In my last post, I blogged about Chris Bosh and his future with the Toronto Raptors. Today we journey into nut-case land via GM Bryan Colangelo. In a recent article written by official team website commentator Mike Ulmer entitled "Colangelo Takes Centre Stage at Workouts", Ulmer had this to say: "The Raptors GM downplayed Turkoglu's remarks that he had been mishandled and while he stopped short of saying he wanted him back, Colangelo said there were plenty of teams that would have Turkoglu even after his disappointing season in Toronto. 'Regardless of the comments, he remains a talented player. He's commanding a lot of attention in regards to trade discussions. Whether or not we move him will be based on whether or not there is a deal that makes sense for our team. We have talked about that informally.'" The last part of the quote seems very sensible, but the first part does not. For Colangelo to even entertain any thoughts about Hedo coming back to T.O. worries me and it suggests to me that the Raptors management (Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment Ltd) more than likely cares NOTHING nowadays for the team or its fans. The bottom line here is financial security. Toronto doesn't feel an urgent need to change because the fans still pack the Air Canada Centre for Raptors and Leafs games. If the fans didn't do this, then the management may clue in and see the problem. Look at the history of the franchise and also examine the history of teams when they struggle. How many teams can you think of struggle to even make the playoffs while still selling out almost every game? I can't think of ANY other teams that have gone through this situation. Just thinking...now back to the unhappy Raptor. If Turkoglu is unhappy in Toronto and if he has accused the Raptors organization of mishandling him, it doesn't make any sense in keeping him. The best thing for Toronto to do is to move him if they can. If that cannot be done, then Turkoglu needs to pipe down and work things out with the GM crew and the management. After that, he must work it out with whatever teammates he might have in that situation. Things better work out because they sure haven't before (with former Raptors Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, Rafer Alston, & Damon Stoudamire). Here's the link for the article I quoted from: Turkoglu and Bosh Insanity So there are my thoughts on the Raptors, now I touch on the Blue Jays.
After beating San Francisco at home 2-1 in the 3-game series, the Jays hosted the St. Louis Cardinals. So far things have been anything other than heavenly for the team as they have already lost the first two games. Last night's game was a 1-0 nail-biter, while Game 1 was a 9-4 blowout. About the only positive has been Jose Bautista finally getting his 19th and 20th home runs of the season in Game 1 of this series. Here are the links for the two games: Game 1 vs Cardinals, Game 2 vs Cardinals
That's all for now. See you all later!
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