The Raptors collapse last night in Dallas, was again a
sign of too many outside shooters, and no slashers to
the hoop.

Bosh, can not take this punishment nioght after night,
doing all the slashing and driving. Its admirable, but
the refs only call it maybe once out of every two
times he gets mauled.

Kapono is a shooter, Delfino is a little of
everything, but does not slash much. Parker loves to
elevate and shoot three's but doesn't go inside much
at all. (And he hurt them last night) Bargnani is a
shooter, and they forgot to give him the ball in the
second half when he was hot, and so he got cold. They
started hoisting them up themselves.

And yet look at the spacing, four guys on the
perimeter, and maybe one guy 12 feet from the hoop for
rebounds. he is easily blocked out, and it is one and
done.... and Dallas was away.

Graham is strong but inconsistent slasher, Moon is a
great addition, and multi-talented, so I would trade a
Parker, Delfino, Kapono type equal status type player
for a real slasher, or masher inside.

One demensional style just won;t work all the time,
and will relegate toronto to a 500 ball club. They
need DEPTH in different type of specialties not just
all three point shooters with no slashers and mashers.

Just My Opinion

David


--- David Jordan <davidjayjordan@...> wrote:

> As with Golden State, having all these outsider
> shooters, who just play limited minutes, means they
> get on the floor and hoist them up, so as to try and
> get hot and stay on the floor for more minutes.
>
> Sam, trying to find a hot hand, can;t get the so
> called right combination because they just don;t get
> the touches to get in the flow.
>
> Hence experimenting to see who is hot and who is
> not,
> is a rather hit or miss coaching choice, that
> usually
> won;t work.
>
> And when we have two exceptional point guards, who
> control the ball a whole lot, again the touches may
> be
> limited for the others, who just don't get the feel
> and flow of the game enough to contribute.
>
> And when we just don't have any inside presense,
> almost all are hoovering around the three point line
> and no body on the off side is close to rebounding,
> and it is one and done.
>
> Too many players of the same caliber, and sdame
> shooting style, as most think they are three point
> shooters, and no body has the muscle or quicks to go
> inside. Bosh tries, but eventually, he will be
> roughed
> up and injured if he keeps trying. He's got guts,
> but
> he ain't a goin to last, when other teams are bigger
> and stronger inside than us. He will get injured,
> and
> then the RAPTORS will be dead meat or easy meat for
> the opposition prey.
>
>
> --- David <davidjayjordan@...> wrote:
>
> > I say too strong a bench and not a clear cut
> > starting five and clear
> > cut seven can hurt a team rather than help it. Too
> > many players of all
> > the same caliber, can cause jealousies and
> > discontenment as they are
> > too close to playing more. And if not getting
> enough
> > playing time, lose
> > confidence with the coach, get grievances with the
> > starting five etc.
> >
> > Clear-cut better starters, and having two or three
> > subs is almost
> > always a better recipe for success, than having
> sooo
> > many pretty good
> > players at the same level.
> >
> > With this type of problem, maybe Toronto won't
> jell
> > together this year.
> > We shall see.
> >
> >
>
>
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