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Sorry gals, Durant just POSTERIZED Rasho. Jebus!
An uncertain future-- TJ Ford
UncertainAfter consulting with two prominent specialists in the U.S. concerning the state of his back, neck and arms, Raptors point guard T.J. Ford is back home in Houston, contemplating his now precarious future in the NBA.
Ford, who missed the entire 2004-05 NBA season after undergoing neck surgery, has already suffered two related arm 'stingers' since last year's playoffs, and a head injury after a fall on Dec. 11 in Atlanta, and has not returned to action since.
Ford had an appointment with back/neck specialist, Dr. Patrick O'Leary in New York on Wednesday, after previously consulting Los Angeles specialist Dr. Robert Watkins, on Monday. Ford departed New York yesterday. He will not join the team for the remainder of the club's current four-game west coast swing (with games tonight in Seattle and tomorrow in Phoenix), but is expected to meet up with the club when they convene on Dec.26 in San Antonio. The Raptors will practice for two days in San Antonio in preparation for their game against the Spurs on Dec.28 at the AT&T Center.
"We are consulting with a number of specialists to get as much information as possible regarding T.J.'s condition. Once enough information is compiled, we will chart a course for his return to basketball activity," Raptors President and GM Bryan Colangelo said, adding that the club will probably send Ford to even more specialists to get a clearer picture of his condition.
The fear within the organization is that Ford's back/neck problems may eventually result in his premature retirement from the NBA.
Man, the Raptors played no defense whatsoever in that second half, it was pathetic. Now they gotta face the Suns, Spurs, Rockets and Hornets and can easily be on a 6 game skid.
Oh yeah...
Thought you would like to know that they are actually going to be in SA longer than a team normally would be. Usually, teams arrive the evening of the day before the game after practicing at home.Raps are here in a week!
Instead, after the game tonight in Phoenix, the players are free for the holidays. That way those players who have family in the US do not have to fly back to Toronto just to fly all the way back to places like Texas or California. Those who want to go back to Toronto can on the team plane, but the rest can head wherever they want. Then, they are off through the 23, 24, and 25.
All of the players will meet up in San Antonio the afternoon of the 26th with those guys who spent the holidays in Toronto coming from Toronto on the team plane but the rest getting to SA on their own. Again, that way they do not have to travel all the way back to Toronto- dealing with a foreign country... and then back out to the US again. The Raptors will actually practice in San Antonio the evening of the 26th and practice again in SA on the 27th with the usual game day schedule on the 28th. Raptors play in Houston on the 29th.
Get ready for the Raptors defense to get even worse. Sam has said that they are moving Andrea into the starting center spot and it is basically his for good. I suppose the reward for sucking is a starting spot. Guess they have decided to put development of him over winning now. See Rasho fade away on the bench. I don't think he is even going to play tonight against Phoenix. I can't wait to see the Raptors attempt to stop Duncan and Yao next week with Andrea and Humphries!
God damn, Bargnani is horrible.
We already know he can't play D, so what good is he if he can't make a shot?
One minute to go third quarter:
Suns 100
Raptors 81
Amare with 24 points and 8 rebounds.
what a play by Nash !!!!
Bosh having a career night but it does no good when the team plays no defense.
I meant to add one other thought-- I think the move of Andrea into the starting line-up means that Ford isn't coming back anytime soon. Ford always plays well with Rasho-- they really do sometimes remind me of 2004 Parker and Rasho.
http://www.thestar.com/Sports/NBA/article/288241"Right now, for us to be what we want to be, Andrea needs to get out there," said Mitc . "He needs to grow and he needs to understand, he needs to make his mistakes and he’s got to learn from them."
"You only learn certain lessons sitting on the bench and you only learn certain lessons practicing. It has to be game application; he has to get out there and play and it’s our job as coaches to sit him down and correct him and continue to coach him and continue to get him better...
"I think Rasho did what we needed him to do," said Mitc . "We’re 15-13 but for us to continue to grow as a team and get to where we have to go eventually and be the team we hope to be, we all believe that Andrea eventually has got to be the starting centre."
Last edited by ploto; 12-23-2007 at 01:16 AM.
Funny blog:
http://raptorsforum.com/?p=301Okay, so I have the kid off to bed, have a few Shopsy’s dogs lined up, pull a Sleeman’s out of the fridge (wha? No MGD? I know…) and get ready to sit down to watch the game when I hear that Bargnani is starting at centre, which kickstarts a “Clouseau-esque” series of pratfalls that includes me almost dropping my dinner and spraying beer across the room. WHA? So just to make sure, I put down my bevarage and look at the screen and yes, I see a photo of Bargnani starting at centre. I do a quick series of events in my head, just to double check that this is the same second year player currently struggling as badly as a player can struggle and that the Raptors are playing AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBRE TEAM and yes, I am right again. So I start trying to figure out the logic behind it. I mean, Sam said in an interview the other day that it wasn’t up to him to light a fire under Bargnani, that it was up to Bargnani to do that, so by starting him ahead of Rasho at centre against one of the best teams in the league, he couldn’t have been trying to light a fire under Bargnani, because that would make him out to be a liar. Okay, so then he must think that the smart move, the STRATEGIC move is to put the player who is struggling the most, who is at possibly the lowest point in his career against a team that can get up and down the court in a flash and move the ball around the floor like the Montreal Canadiens used to move the puck on a power play in the late 70s. Pass, pass, pass, pass, score. I’ve got it, the STRATEGIC move is to put a guy who on his best days has problems defending slow teams into the starting lineup, to reward his poor play of late. But again, Sam isn’t trying to light a fire under him, because he said it wasn’t up to him.
So let’s do a little PTI “Role Play.” “Hi, I’m Rasho Nesterovic. I’ve been playing a pretty good centre for the Toronto Raptors, especially on the defensive end, where I have been boxing guys out. My minutes in the past few games haven’t been huge, but when I have been on the floor, I have been pretty solid. I’m looking forward to playing against the Suns, because I think I can help shut down Amare Stoudemire with my strong positional play. When I get to the arena, Sam Mitc tells me that the kid who is struggling is going to be starting ahead of me. I once again question my coach and then decide that if presented with the opportunity, I will reach into his chest, pull out his heart and eat it in front of him.” Okay, well maybe he wouldn’t say the last part, but seriously, if you’re Rasho, aren’t you wondering what the is going on? Here’s the thing too, it’s not like he just didn’t start, he was a DNP-CD. Coach’s Decision! I thought that I had missed an injury report, that something had happened to Rasho on the way from the hotel, like he had tripped and smacked his head, but no, apparently that happened to Sam.
Merry Christmas, Slovenia.
Merry Christmas, Canada.
Merry Christmas, Ploto.
3 days and counting down!!!!!!!!!!
Here come the Raps!
http://thestar.blogs.com/raptors/
Sorry Angel, but don't expect to see much action from Rasho.
Sam obviously found escape goat for poor defence in Rasho and Moon, and is ready to start Bargnani.
I hope Sho plays the most in the second quarter when I will be finished work and able to give the game my full attention.
At any rate, it will be nice to see him and I have an excellent view of the visitors area of the arena from my restaurant.
Two days and counting down!!!!!!!
Only one day to go!
Whooooooooosh!
It's today!
Impressive win by the Raps.
Me thinks Sho advised them well.
The Raps started out rough but I was very proud of them once they got their game on.
I like the additions of Kapono and Delfino.
Calderon was just awesome.
A.B. frustrated me at times ( granted a lot of this stemmed from him being in the game instead of Sho) but had some good moments.
Humphries did well. Nice team effort, really.
Good for you, Raps!
It was nice to see Sho although I am really disappointed that Coach Mitc kept him on the bench.
I wanted Sho to hear me cheering for him.
@ Rasho sucking so bad now that hes a 12th man on the Raptors.
Great trade Colangelo you .
Play rasho or trade him. Raps goin nowhere if he does not play.
You are wrong (as usual)
Great trade Colangelo you .
Read this: http://spurstalk.com/forums/showpost...2&postcount=32
Looks like Houston was a problem for the Raps.
http://www.nba.com/games/20071229/TORHOU/boxscore.html
I think, that Mitc and Bargnani were hurting Raps even more, than Rockets did.
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