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I love Amir and the energy he brings. Amir just gets after it the ball and he uses his athleticism to rebound the ball which isn’t a bad thing. Pops gives you the same thing if not more energy and you don’t have to play pops at the 4 you can play him at the 3. Pops is a very good rebounder and it’s not bad thing to have up to three guys on your bench who can come in and just rebounder the ball and give our team second chance opportunities. Amir is great and I think he is just going to get better and better for this team and its hard to choose one and cause I like both and I think they’re so similar in how they play the game. If Pop in fact joins this team I don’t think he’ll get much playing time and it would just make the bench much deeper.

It's becoming more painful to watch the raptors play on the road.

yeah like for one game

For me I feel that they missed some huge opportunities. If you watched those games the raptors have a great chance to win those games. At the end of the day it comes down to getting defensive stops and converting on offense and in those games they didn’t play good defence towards the end of the game. Another thing in their losses there has been a lack of aggression on both ends of the floor. This team needs to play tough and I just can’t wait to have Reggie back because I believe he will truly help this team become tougher. One thing we have to look at is this team is still trying to find its identity and they’re continuing to build the chemistry within this team so it’s going to take time and they will blow some opportunities but once this team clicks on a nightly bases the raptors will be tough to beat,

Turk should have the ball but thus far he hasn’t really been Mr. 4th quarter the he was hyped up to be but besides that he is a great ball handler and he can flat out create for himself and others.

Vince was this franchise’s everything and he had a lot of success here but overall he ended up being a disappointment. One thing you have to understand is that raptor fans love tough minded players who work hard and gives their best night in and night out and Vince clearly gave up and the worst thing about that is when he got traded he admitted in a interview that he kind of gave up in Toronto to make matters worse when he got to New Jersey that when he exploded and looked like the Carter of old. So to answer the question it’s not the right time to honour Vince when raptor fans can’t forgive him for giving up on the team and the organization.

I agree that Bosh is definitely working harder for boards and doing an excellent job of getting inside position. I think that Bosh is working his tail off on both the offensive end and the defensive end of the floor. He is exerting more energy trying to get rebounds and fight 2 or 3 other guys to get rebounds at times and I think it’s making it harder for Bosh to get his legs under him to take a good free throw shot but I think Bosh will improve because he has excellent mechanics at the free throw line and you know he is not going to shoot a bad percentage for the whole season.

Where is the link?

The replacement referee had too much bad call and I felt that they hurt the flow of the game to the point where it was unbearable to what. Now with the regular referee’s the games flow much better and it’s easier to watch because there isn’t like 60 foul calls being made.

There is definitely too much camaraderie in the NBA. I can’t stand the fact players are shaking hands before and after the game. Sometimes during the game I’ve seen player from opposite teams joking around and laughing. I understand showing respect amongst your peers but at the same time every player has to look at their peers as their opponents. NBA players needs save that love crap for each other outside the area because on the court I want to see some tough, physical and emotional basketball to be played. One of the other problems I see is the way the game is being called these days. If you lay a hand on a player it’s a foul. The rules don’t truly allow physical play to happen and I think it’s a shame.

Never mind the fact that Iverson is on the decline teams just don`t want the problem that Iverson will bring on the court and off the court. There is too much baggage that comes with this guy and were seeing it on display once again.

Jennings is showing us that he is the type of guy who wants to take control of the game and just flat out score but my only concern is because he is a rookie how only can he keep it up?

At the end of the day the raptors didn’t have an answer for Dirk. Even when they were guarding him he just shot the ball over most of them. The raptors gave up to many wide open shot and you just can’t do that. The Maverick shot the ball extremely well and the raptors couldn’t hit anything.

I`m questioning the level of this team basketball IQ

I like Calderon as a player a lot but I’m finding it hard to defend him when it comes to the issue of his defence. Offense is his strength and he may never be a good man on ball defender but I think he can improve on his team defence. Guarding the point guard position is tough for most players in the league because most point guards are very fast so it’s hard to keep most point guard in front.

To many jump shots and they need to attack the basket

But it’s not going to result into wins. The western conference is tough as it is and the east is much improved in my mind so I think it’s going to be tough for them to get wins. The positive thing is their young players will get a better opportunity to get more playing time.

Are you talking about fantasy numbers?

My favorite moment was this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF16rh_sxo4

Eric Smith is reporting that Josh Howard will make his debut tonight against the raptors.

That`s scary to get H1N1. I hope he will be fine when its all said and done.

Knick fans just love to dream you guys should just enjoy the Yankee`s success

Maybe the grizzlies have asked him to leave?

I think he will be a solid rotational player but other than that there is nothing about him to get excited about.

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