NBA | Bosh alone can't win series for Raptors

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First Cup: Thursday
Published 4/24/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Dave Feschuk of the Toronto Star: "While Chris Bosh was stretching his limits, too many of his teammates -- say, the other four-fifths of the starting lineup -- disappeared. Considering those vanishings happened in the biggest game of the season, and that losing tonight's Game 3 would essentially end all hope, changes are necessary. But perhaps the change that would make the most sense -- inserting Jose Calderon as the starting point guard in place of the struggling T.J. Ford -- can't and won't be made." ...

Linkage - April 24
Published 4/24/2008 by Scott at The AltRaps Blog
... name to try and begin to restore. The stock excuse – "We’re young" – doesn’t cut it. Bargnani’s 22. Howard’s 22. The league’s elite aren’t geezers."We stick to Chris like leeches," Jamario Moon, the rookie forward, was saying not long ago. "We go where he takes us." Forgive Bosh if next season he’d prefer being flanked by a fellow shark or two rather than being dragged down by so many bloodless suckers. Tonight’s the last real chance for so many Raptors to prove they have a pulse. - Toronto Star The "tweak" will undoubtedly involve the removal of Rasho Nesterovic from the ...