The Raptors are a solid team. If they stay healthy, theyll win 50-55 games and probably a playoff round. But theyre not a title contender, or even all that close to being one, and in the Western Conference theyd be nip-and-tuck just to make the playoffs. Thats twice theyve lost at home to legit contenders with great interior size, good guard play and solid perimeter D. Tonight, they got exposed. Cmon, Ujiri, pull the trigger on a move for a big man. Valanciunas is what he is, a decent rotation player who will beat up on weaker teams but then pretty much vanish as anything other than a rebounder against top big men; youre not winning a title, or even truly contending, with him as your starting centre. Period. Package him and Terrance Ross (who again, isnt more than a seventh or eighth man, if that. for a real contender) and a couple of picks for a top-notch big man, and put Lou Williams in the starting rotation. Greg Monroe or Andre Drummond from Detroit would look REAL good in purple. So would Al Jefferson from Charlotte. Also, its really frustrating watching DeRozan turn into Kobe-lite and shoot low-percentage contested fadeaways and turnaround jumpers all night. That put the Raps in a hole they couldnt get out of.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 03:43:37 +0000
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