Opening night in Toronto. The Raps are actually winning??
Raptors 78
Rockets 74
(RSN)

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raptors 95
rockets 88

Raptors rocked...unselfish, hard working, team basketball...I love it.

If they play games HALF that entertaining for the rest of the season, the greedy hockey bitches can all stay home for as long as they'd like

ok, it was only the first game...but that was fun to watch

Good thread Jeff,
My predictions, as I'm the self proclaimed 'most knowledgable TA on basketball'

BEST CASE SCENARIO:
Carter is healthy, is serious about wanting a trade and actually plays hard for the first time since his second season and keeps his mouth shut in the locker room, and as a result is only minimally detrimental to the team. Bosh doesn't run out of steam like he did last season, because the [what looks like minimal] amount of extra pounds he put on during the summer allows him to bang it down low with NBA sized players for 82 games. Jalen Rose doesn't take stupid shots. Donyell Marshall isn't called upon exclusively to play center, and play extremely heavy minutes and do half the scoring for the team. Rafer Alston lives up to the contract he signed and plays at a similar level to what he did last year.
If all this happens, the raps could win 45-50 games this year, and probably lose in the second round of the playoffs, depending on whether or not the other team has a big time center/power player the raps can't control.

WORST CASE SCENARIO
Carter acts like a whiney bitch. Destroys team chemistry, allowing no one to function. Alston sucks. Jalen is stupid, Donyell loses the heart to play [a la Antonio Davis Style]. We win 20-25 games.

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i'm hoping to catch some games this season .. there's gonna be some competition finally in the EAst, but should be fun to watch

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Nice start for the Raps beating Houston. I didnt see the game but from the stats it looks like Rafer played pretty good as did Bosh. Vince wasn't too involved and Mitchell for his first win.

Hope this continues

Rafer played awesome, he set up some big plays

i hope they dont forget about marshall this season, he was there best player last year

Well on their way to the first ever undefeated season. There was more excitement in this game than there were in all 82 games combined last year!

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They have a really really talented team. A few holes ya. No real big man and a mediocre PG, but they have so much potential in terms of scoring. Vince, Donyell, Chris Bosh and Jalen.. Some talented players. Theres no way they should finish as bad as they did last year with that kind of offensive talent. They just need some leadership, some confidence and a coach that allows them to take advantage of that offensive talent.

I enjoyed watching the unselfish play tonight, if they keep this up all season we honestly have a shot at the Eastern Confrence finals

Great win over a great team They played well...hope they can keep this going


GO RAPS!

Since we have nothing else to watch (NHL'll be out for a while)

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