Just some short items before heading out to the work they pay me to do, at Down With Buildings Demolition Co.:If the Toronto Raptors' timeline could be likened to the topography of a country, it would be the Netherlands.
You know, with a lot of low spots. Groan. Of course, you remember all the "Raptors hit new low" headlines last year this time when they became the first NBA team ever to lose to a European team on North American soil (and here we thought basketball was played on a parquet floor), losing to Maccabi Tel Aviv, who prevailed on a last-second shot by Anthony Parker (pictured). No dummies, the Raptors went out and signed Parker this summer. Nice.
(With respect to last year's debacle: Never mind that the Raptors have been much more progressive than most NBA teams in realizing there's some pretty good hoops played abroad, and have tried to bring in at least one a season, in both a nod to basketball being a world sport and the diversity among Toronto's basketball fans. So yes, that means they brought it on themselves.)
Scott Carefoot of RaptorBlog is the man for Toronto hoops coverage, but Neil and I have made a place for the team. Coming back to Ontario in 2004, just in time for the NHL lockout, gave me a chance to follow the ups and downs (and downs...) of the Raptors.
On a snowy night early last December, it was a disheartening loss in a late West Coast game against the Clippers that made me learn "to stop worrying, love the NBA’s most woebegone team, and take the first step toward inner peace."
It was like Pulp Fiction where Samuel L. Jackson's character, the hitman Jules, realizes that he's had "what alcoholics call a moment of clarity." I am a Raptors fan, hear me roar. Good lord. Now there's some hope again, under new GM Bryan Colangelo. Anyone want to put odds on whether the Raptors return to the post-season before the Leafs or Blue Jays do?
Back with more later. Send your thoughts to neatesager@yahoo.ca.
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