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Sportando Iverson should just retire and call it a career and stop embarrassing himself.

I would love to see both Kleiza and Weems gone from this team. Like I said before Kleiza is just useless and Weems is just here for show that's all. Weems is not able to take care of the ball and ever since Kleiza came back from injury he has sucked real bad.

Amir is having a monster game 22 points and 16 rebounds Reggie who?

I hate Linas he is very useless

Bayless with the 3 for 16 points

I saw that air ball by Davis it was kind of funny. The Raptors need to pick up the intensity on the defensive end in the third quarter in other to have any chance at winning this game. Andrea will be key for the Raptors if they have any shot at winning the game.

Bayless has been solid from the 3pt line he has really impacted the game so far.

I agree that Davis has been solid thus far. Once he gets healthier and in game shape I think we will see a much better defensive player then we see now. I right now I think he been pretty good defensively as a rookie.

Each player on the Knicks seem to understand their roll and the spacing on the court for the Knicks is really nice to see. The Knicks are playing very well.

It’s going to be a fun game to watch. I’m expecting a fast pace game with a lot of threes. With Amare in the middle Andrea is really going to have to step up his game especially on the defensive end. It’s going to be a great battle on this Sunday afternoon.

Andrea has impressed me thus far this season. He has scored 20 or more points in 14 out of 19 games this season. My personally opinion I don’t think he gets enough touches because it just seems that way when he plays. I think the team needs to do a better job of getting him the ball especially when he is rolling. But what impressed me the most about this game was his 12 rebounds which is great to see him do.

Most leagues are “What can you do for me now”, unless your rebuilding. I understand that he has been in this league a long time for the rest of the league to know what he is capable of but he is not 22. It’s just a matter of reassuring the rest of the league and ultimately it will benefit the Raptors if they manage to get some assets in return for him. That’s why I think it’s important that Peja has an opportunity to showcase himself.

I do believe that the organization is committed to rebuilding now that they don’t have Chris Bosh. They have the TPE and they have Peja’s expiring contract which will give them cap flexibility which is very important while rebuilding. I know Bryan is very smart in managing that. At the trade deadline if there is an opportunity to get young talent back I fully expect Bryan to make that move. If the Raptor are going to trade Peja they really need to give him playing time to showcase himself and prove to the rest of the league that he is valuable and probably can help a team contending for a championship which ultimately will net the Raptors some assets in return.

It sucks for Evans that he has to sit out again for a long period of time again. He has put in a lot of work to get to this point but the end result is for guys like Andrea, Amir, Davis when he get back to pick up the slack. Ultimately this is what the organization wants to see the young guys develop and the young big will have to bring that heart that Evans brought when it came to rebounding.

We’re 14 games into the season so I thought it would be interesting to discuss certain player’s performance thus far. Linas Kleiza is first on my list to discuss for one reason only I’m neither a fan of this guy nor a fan of his play thus far. So far Linas Kleiza is averaging 10.2 PPG 3.5 RPG 1.0 APG 69%FTP 24%3P 24.5 MPG. PG: Jose Calderon/Jerryd Bayless SG: Demar DeRozan/ Leandro Barbosa/ Julian Wright SF: Sonny Weems/Linas Kleiza/ Peja Stojakovic PF: Reggie Evans / Amir Johnson/ Ed Davis C: Andrea Bargnani/ Joey Dorsey/ Solomon Alabi Let’s discuss whether or not he was a mistake to sign and looking at the teams depth chart is Linas Kleiza expendable?

Bayless thankful to be a Raptor THE SUN

Dennis Rodman is a drunk thats what he is doing now

I think it's a natural reaction for fans to be upset for their favourite player to go to the team’s rival. Fans won't be pleasant towards that player and it makes the rivalry between the two teams that much better.

Welcome back man!

Wow I love this

I didn't notice that Thanks

He may not have an arsenal of moves but the only way he is going to get better is being in the position to create and make plays and in my mind that’s the way he is going to develop.

In a lot of ways he does allow himself to disappear but when Demar is at his best is when he gets the ball to the corner of the foul line and either drives or takes his mid range jumper. His teammates do a poor job of looking for him in transition and it kills me to see him stand at the corner of the three point line doing nothing. He needs more of a motion offense to get going and Jay has to give him the ball and allow him to create for himself and his teammates. Right now it’s just not happening.

Jerryd Bayless http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k512/headliner25/PHI_6_112410.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px8ePBMhgvk&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M8q7q0ZfK8 Since Bayless is new to the Raptors and I believe he is a young exciting point guard I thought I'd start tracking Bayless game by game. Here are his stats from his first game as a Raptor: 14:55 minutes 4-7 FGM-A 3-3 3PM-A 2-2 FTM-A 2 Assist 13 PTS He had a decent first game and I'm looking forward to seeing more out of Bayless.