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MMPG: Team of the Weak

 
Toronto Raptors We can pick you up Jermaine. We don't know what can pick up this team. (Photo by Ron Turenne/NBAE via Getty Images) So, how has firing Sam Mitchell turned out for those Toronto Raptors? Not good. Raptors President and General Manager Bryan Colangelo fired Mitchell because he thought his team -- which added Jermaine O'Neal in the offseason -- was underachieving at 8-9. But since then, his replacement, Jay Triano, has gone just 2-8. The Raptors (10-17) have lost a season-high five games in a row, plunging to the bottom of the Atlantic Division and hitting two more lows last week. The first came during a 96-86 loss to Dallas on Wednesday night, when the Raptors blew a 13-point first-half lead and the home crowd at Air Canada Centre booed them in the fourth quarter. Forward Chris Bosh complained afterward, "If I wanted to get booed, I'd go (link)

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