There’s not much happening in Raptorland, so we get threads like A former ballboy’s guide to rebelling against Mods and A retired mod’s guide to starting a thread in the summer by CanuckPete who was one of the more intelligent and reasonable mods before he retired. It’s a good list too. It pretty much covers 90% of the stupid things discussed.
alfie123 comments on the OT: Great Steve Nash article from ’95 thread: “For the love of God…Finally a GOOD post! I’ve been sifting through garbage on this forum for what feels like forever!” Hear hear! Good article too.
There’s a boring thread on ESPN panel assess Bosh free agency, sign and trade targets. It’s boring because they don’t get people who actually have a burning opinion that they simply have to get out there. Imagine asking a 20-year-old kid how he feels about the Beatles breaking up. He’d probably go, “Whatever, dude.” But put a camera on him and tell him millions of people are watching, He might ramble on about them being a historic banc and how they changed the world and it’s a damn shame, blah blah blah. These ESPN guys a) don’t give a rats ass and b) don’t really know what’s going on. Why do I care what they say?
pspot said, “Bowen was pretty sure he was coming back and from a player perspective (not media guy, not fan on a forum) I think that means something.” It means dick. Bowen as a player knows less than Doug Smith about Bosh or the Raptors. He probably spent all of two minutes this year thinking about it.
Oh, but there is a “Toronto perspective” by Zarar Siddiqi. Zarar also goes by the name Arsenalist due to his love of The Gunners in North London. Scroll through the pages of Raptors Republic and try to find something Arsenalist wrote that is positive about the Raptors. He doesn’t give a Toronto perspective. He gives his own perspective, and it’s always whiny.
A call supsersub15 a drama queen because his headlines are always so needy, so “look at me”. His Suns closer to re-sign Amare; Bosh become more valuable? thread isn’t actually a bad point to raise. If Miami can’t sign Stoudamire, Bosh might be next on their list. Then again, knowing Pat Reilly’s approach, beno might be right in saying, “It will take Bosh to get Wade to stay now. But I think they will go for Boozer.” Bear in mind that Reilly suggested he’d grab the first desirable player available though. It’s strange though that they are negotiating with Stoudamire in the middle of the playoffs. Shouldn’t he be thinking about basketball?
Wiz Khalifa asks, Is Blake Griffin Obtainable? Well, that’s an easy one. No.
theonlyeastcoastrapsfan hates LeBron James, and who can blame him? The self-appointed king said about the Raptors, “it just didn’t seem like they even wanted to make the playoffs at the end of the season.” I don’t care if it’s true, it was a stupid thing to say. Maybe he regretted it, just couldn’t confiscate all the tape recorders.
Apparently, the Miami Heat thinks it can sign Bosh outright. The writer says, “It has nothing to do with what Toronto wants. The Heat simply can sign Bosh into its cap space. Bosh then can go back to the Raptors and say, “I’m going to the Heat, but I can earn more if you want to get something back in a sign and trade.” What the Raptors want has absolutely nothing to do with the process. It’s what Bosh wants. Bryan Colangelo is Bosh’s pawn right now, nothing more.” I do believe that Bosh will choose one team he wants to join and tell Colangelo, see what you can get, and he won’t get much, and Bosh will be happy about that. He wants the team he’s destined for to be strong and for the Raptors to be weak. Obviously.
ATLTimekeeper opines, “They both said they’ll try to work together, so let’s hold them to their words until they prove otherwise.” And that makes no sense for Bosh, who, let’s be clear, has zero interest in helping Colangelo. The only reason he’s said what he said is so he can get more money. As was posted by David Thorpe in Thorpe chat wrap (On the Noah/Bosh S&T catch-22), “Bosh must want to have Noah next to him. It’s every scoring big’s dream to play with a talent like Noah.” You can switch out a myriad of names for Noah, depending on what team Bosh decides on.
Youngblood says, “LMAO @ the Raps not having any leverage. Just like Thorpe said, Chicago is not our only option.” I’m not sure how to break this to him, but we will have no options if Bosh decides to leave. It’s not like he’s gonna say, “I have no desire to go to any particular place. Send me anywhere you want.” Maybe Youngblood has never changed jobs. You actually go where you feel is going to be the best situation for you.
I hate the silly season. Please let these weeks fly.
