NBA | Mitchell defends lacklustre Bargnani

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First Cup: Tuesday
Published 4/29/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... playoff loss does to a world-class athlete: This is what a first-round playoff series playing head-to-head with Dwight Howard does to the best of the Raptors. It leaves you tender. It leaves you beaten up. It leaves you on the short end of a five-game first-round defeat. This didn't turn out to boy vs. man. The Raptors' first-round playoff series against the Orlando Magic turned out to be man vs. Superman. And the Raptors had no answer for Superman, with or without his cape." ...

Linkage - April 29
Published 4/29/2008 by Scott at The AltRaps Blog
... give up on him."He’s 22 years old and the fortunate thing is he’s been in the playoffs his first two years in the NBA which is a huge thing," said Mitchell. "Every year you go and every game you play, you’re going to continue to get better." Ask Chris Bosh what the Raptors have to do to improve and he turns into a coach."We need to improve on defence," he said. "We play good team defence from time to time (but) I think if we play better one-on-one defence that will make us better." - Toronto Star It’ll be the hot-button issue, well, one of them at least, for the next little ...