Big things going on in Toronto. As you can see in the header BC isn’t satisfied with 47 wins. He probably would be as long as he can get another 16 in the post-season. However, we can’t get more than 2 in the post-season. There have been huge additions but they have been made through some key subtractions.

Here’s what we had last year that won’t be with us this year:

TJ Ford: TJ was traded in the deal with Indiana that brought over Jermaine O’Neal (which I’ll be talking about later). TJ Ford statistically had a good season. The situation and how Sam Mitchell handled it made it worse for Jose Calderon. When TJ Ford went down because of Al Horford’s shot, Jose Calderon took over at the point and the Raptors put together an impressive run. Calderon was obviously instrumental in the run and he proved that he is a number one point guard in the league. TJ Ford came back and the chemistry couldn’t get back to how it was before his injury or how it was while Calderon was running the show. Calderon sacrificed his number one position for the sake of the team and it still didn’t work out. Calderon was among league leaders in shooting percentages, averaged 8 assists, and doing that with an unbelievable assist per turnover ratio.

Rasho Nesterovic: Rasho was great with the Raptors. He put up career numbers. He was at times, the Raptors best players. He was also in on the JO trade. I’m kind of upset that Isiah Thomas was fired, you can’t help but imagine what he would have dished out to get Rasho. We replaced our lovable big man with JO and we got Jawai and K-Hump able to play the centre position.

Jorge Garbajosa: The guy was a nonfactor all season because of injuries. Too bad the idiot wanted to play for Spain when he wasn’t ready, he could have been huge for us.

Incoming:

Hassan Adams: We grabbed this guy to hold it down at the 2 or the 3 position. He’s a good sub but we can’t expect this guy to turn us around.

Nathan Jawai: The Australian Shaq looked pretty good in the summer league but that’s all it is, a summer league. He will play as a sub but we really can’t hope much from him. We all know that the guy is a project. Let’s not get over our heads.

Will Solomon: If Roko Ukic needs time for adjusting, we grabbed a guy who’s played college ball and pro in Europe. Lets hope this guy can hold his own.

Roko Ukic: Our number two point guard. We gotta hope that this guy can take 15 to 20 minutes off Calderon a night to optimize his performance. He’s 6-5 and he’s got speed. Let’s hope he doesn’t get ABUSED by some of the smaller guys in the league.

Jermaine O’neal: This is our man. He’s expected to help Bosh lead us to the promised land of at least past the first round. This guy solves too many of our problems. He helps Bosh in the paint both offensively and Bosh’s weakness, defensively. Not only does he help Bosh out, but he helps out the guys that are going to be defending the 2 and the 3. It literally keeps the guys they are covering back because they don’t want to attack a basket that JO and CB4 are covering. All they have to do now is just put their freaking hands up to put some pressure on the shooter. We are gonna get our points offensively, we just gotta hold our own in our court. Kapono and AP have a chance now to hold it down and get open shots.

Things that should obviously improve next season (I hope):

Coaching: Sam Mitchell never knew how to coach a team that was playing the run and gun game. He doesn’t have to worry about that now because the team has become a half-court team. Hopefully he still doesn’t have retarded plays like how we finished off games last season. Hopefully he learns a thing or two about full-court press. Hopefully he learns how to plant a screen or two.

Andrea Bargnani: The things that Sam MItchell and Bryan Colangelo did to Andrea Bargnani really set back his development big time. When he first came in to the league he could have played the small forward position and held it down against guys like Hedo and done his best against LBJ. Before last season, they tried their best to convert him into a centre so they wouldn’t have to go out and get him. This didn’t work. He put on extra pounds and now he lost his groove and athleticism. He’s too big to defend against SF’s and too small to defend against the C. Now we just gotta hope for the best.
Predictions: 51-31 and 3rd place. LET’S DO THIS!!!