Thursday, January 24, 2008

Andrea back? Please God let it be so!

Wow! What a thrilling game! The Raptors were just unreal from beyond the arc. They hit 15 three pointers! And the best thing of all is Andrea broke out with a huge game! 20 points 7 Assists and 7 rebounds- a near triple double! This game a showed a glimpse of what could be in the very near future. Bosh and Andrea played a great game. Now all we need is consistency. If we can become consistent and if Andrea can continue to play like he played tonight we could become a very dangerous team. Jose played unbelievable tonight- I think he should go to the all-star game along with Bosh.

I just hope we can bring it in Milwaukee! This team has proven that it can beat any team in the NBA. But it also has proven that we can lose to any team. We just need consistency and we should be fine. But that's a big if right now. We are on the verge of becoming an elite team. But right now we are not quite there yet.

Even though we shot the lights out, we had way too many turnovers! I think we had 18. We need to limit those especially if they lead to baskets for the other team. We need to take care of the ball and be smart. Our rebounding is just atrocious! We definitely need a banger; a rebounder that can get us second chance points; someone that can just get us the damn ball. It's so frustrating seeing our team struggle with rebounds. We just gave up way too many rebounds and second chance points. We need to get this rebounder via trade- since we desperately need it right now!

Heading into the trade deadline, I think we need a third string point guard, a rebounder, and someone that can drive to the basket on a consistent basis. On the order of importance I think we need:

1. Rebounder 2. Third string point guard 3. Shooting guard.

I think we are going to definitely trade Martin, Dixon, Kapono, and Graham to fill our needs. I'm just not sure if they have enough value to get us something we need. I think Kapono is our best bet. Maybe trade him to Miami for Haslem?

Well off to Milwaukee- see you then! We are now 23-19!

Dave