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I’ve said it once and i’ll say it again… The Toronto Raptors are a better team this year without Chris Bosh, then last they were last year, with CB4.

I’ve been waiting for this day for about 2 years and we are just weeks away from the start to the 2010/2011 NBA season!

The Toronto Raptors would have NEVER won anything with Chris Bosh being our “number 1” guy. He’s like Kevin Garnett when KG was on the wolves… He needed to go somewhere with a Super Star (Paul Pierce ). He had to man up and be a number two and sometimes, even a number three… IF CB4 would have been man enough to let someone else take the spot light in Toronto (like he’s doing in Miami - number 3) then this team could have been… who knows - it’s the past now anyway.

It’s time for the “young gunz” to step up.

It’s time for Andrea Bargnani to step up - BIG TIME. (Even though the Raptors still need to find a true center and let Bargs slide to the 4 spot and be out Dirk… Dampier?!)

It’s time to let this team play like a team - like the Pistons of 2003-04… They had no business winning a championship. They did it with hard work, playing together and working as a unit. In a couple short years we saw a team do this:

2002
Eliminated Toronto, three games to two
Lost to Boston, four games to one

2003
Eliminated Orlando, four games to three
Eliminated Philadelphia, four games to two
Lost to New Jersey, four games to none

2004
Eliminated Milwaukee, four games to one
Eliminated New Jersey, four games to three
Eliminated Indiana, four games to two
Eliminated L.A. Lakers, four games to one
WORLD CHAMPIONS

I think with the players the Raptors have (minus that center we still need) and the cap room that Bryan Colangelo has created (and no fake number 1 guy) that we finally have the right ingredients to make that 4 year push. Everyone is under contract. Someone can still emerge as a true number 1 (Demar, Week, etc…). Draft. Trades. Cap room… I’m excited to see what the future holds.

That is all. Till next time.

It all comes down to the final game of the year… (And what Chicago does tonight against charlotte) but I am not sure what I want to happen… I know everyone always says you want to make it into the playoffs and blah blah blah but is it worth losing our draft pick to Miami? Will Bosh even be fit to play? Is there any chance of us beating the (soon to be world champion) Cavs!?

This year in raptor land has been such an emotional roller coaster… at one point we were looking SO GOOD! Even my year long wish of Hedo coming off the bench was answered - too bad it was because he is playing so shit - but I think that should have been the move right from the start… Sure he’s getting paid 10 mill a year but look at Lamar Odom of the Lakers – he’s getting around 8 mill a year and no one says anything there… Besides, should your paycheck determine who starts?

Hedo would have been great coming off the bench. He could have handled the ball more and tossed up many more shots. With him in the starting lineup – having to share shots with CB4 and Bargs – there just weren’t enough touches to go around!

Anyway, yet again, this has been a year of many injuries and so many false hopes… regardless of what happens with the playoffs, the next big question is… CB4!? Will he stay or will he go?

If I had things my way – he’d be gone in a sign and trade for a good young stub (2 guard or 3) and maybe a draft pick. Don’t get me wrong – Bosh is good – he puts a lot of work into being good… But I’ve never thought he’s GREAT – not a number 1. Would he even be as good if we had a true number 1 - like a Wade or James – if he didn’t average around 20 shots a game? Give David West those touches (who pretty much has the same stats) or a Kendrick Perkins – He only averages 7 shots a game!

Everyone puts Bosh in the LBJ or the D Wade class, but really, should he be? Should he get the same scratch as those two guys? Hell NO! Bosh is a number two at best. Look at Garnett – he needed a Paul Peirce to complete him… that’s what Bosh needs. So if our only way to keep Bosh is the give him max money and run our offence through him… I’d say this should be his last year in a raps uni…

That is all.

For now.

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