of seeing increased minutes in a Raptors uniform is to bring out his inner Tonya Harding. Bargnani –  at some point tonight both his haters and his supporters had something to crow about. It was like a live version of the…

The “return of the mack” edition. Banks – pretty hard to get on the floor with the way Jarrett and Jose were playing tonight. Back to the cups of Gatorade and making googly-eyes at the Florida ladies, homeslice. Bargnani –  fouled out but won this game for the Raps on the way to it. His…