February 14, 2007
The Raptors go from the Bulls to more bull
Lang wrote this today:
Okay, it’s time to push your heart back into your chest.
The Toronto Raptors edged the Chicago Bulls in the harrowing final seconds of Tuesday’s game to lift the Chicago Curse of 2002 and send the Raptors three and a half games ahead of the played out New Jersey Nets for the Atlantic Division lead. Speaking of the Nets, Vince Carter acted like a man on Friday and discounted Toronto’s success. Here is an excerpt from that article:
Vince Carter can read like you can read, and he can tell which way the winds of momentum are blowing.
For five days now, he’s heard all about his pals from the Great White North — heard it from their own mouths — that the Toronto Raptors are not coming back to the pack anymore. He heard all about how they huddled around the TV Sunday, shortly after their rout of the Clippers, to cheer Atlanta’s victory over the Nets. He could envision his friends, such as Chris Bosh and Mo Peterson, leading the high-five parade all around the Air Canada Centre locker room that he once ruled.
He knows about their four-game winning streak, knows they’ve won 13 out of 17, knows that there is something magical about them right now.
And let him be the first to say it: Let them have their fun — for now.
“I heard about the celebration, and that’s okay,” Carter said, as matter-of-factly as possible. “They’re playing well right now, and they just might get better.
“But I’m telling you, there’s still a lot of season left. I believe in our team, regardless of how we’ve played lately. We might not look like we have the confidence they have collectively, but I’ll tell you, I still have confidence in us. And people better know that I’m going to go down fighting — until the last day, until they say, ‘You’re not in it anymore.’ I’m going to fight until the last day, and so with the rest of the guys in here. I believe in every one of them, and I believe in our coaching staff. I believe we’re going to be the ones (winning the division) in the end.”
Are you kidding me?
In the spirit of tomorrow’s upcoming game against the New Jersey Nets, please allow me to remind you what happens when Vince Carter promises to be a man.
Let’s fully expect Vince to come out hard against Toronto in the first quarter, step on Jorge’s foot and go down in a heap, talk to the floor for 10 minutes, get carried off the court like Wesley from the Pit Of Despair in The Princess Bride, re-enter the game and settle for jump shots the rest of the way, finish the game with 12 points and 5 boards, and then snap at reporters at the end.
Go Raptors.
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February 14th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
LOL!! I read that article a little while ago and nearly choked on my food, arrogant fool he is. But the sequence of pics you posted nearly made me choke again but from laughter rather than disbelief! Thanks. After the thrashing the nets got last night Vince should be in full-on sulking mode and very suceptible to the overblon soccer-like injury display so that he and his mother can feel better about how the team lost, you know since Vince couldn’t play up to capacity and all that.
February 14th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
How great would it be to have the Raptors meet the Nets in the playoffs for a series? Almost makes you want New Jersey to beat out Miami for that final spot in the Eastern Conference.
February 14th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Great write-up Lang …. I too would love a Nets vs. Raps series but at this point I’m just hoping that we make the playoffs first.
July 29th, 2007 at 12:56 am
the raptors this vince carter that. why do you talk about vince like that? hes a great player and what happened this year in the playoffs? the nets beat the raptors oh yea thats right they did
October 1st, 2007 at 1:19 pm
you guys are just haters and need to get off his d*%k. Yall just mad that he left because when he was there yall wasnt sayin nothing like this. yall were chearing him on so this stuff on here is a joke. HAHAHAHA lmao. And New Jersey is still better than the raptors. This is from a used to be raptors fan unil yall started to hate on him and try to tear vince down. You shouldnt do stuff like this bcuz if it was you on the other end of the stuff that u and others are sayin you wouldnt want them saying that stuff bout you. Ecspeially when some of it if not all of it aint true.