I was aboard an aircraft during the Raptor game yesterday. Let’s throw down with some thoughts – courtesy of Raptors Game In An Hour – before we rip into what they’re saying.
- Glad to see somebody talked to Jamario Moon about his headband. Either that or he got a threatening letter from a Barista who thought Jamario was infringing on his style.
- For the life of me I cannot understand why Roko Ukic doesn’t play on a regular basis.
- Saw Rashad Evans at the airport yesterday. If I gave him a cheap shot in the genitals the ensuing confrontation would be frighteningly similar to what would have happened if Shaquille O’Neal fought Jerry Voksuhl yesterday.
- My wife’s take on my mustache: “If you want me to look at your face when we speak, you should shave it.”
- 71 first half points. 35.5 per quarter. Just shy of 3 points per minute. When stuff like that happens against a Mike D’Antoni team you just have to shrug your shoulders and regroup. Oh, oops. Nevermind.
- Do you ever wonder what type of player Vince Carter would have been if the Raptors had ever forced him to play hurt? Like, what if the Raptors told Vince that “jumper’s knee” wasn’t a real condition and demanded that he suit up? I’m fascinated by this question and until recently it was unanswerable, for obvious reasons. Now? We know. Well done, Jamario Moon.
- Bargnani is showing signs of life.
- How are we supposed to take Leo Rautins seriously when he’s talking about Jay Triano’s coaching ability? Don’t they hate one another? If Silda Spitzer wrote an Op-Ed piece for the New York Times titled: I’ve never been more in love with Eliot, it would be more convincing than Leo praising Jay.
- Anthony Parker just threw a no-look pass to Chuck Humphries who threw down a nice reverse layup. I’m so confused.
- It might not be a good sign that watching Chris Bosh run up the floor made me think of Greg Oden. We’re positive that Bosh doesn’t have a Dominican birth certificate right?
- For the life of me I cannot understand why Roko Ukic doesn’t play on a regular basis. That stretch in the second quarter when Will Solomon was playing? None of us will ever get that time back.
- It’s official: Matt Devlin sulks when things don’t go the Raptors way.
- The fans at the ACC were terrific yesterday.
- Matt Devlin, aka M-Killa had the call of the day yesterday after a Jamario Moon dunk in traffic: “Jamario MOOOOOON! WHEREYABEEN?!?!”
- Tough sequence to finish the game. Good look for Parker from deep. Decent lay-up attempt for Parker on the next possession. Nice tip-in attempt for Bosh. You know what? We’re going for ice cream kids! You tried your hardest.
Here’s what they’re saying:
According to Dino Blogger the Marion for O’Neal swap is on ice for the time being. According to Searching For ‘93, Marion’s inevitable refusal to report to Toronto and his ignorant comments about this city will ignite a poo-storm of self-loathing and roughly 300,000 to 800,000 capital letters on RapsForum.
From Doug Smith:
I’m hearing whispers that Nathan Jawai may be on his way to the D League soon to get some game work in. I’m not sure how much it will improve him – the D League is much more a guard and wing league than it is a big man’s proving ground – but it will help his conditioning.
Full disclosure: I really like Doug’s blog. He’s a better writer than I am for a number of reasons. One of those reasons: Tips on Nathan Jawai is the material Doug has to work with and he makes it fly.
I cannot wait for a biography on Rahm Emanuel. This has nothing to do with basketball. Rahm had me when I saw him standing next to the podium at Obama’s first press conference as President-Elect. He looked like an elephant staring at a hunter whose tranquilizer gun just failed to fire. “I’m going to eat you, you poacher motherfucker, and there is nothing you can do about it.” Pardon my language.
John Ibbitson has the best column on US Politics going right now. I could stay informed on all things political just by reading his pieces. Please don’t read this blog, John. It’ll make you dumber and that’s a luxury I can’t afford.
Bruce Arthur reveals that Nash did his post-game scrum with a Molson Canadian on the ready. See, that is what I want out of a columnist / beat reporter. You’re fortunate enough to be in the Raptors locker room. Give us, the common folk, one tidbit per article. We don’t ask for much.
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