December 30, 2006
I Would Like to Say It’s All Psychological, but…
Jay wrote this today:
A special thanks to TJ Ford, after having me defend his abilities, he coughs up 7 of the Raps 19 turnovers.
This really was a winnable game, with the Raps having a chance to go into the half with a lead, but with about 6 minutes left in the half, the atmosphere was summed up by Swirsk, who asked “What are the Raptors running here Jack?”, to which Coach replied, “NOTHING.” Yep, I think we have all had that little dialogue running in our heads all season. No plays, just passing around the exterior and then a jump shot. Just because the Raptors have won a few games, doesn’t mean I think Sam should be around for another season. This happens too many times for it to be anything other than poor coaching.
The Bulls shot a season high 59.7% against the Raps, which will pretty much do you in and apparently somebody forgot to tell Toronto (and Luol Deng) that Deng’s wrist was injured, as he shot the lights out in the second half. I don’t understand how when a player has a well publicized injury, he doesn’t get bumped around a bit on the court. Not saying you go out and try to injure him even further, but at least make him uncomfortable.
It was good to see Joey Graham going to the net and using his body like he should. If only Sam could get him to do that on a consistent basis. He’s still a little slow on D, but I guess you can’t ask for everything.
PJ Tucker was a DNP-CD tonight, which once again baffles me. I don’t know what this guy did to Sam to get the treatment he does, especially when Hump is consistently putting up 0’s when he’s on the floor. Tonight’s line for Humphries: just over 5 minutes, 2 rebounds, 1 turnover. You’re telling me PJ wouldn’t be able to do better than that? Why not develop your draft picks? The Raptors obviously thought enough of him to draft him…why not get him a few minutes?
Alright, not much more to tonight than that. A good note that Chuck pointed out regarding a possible nickname for Garbo: The Mechanic - because he looks like one. Not bad. But until he fixes his inconsistent game, the nickname may not be one he’ll like too much.
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December 30th, 2006 at 10:38 am
Not much sam or anyone can do against the excellent bulls D.
Totally agree about garbo- his confidence is down seemingly because of a couple blocks and strips. He and bargnani need to grow some balls and just attack attack attack!!!!!!!!!!!
December 30th, 2006 at 4:06 pm
Garbajosa’s game is not as a prime scorer, but as a
team defender, and all around contributor.
eg: 7 rb, 7 ast, 3 stl, 5 pts on only 2 of 6
Raptors sometimes get into jump shooting funks
9 for 26 3’s and only 21 FT’s is way to many
January 2nd, 2007 at 10:06 am
The Bulls D is good, but they were completely vulnerable that night. Garbo’s game is to be a team defender and all around contributor, but he hasn’t been consistent at doing that. I like to see him getting on the refs a bit, it shows some fire (just watch the quick T’s this year), because he has been flopping a bit with not enough calls going his way.
In the end, Garbo is the all-round guy, but he needs to bring that every game.