With free agency just days away, NBA and sport fans are about to witness something unbelievable and are going to learn the business of professional sports first hand. From a Raptors perspective, it seems like Chris bosh is gone and I couldn't blame the guy. Since he's been here, there has been nothing but instability with coaches and new rosters. Yet, all Bosh has done since he came to Toronto was get better, rep Toronto well and become arguably the best PF in the league. I only hopes if he does leave, that he helps the Raptors get some good talent return if he does decide to do a sign and trade. Which leaves us on what Bryan Colangelo is going to do. Now is the time to earn that $4 million a year contract BC.
When the season ended, BC had to worry about Bosh leaving, a PG dilemma with Jose and Jack and revamping this roster for the 3rd straight year. Then, Hedo aka Zohan had to come in and demand a trade. Get ready Raps fans to meet public enemy 2 in the near future. When BC first got here, I was excited. Toronto finally had a well respected and credible GM and in his first year, you saw his stamp on the team. The one thing I like about Colangelo and probably his biggest knock is that he is always looking to improve the team, hence trading players too quickly and thus not creating a cohesive team that can create chemistry and learn to win. You look at the teams that win, Lakers, Celtics, and Magic, all 3 of these teams have been together for a while and know how to play with one another. This will be BC's last summer to get it right.
Come training camp, there could be 2/3rd's of a new roster and with Bosh gone, this will be a team that will be led by committee instead of one guy. The one dude who could benefit from all of this is Andrea Bargnanni. For 4 seasons, we have seen glimpses of an all star in him and then he disappears for games at a time. Expect more pressure on him this year. With the situation Hedo put himself in last year, his value is not that high and I hope Colangelo doesn't trade him for the sake of getting rid of his contract and bringing in another bad contract. I'm not going to tell or guess what Colangelo should do, but he definitely needs to find a basketball philosophy that will work for him. He does not have the pieces here to be run and gun, or at least be good at it. This team needs a better defensive presence. He is on the right track by drafting Ed Davis and Soloman Alabi. This team does have the pieces to score and if they can bring some athletic pieces to compliment the guys that are here, they can rebound back and not be far off from competing for the playoffs. Of course, in order for the Raps to be title contenders, they will need a superstar to come here and lead them. But as a Raps fan, lets take it one step at a time and build from here.
Come July 1, a day that has been circled for at least 3 years, the landscape in the NBA is going to change dramatically. Toronto will regress, but will bounce back. The same cannot be said about Cleveland if LeBron leaves. That's why BC will have pull something out his bag of tricks to get Toronto back in the NBA scene. Like I said earlier, Colangelo is not afraid to make a change and has the smarts to work out a deal that can get Toronto turned around. If not, this franchise will take a serious step back and we will be forced to watch the Leafs....CRAP. If BC does come across the article, hopefully this track will motivate him.
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