Many of my readers will know by now that Toronto Raptors star forward Chris Bosh is set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer and that his contract with the team will expire. They may also know that Chris has been busy with his Twitter account lately: first Bosh asked his Twitter followers this question at 3:28 PM on April 30, "Been wanting to ask: Where should I go next season and why?" Then he tweeted again at 4:06 PM on the same day and said, "OK...Let me rephrase the question: Should I stay or should I go?" This has led to a number of responses from fans, bloggers and anyone else who is interested in this man's career: everything from "Stay in T.O. You look like a Raptor" and "It's great that he's asking US where to go next season" to "This man thinks too highly of himself" and "If he really wants to win as much as he says he does, then he should be willing to take less money than the 'max' amount." There have even been comments of the likes of "Maybe McGrady (Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter's cousin by marriage) and Bosh should join traitor Vince in Orlando. They'd be a good company together." You can see many of these comments on this link: Chris Bosh's Twitter Controversy After the main story that appears on the page, you will see a section entitled "It's Your Call." In that section are many, if not all, of the comments I have selected and put onto this blog post. The comments come as a reaction to the new story that is developing: CB4 has removed ALL references to Toronto from his Twitter account. The fans took that as a sign of him wanting to leave the team and that he didn't really love Toronto as much as he has repeatedly stated to the contrary. Of course, Bosh DID tweet the following about 20 hours ago, according to his Twitter page: "Just to be clear: I never said that I'm not considering staying in Toronto." However, I fear that it is too late for Bosh to attempt to reconnect with Raptor fans; they have already given their verdict on him: Chris is another traitor of the likes of Vince Carter, who demanded a trade at the beginning of the Raptors 2004-2005 season before their home opener against the Houston Rockets (who, at the time, had Tracy McGrady on their team). Things went from bad to worse for the Raptors last star and he was eventually traded to the New Jersey Nets in December of 2004 after scoring only 5 points against the Detroit Pistons and allegedly suffering an injury in that game's 3rd quarter. Here is some of the video evidence that depicts what I am describing: Vince's Last Raptors Game and The Fans and Wince Carter: Top 10 That should get you started on why the fans boo Vince Carter every time the man plays against the Raptors in Toronto. MY biggest reasons against Vince are: he didn't always give a 100% effort (unlike Chris Bosh), his "injuries" appeared to be faked as the first Youtube video I linked shows (this happened almost EVERY time he went down), he told the media "I don't want to dunk no more" and then he promptly completes TWO dunks the very next night vs the Washington Wizards. In the game he also dunked in an alley-oop attempt that didn't count as he did it after the buzzer. He dunked again later at a Raptors home game vs the New York Knicks in the same 2004-2005 season that prompted some Knicks commentators to recall his "no more dunking" comments anew to their viewers. Here is the smoking gun proof of this: Vince Dunks in Washington the Night IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING the Famous Comments and Windmill Dunks vs the Knicks and the Commentator's Comments about "No Dunking" Anyways, there's the scoop about Vince Carter...now back to Bosh: even if this man leaves Toronto (and it looks more and more likely that he will), I will STILL cheer for this man every time he comes back to the city. He deserves nothing less than that type of reception. Sure, he became injured at a critical point in this season and he is disturbing the fans with his Twitter activities, but overall he was consistent in his actions, attitude, and game-play. Chris hustled out there after every rebound and lose ball and never failed to impress us with his creativity: he made a Youtube video asking fans to vote for him to be a starter on the Eastern Conference All-Star team back in 2008. Here's the video: The Famous Vote for CB4 Video So Raptors fans, do the right thing and support Chris no matter what he decides to do; everything else is nonsensical.
Lastly, the Montreal Canadiens won the critical Game 4 last night vs the Pittsburgh Penguins. Final Score: Montreal 3, Pittsburgh 2. Here's the recap: Game 4: Canadiens vs Penguins Also too, the Jays won their 5th straight game after defeating the Chicago White Sox 2-0 last night at U.S. Cellular Field. Fred Lewis got the only run-scoring hit of the game: a clutch double to put the Jays ahead in the fifth inning. This was after Chicago starter John Danks allowed 1-out hits to both John Buck and Travis Snider to set up Lewis' heroic hit. This win comes on the heels of a impressive 3-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians, including a final-game 5-4 comeback win on Wednesday. Here's the recap: Lewis and Eveland the Heroes in Chicago for Game 1 Well, that wraps it up for another long and busy blog session. Join me later on as I blog about the Jays and other sports happenings. Until I blog next time, be loyal to each other and DON'T pull a Wince Carter!
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