The Raptors, a team full with hype at the beginning of the season ousted their head coach, Sam Mitchell after getting their asses kicked in Denver and posting an 8-9 record.
First off I dont like how the NBA is becoming like the NHL as they fire coaches at random throughout the season. Mitchell firing makes sense somewhat but here's the deal, you have a team who has big talent, Chris Bosh, Jermaine O'Neal, and Jose Calderon. Plus the emergence of the #1 pick of three years ago, Andrea Bargnani so its a team that should be around the fourth-sixth seed in the playoffs without question.
I havent watch a single Raptor game all year but from the looks of it, they havent strung together several defeats in a row nor have they several wins. So they are playing like their .500 record shows, whats wrong with that in the beginning of the season? I mean you usually get in the playoffs with a record like that in the NBA Eastern Conference.
Who knows maybe its something a la Ned Yost where the players were not responding to Sam Mitchell therefore a change needed to be made before the season headed down the tubes. In my opinion, that is the most likely scenario and I wouldnt be surprised to see the Raptors in the playoffs come April.
-Charlie.
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I have not found a single person that agrees with me that the Toronto Raptors have 2 monstrous big men. Chris Bosh has proven every year since hes been in the league that he is in the top 5 for the list of power forwards. However, people keep giving me crap that Jermaine O'neal is old and washed up. The guy has put up at least 19 pts 8 reb 2.3 blocks for the last 6 years. He was injured last year(big issue for him) but that does not mean hes not dominating when healthy. Let me know if you agree Chuck
Show your friends this then. I agree with you, I think that O'Neal still have some tank in the gas and esp. when he is the second opiton so the focus diverts off of him.
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