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A bunch of pf's running up and down the court with no elite point guard is not Phoenix ball. It's Hawks ball. And by the looks of it, that's what the Raptors will be going with next year.
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Give BC time. It will not be a complete copy of the suns, because there is only one Steve Nash. The only two other PG's capable of doing an equal job are not going anywhere (c. paul and kidd). The raptors, lead by BC, won't be the hawks. I'm as doubtful as most come when it comes to BC, but I know he won't turn Toronto into Atlanta.
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Your franchise player is Bosh, and you need to get him some playoff experience.
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Agreed. The path to the playoffs is what we disagree on. Some think that, with aldridge, the raptors can make the playoffs if they sign a nice pg this offseason. I think that is a stretch, but it could conceivably happen. Why jeopardize the future for a first round exit (if they make the playoffs at all) neat year?
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Put the right pieces around your franchise player so that he can get to the playoffs and learn how to win there.
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Magloire is not the right mid-to-longterm piece. And slowdown, bosh needs to learn how to win in the regular season first, a lot of games where lost in the last 2 minutes - mostly james and sam mitchell's fault, but chris could have been more forceful in demanding the ball etc.
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You don't see them tanking and putting stupid lineups on the floor so that they can stay in the lottery for a few more years. When your franchise player is entering his 4th year, it's completely unacceptable to be settling for the lottery.
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No one thinks Toronto will tank for a pick.
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That's a playoff team with a lineup that can remain intact for the next five years.
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Next five years? That's assuming magloire is signed to the crazy money he wants. Toronto has a good cap situation, why blow it? I'll get to that later.
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"let's go with 3 pf's, and 2 sg's and lose for a while longer until we get more lottery picks"
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That is not the actual plan. BC will do what it takes to get a PG. Signing jay will, trading for brevin knight, drafting m. williams, signing m. banks, w/e BC thinks is the best thing will happen. He won't let next years raptors go without a PG. As for the 3 pf's, well, sure it's not prototypical but it's feasible.
If the raptors did this trade and got magloire and kept him for the next 5 years, they would basically end the good cap situation they are in now. Here is the magloire lineup:
pg: mo williams
sg: mo pete
sf: gay/morrison + graham
pf: bosh
c: magloire
Line-up B (uncertainties here, but possibilities):
Add a player that can be signed with the money not being spent on magloire and mo williams (minus charlies low salary).
pg: banks? knight?
sg: mo pete
sf: charlie
pf: bosh
c: aldridge
Don't let the unsure spots in line-up B fool you. If aldridge isn't a bust-to-semibust and BC signs a great FA with the boatload of money they have, B is better.
This has been a long post/day, so my thought process is not all here
adamcz I quoted you a lot, don't take it as an attack (I think constant quoting looks aggressive).
