Colangelo lashes out at Bosh

damn, it is so sad that when you are a Raptors fan and you know the Raptors are gonna be a lottery team again

The Raptors routinely recruit quitters. Vince Carter, Bosh, Hedo. Go after some guys with heart, I heard T-Mac is available. (sArKaZm)

I think Bosh, Wade and Lebron all knew they where going to play with each other next year. I think Wade was the only one that played the hardest because he knew he wasn't leaving Miami. Now Bosh checked out early last season, thats a givin. Lebron checked out last year by not committing to a longer term and checking out during the playoffs. This plan was thought out for prob a while now. I don't think Riley is the master mind behind it, if he didn't have Wade non of this would have happened. Too much credit giving to Riley

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Originally posted 08:55 AM ET  07.27 by Docmadinejad

You have point, which makes me now wonder why they didn't go hard for Lebron.

Delonte didn't like the idea of his step son playing in a different country. He had a talk with his mother and they both agreed its best Lebron stays home. That was communicated to Colangelo who understood the importance of father/son relationship.

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Originally posted 09:23 AM ET  07.27 by Lostwill

Delonte didn't like the idea of his step son playing in a different country. He had a talk with his mother and they both agreed its best Lebron stays home. That was communicated to Colangelo who understood the importance of father/son relationship.

Nice.

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Originally posted 08:41 AM ET  07.27 by JIGSAW

damn, it is so sad that when you are a Raptors fan and you know the Raptors are gonna be a lottery team again

The root cause of these players quitting and demanding trades is 'guaranteed contracts'. I can only hope the NBA totally gets rid of that in their next CBA. There should be an incentive based system so players don't quit to hurt the competetive spirit of the game or just demand a trade or have incentive not to play their best. You also eliminate the possibility of ever having the Eddy Curry types in the league.

QUOTE(#11):

Originally posted 09:23 AM ET  07.27 by Lostwill

Delonte didn't like the idea of his step son playing in a different country. He had a talk with his mother and they both agreed its best Lebron stays home. That was communicated to Colangelo who understood the importance of father/son relationship.

That was hilarious!

QUOTE(#11):

Originally posted 09:23 AM ET  07.27 by Lostwill

Delonte didn't like the idea of his step son playing in a different country. He had a talk with his mother and they both agreed its best Lebron stays home. That was communicated to Colangelo who understood the importance of father/son relationship.

Now that's funny.

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Originally posted 09:19 AM ET  07.27 by Swauny Jones

He's absolutely right about Bosh, he spent to much time in da peelers here in Toronto instead of coming back to the team. Can't say Colangelo didn't try with him. Oh well Derozan and Davis will be bright spots for this team in the coming seasons and the team is better balanced without him. If only they can rid themselves of Calderon and get stronger at the PG position then they can be a strong team once again.

I listened to this interview on the radio, they were asking if they thought Bosh quit at the all-star break...BC disagreed but admitted he did quit at some point. Why would BC try to resign someone he feels is quiting on the team.

That being said, I am really looking forward to seeing this season unfold, something I wasn't lookinf forward to for a while. I like Bosh gone, I agree the team seems more ballanced now. As a Raps fan, at least you get to see a new team every year!

And ya, I was hoping Calderon would ship, hopefully he takes this as a wake-up call...

Stay in Miami, Bro.

Bosh is wack

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Originally posted 09:28 AM ET  07.27 by Lostwill

The root cause of these players quitting and demanding trades is 'guaranteed contracts'. I can only hope the NBA totally gets rid of that in their next CBA. There should be an incentive based system so players don't quit to hurt the competetive spirit of the game or just demand a trade or have incentive not to play their best. You also eliminate the possibility of ever having the Eddy Curry types in the league.

All sports should be a base, which is consistent across the board with a contractually agreed upon set of performance / results based rewards for the individual and the team. That way you always have a player playing hard and trying to improve because that would be directly tied to what they earned for the year. The team rewards would be based on playoff series won all the way through the Championship, with increasing bonuses with each step taken upward to the coveted ring. You could do that in every sport and that would also allow the NFL to give guaranteed money as well as the base would be commensurate with the salary structure of that league.

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Originally posted 09:54 AM ET  07.27 by jgb

Not saying that.he isn't right, but these Gm's need to stop talking about former players as it shirts their team in the long runPlayers talk, players stick together.......if he's badmouthing former players, even if right.....no big FAs will want to come play for a guy that's going to throw them under the bus if things don't go well.

If they get the raw deal like Lebron did to his own people these GM's and owners have feelings too... only that some are more emotional than others... I'm all about being allowed to express how you feel. The way them three cats went about executing a plan they hashed years ago and led the whole nation on is wrong on many levels. You don't even play chicks like that...