I’d go with:
Bargs
Nesterovic
Parker
Delfino
Calderon

Watching Bargs both on O and D is VERY frustrating. But to be fair, we’re leaning on him for strength inside and rebounding because that’s where we’re weak… but that’s just not his style.

The word soft has been thrown around a lot here instead of ‘perimeter oriented’. Don’t confuse the two. I like our current core of players, we jsut need to add a good rebounder like Miller or Foster. I don’t think adding Artest will do much for this team..a solid inside presence is needed more than a thug.

re: Calderon’s recent drop in productivity

http://realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=768907

* Jose is NOT tired and has NOT ‘hit the wall’

in fact, strictly as a Point Guard, i.e. when TJ Ford is NOT on the floor at the same time with Calderon,

Calderon has NOT performed poorly during these last 6 games.

What has effected Calderon’s overall performance?

* the decision to stop playing him 38+ MPG … as the (solo) Mainframe PG for this team

* the decision to play Calderon (Off Guard) & Ford (Point Guard) simultaneously

* the residual effect(s) of attempting to close Pandora’s Box and put the Genie back into the bottle once the contents have been let loose (i.e. 38+ MPG for Jose)

Calderon is a 1st-class person, a great teammate, and a consumate ‘pro’ … who will never (ever) admit/acknowledge that this is THE problem, right now, as far as his individual productivity is concerned.

However, when you try to ‘make’ a Mainframe PG, like Jose Calderon - who SHOULD be playing 38+ MPG in the NBA - into something he is not (i.e. a back-up PG) then this is precisely the type of production your team can expect from him … nothing more, and nothing less.

But, put him into his into his correct role … and he will once again produce at the same level he did when he was playing 38+ MPG, without Ford as his side-kick! … and, the Raptors will regain their W-L productivity against both mediocre and elite level teams in the NBA,

i.e. http://khandorssportsblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/tracking-the-raptors-key-stretch-of-19-games-19/

Keep operating the way the team is running now … and there’ll be another 1st Round Playoff exit for the 2007-2008 Toronto Raptors.

Thanks for the clarification re: the towel thing.

Grumpy Fan, I don’t know about the Lucas hiring affecting Calderon, they seem sorta disjoint to me. I don’t know about the coaches carrying this team, I think the GM gets the bulk of the credit there. BC’s made this a good enough team to stay around .500 but he’s also left enough holes that we can’t do anything in the playoffs. I’d say Parker and Calderon have high pretty high basketball IQs whereas Bosh knows the correct way to play defense, his offensive decisions sometimes are still pretty iffy.

2. Here is my theory on Calderon. I think the Lucas hire for TJ (even though it is being masked as a hire for all players) has thrown him off balance and is making him lose his focus. Looks like the the Raps are saying that no matter how good he plays the emphasis is to have TJ as the numero uno point guard for the future.

3. Apart from Bosh; the basketball IQ of the players coupled with their 1 on 1 with Asst. Coaches is what has likely been carrying this team. Certainly not Sam’s coaching.

TJ/Calderon playing together isn’t working out, why did Sam think it would after the Indiana game. Fool me once…..

I hate watching Bargnani play, so frustrating. Leo brought up a point where he said Bargnani’s scoring will come from the mid-range game which can be true but not the way his drive-fakes and pull-ups are working. Rebounding, what can you say, our 7-footers were getting owned by Jared Dudley who’s what? 6′7″?? Pathetic really, we needed a rebounder last season!

On the contrary, you were irritated since I stated I was a fan of Humphries and his hustle, I cracked on Jamario due to his waning play and thought Kapono should get more burn to shoot us back in the games that we were getting kicked on the boards.

Nice try, though, son. Guess you just have too many hate-ons for people that you are getting them confused.