Raptors Roll Call April 13 vs Pistons
Bargnani - a couple of good drives to the hoop off the dribble does not cover up some horrible defence. Especially when you miss on half of them.
Bosh - what happened to “tired” Bosh? I think his recent outbursts continue to show he has some stuff on his mind that was taking him out of his game. Not today. Solid game with a double double and taking the team on his shoulders for 43 minutes. Shows he shouldn’t be afraid of the Pistons in the playoffs.
Calderon - statistically not a great game, but a good game nonetheless. Not his fault his teammates had an off shooting night. Some nice finds, some good hustle, and back to talking. Nice to see and it didn’t hurt his offseason free agent options via the national broadcast.
Delfino - not hard to tell he was a wee bit pumped tonight. Playing better of late, and like Jose he didn’t fill the stat sheet, but his hustle and desire made it a memorable afternoon for him.
Ford - that hard hacking foul was unnecessary and so was his jawing with the Pistons bench and laughing with Sheed. You are here to play, not give up points by committing a foul that, had it been on you, you probably would have been crying on the floor. Ford did play well, but as is his way this season, bad stuff overshadows good.
Kapono - I keep waiting, hoping, praying to see Kapono come out and get all Dell Curry on our ass. Just stand there and be automatic. Well, 2 games left!!!
Moon - nice dunk huh? Yeah, thanks for the only 2 points you scored all night. The refs even gave you a few calls on both sides of the ball and you didn’t take advantage. I’m sure Sam picked him up and held him against the wall after the game.
Nesterovic - a nice showing and, that said, underutilized. His 18pts could have been 36 if he was given the ball more often down low. He is smarter than any of the Pistons post guys and between him and Bosh, he could have provided a steal on the road.
Parker - shame for him to have an off night given the stage. The hustle factor was there, but he just couldn’t get off his shot nor did he do a great job of sticking to his man. Bad time of year to start to show some wear and tear.
Driving the Bus: Chris Bosh
Under the Bus: Jamario Moon
Theme Song:
Apr 13th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
I was impressed with how Bosh performed under the Spotlight. I was also surprised how much love the U.S Broadcast gave Moon
Apr 13th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
U.S. markets love to pump stories like Moon’s. He was on Rome this week as well talking about the same shit.
ABC loves stories that can one day be on Oprah or something.
Delfino tries so hard and has so little to show for it.
I would love to have Maxiell or Stuckey, Joe D showing everyone how to find gold.
cuzzy’s last blog post..Raptors get bench-pressed in Motown
Apr 13th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Moon drives me insane, I kid you not man. This guy is so fucking inconsistent in his offensive game that it drives me nuts. He needs to grow a set of balls, wipe that cunt of a smile of his face, get fired up and start driving to the rim. I’m fucking tried of his two dunks and countless missed perimeter jumpers. This fucker should not be starting for us, at best he’s a “come off the bench, grab some boards, make a couple dunks” type of guy. In other words, he’s a piss poor man’s JR Smith.
What else, the Raptors lose to the Pistons bench on national TV. Fuck me but that’s the most embarrassing thing thats happened all season. At least Bosh is playing hard and not folding like a lawn chair. Same can’t be said for that ass-pirate Bargnani who’s about as worthless as tits on a nun. Can you say bust? I sure can.
Fuck, while I’m typing this I just realized I fucking hate this Raptor team. I really do, even fucking AP who I used to like gets his nuts all tied up in crunch time. If I see any more missed threes in the clutch or 1-2 from the line, I’m gonna throw a brick at my TV, put on my wife beater and beat my wife. Seriously.
What else, then there’s Calderon and Ford. We like to kiss their ass and give them a hot massage after most games but both these two SUCK ASS defensively. They can’t guard their man worth shit and don’t give me this TJ is a better than player than Jose bullshit because they’re both trash on the defensive end. Stuckey and Billups were pulling their pants down, lubing them up and then going Church and Wellesley on them.
As for our help defense, even 124 year old ubie Brown was like, “why can’t these cunts rotate properly or double early?”. Then we miss our interior rotations once we allow penetration from the PG - recipe for disaster.
Fuck. We’re fucked in the playoffs. Orlando will rape us regardless of how sure that bald eagle Swirsky is about our chances. Enjoy your fucking spaghetti or raviolli dinner with Maurizio and Bargnani, do tell us what Bargnani orders and how fucking smoothly he ate his chicken and then later took the shit. I know you love that shit Chuck. Also on how he passed the Caliper test thus deserved to be the #1 pick in the draft and his demeanor and his great chemistry with Bosh and blah blah blah…..FUCK YOU MAN. You’re a fucking nobody who knows dick all about basketball!
Colangelo - please get some balls, defense, grit, passion on this team. Get rid of Delfino - the fucker wears makeup for chrissakes, Kapono sucks and is as one-dimensional as a fucking streetcar, Bargnani has the heart of the tin-man and we’re as soft as cotton….fix this shit. now.
Arsenalist’s last blog post..Pistons bench beats Raptors
Apr 13th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
holy shit…I was waiting for someone to snap…I bet you feel much better eh arse? I know I feel better!
Raps Fan’s last blog post..Sam Mitchell/Lawrence Frank - Raps/Nets - Apr. 11/08
Apr 14th, 2008 at 10:08 am
[...] I just had a revelation on the AltRaps blog: Moon drives me insane, I kid you not man. This guy is so fucking inconsistent in his offensive [...]
Apr 14th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Man U…clap clap clap…Man U…clap clap clap….
See, this is what happens when there are 4 or 5 sporting events on TV in the span of 12 hours.
Scott’s last blog post..Raptors Roll Call April 13 vs Pistons
Apr 14th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Arsenalist, you just entered my Hall of Fame with that one. I believe I actually lost 50% of my hearing just reading that to myself.
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