Chris Bosh and Jermaine O'Neal: Can Anyone Else in the East Compete?

Another slow day around the office, too much time to think. Toronto Maple Leafs training camp opens today and I can just feel the deluge of hockey coverage from this upcoming season. This is Toronto, a hockey town—for now. I'm just waiting for this season to start, i miss the "squeak, squeak, swish"—or "clang," as the case may be. I know it's too much to ask to have basketball all year round, but I can't help it. I can live with the gap between the NBA playoffs and the Draft, but this post-summer league waiting is for the birds—er, dinos. With what appears on paper to be an exciting team this year, the Raptors should impress—and no one is more ready to be impressed than yours truly. Jermaine O'Neal may be the best addition to the Raptors lineup in years.  I know, I know, everything is dependant on his health—but who else in the Eastern Conference can pair up two big men like O'Neal and Bosh?   Atlanta : Horford and J. Smith As athletic as Smith ... (link)