Smack / Jul 28, 2010 / 1:09 am

Chris Bosh is the new Vince Carter

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Chris Bosh (photo. Nike)

It’s funny how these NBA team execs get all critical of their superstars after they leave, and act like they weren’t all that in the first place, even though they probably just made an impassioned pitch trying to keep said superstar in town. Case in point: Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo, who in an interview yesterday hinted that Chris Bosh milked injuries, quit on the Raptors during this past season, and isn’t really a franchise player. Total PR move on Colangelo’s part — even taking pages from Vince Carter‘s Blueprint to Guaranteed Canadian Hatred — to make sure Bosh is the bad guy and the Raps are the good guys in the eyes of the public. Any smart observer would know Bosh (for the most part) held up his end of the bargain, he just never had a good enough supporting cast to really make a dent in the postseason. And even if you don’t think Bosh is really a franchise guy, it’s not his fault Toronto treated him like one. Nothing prevented the Raptors from trying to go get another “true” franchise guy to play with Bosh … Meanwhile, more blockbuster moves are in the works for the Cavs: Damien Wilkins, Von Wafer and Alan Anderson worked out for the team recently, and Joey Graham (or Stephen, or one of ‘em) is on Cleveland’s radar as well. So, um, what’s the ETA again on that championship, Mr. Gilbert? You said before Miami wins one, right? … Argument in the Dime office: Should the Cavs ever retire LeBron‘s number? They do have Bingo Smith up there in the rafters after all … The Heat added another spare part, inking Shavlik Randolph to a contract. Remember when he was a HUGE deal coming out of high school? Now he’s Joel Anthony‘s crash test dummy … Apparently the Celtics would be interested in Delonte West should the Wolves dump him. Really though, would Delonte be any less toxic than Allen Iverson? Boston gave Stephon Marbury a chance; what’s good with A.I.? … Before it got started and even after this latest Chris Paul trade drama appeared to be put to rest, word around the League has been that CP’s inside people have been digging around seeing what’s out there for Paul in terms of a trade. So although Paul just said he’s cool in New Orleans for now, the NBA has still issued a memo to all teams warning against any contact directly with CP or his people about a trade that isn’t initiated by the Hornets. (In other words, you can call the Hornets and pitch all the Chris Paul trades you want, but don’t call Worldwide Wes.) Six-figure fines and losing draft picks could be at stake. So basically, the T-Wolves should be right on top of this. David Kahn likes collecting point guards, and besides, that Joe Smith thing was like ancient history … We’re out like Shav …

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  • http://www.cnnsi.com JAY

    @Yup
    One last thing, when you say the media even talked about Bosh quitting, I’m assuming you mean Dave Feschuk right?? That guy is a fukkin moron.

  • http://www.cnnsi.com JAY

    @Stunna
    Scola is nowhere near the level of Chris Bosh.

    I remember i was arguing that Bosh is way better then Amare and now the world is about to find out. I understand the Raptors don’t get a lot of US attention so now everyone will get to know how heady Bosh truly is. Amare out-quicks, out-jumps, and out-bodies opponents. Bosh schools cats with positioning and intelligence. The Heat will be fun to watch. I’ll be booing in admiration for these guys. Lol

  • Yup

    kkevster says:
    “@YUP the going rate? So you as a GM would overpay someone…giving him a Max contract handcuffing your team to no cap room just because that’s the going rate?? You’re joking right?? only Isiah Thomas would make that kind of move.”

    not sure if you’ve been following the NBA for the last little while, but, yes, that’s what GMs are doing. Bosh would’ve gotten max where ever he went, except of course he took a paycut in Miami. he’s not a game finisher like Kobe, Durant, LeBron, DWade…those guys are max and that’s why he teamed up with them after stating he’d like to be the man.

    as for another example of a handcuffing max paycheque because it’s the going rate. did you hear about a guy named joe johnson getting a 6-year $20 million max deal? the guy disappears in the playoffs in consecutive years and he gets max?

    maybe another guy who got close to max this offseason: rudy gay for $80 million over 5 years?

  • Stunnaboy09

    @ JAY

    Didn’t say that Scola was better, just saying with the fact that Bosh was leaving for sure, why not trade him for Scola? Scola is good for 16 and 8 with a shit load of hustle while Bosh is good for 24 and 10. I’d rather have Bosh but if I knew he was gonna leave (It was VERY apparent) I’d trade him for Scola in heartbeat.

  • Yup

    @jay re: “He might have mentally checked-out but he still played.”

    that’s all i’ve been saying:

    he quit/checked out…whatever you wanna call it…he didn’t give a 100%.

    …and hence the title of the article.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Mr.Brogden Mr. Brogden

    On the low Delonte earned some off-the-court stripes because cats don’t like LBJ. That’s so corny.

    Now all the contending teams are eagerly waiting to pick him off of waivers.

    Is LBJ and Delonte legitimately involved in a rivalry now??

    SHOUT OUTS TO 3RD TIER PLAYERS GETTIN 1ST TIER PLAYER ATTENTION BECAUSE THEY LIKE ROYAL MILFS

  • K Dizzle

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs2LvJQgaoc

    It’s rough but he makes this….and they in the playoffs…

  • Krayzie

    @ JAY

    Amare is much better than Bosh, Bosh has never stepped up when needed.

    Amare dropped 42 on the LAKERS front line when his team was in danger of going down 0-3. Also, he has had numerous great series against one of the best defensive teams of this era (SA Spurs). Even though they lost all of those series but one, you cannot fault Amare and dude played like a man!

    Bosh puts up good numbers on a shitty team against other shitty teams!

  • Krayzie

    @ K Dizzle

    Amare leaves no doubt about the outcome of his shot. He slams that on Turiaf for the AND 1!

    Mark my words – Miami will lose because of Bosh/lack of big man, essentially the same thing!

  • kkevster

    @Jay

    in a country that you are not from.”
    ”
    That is the most ignorant stupid thing I have ever seen posted on a Blog. What does the fact that the NBA franchise is in Toronto have to do with the level of effort a paid player should give the team?

    If he was hurt and didn’t want to play fine, but to say because he was in Toronto is just showing how ignorant you are.

  • Yup

    We’ll see how good Amare is without Nash.

    I agree kkevster. I didn’t even bother responding to that silliness.

  • Yup

    Hey kdizzle, you’re right. And if he would have played in those 6 games that he opted not to, Raptors would’ve also made the playoffs. But his heart was already somewhere else.

  • Yup

    @jay re: “@Yup…One last thing, when you say the media even talked about Bosh quitting, I’m assuming you mean Dave Feschuk right?? That guy is a fukkin moron.”

    here’s something written about bosh and includes a mention to your man feschuk. seems like feschuk’s not the only one noticed bosh’s disappearing act. from a sports writer in ottawa (the capital of canada, if you were wondering):

    “Bryan Colangelo took his shots at Bosh to Bob McCown on the FAN 590 Monday, admitting what was clear at the time, that he checked out on the team down the stretch. In retrospect, it really was pathetic. After a rough March 26 loss to Denver on a last-second Carmelo Anthony jumper, I was in the locker room scrum and the Star’s Dave Feschuk was grilling him on his recent rash of turnovers. Bosh, in his laconic speaking style, just kept shrugging and mumbling.
    It sort of reminded of the time Shaq called him the “RuPaul of big men,” and he responded in a YouTube video by just giggling like someone to afraid to make a meaningful statement.”
    http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/blog/post/588007–last-word-for-now-on-chris-bosh

  • http://www.cnnsi.com JAY

    @kkevster: @Jay

    “in a country that you are not from.”
    That is the most ignorant stupid thing I have ever seen posted on a Blog. What does the fact that the NBA franchise is in Toronto have to do with the level of effort a paid player should give the team?
    If he was hurt and didn’t want to play fine, but to say because he was in Toronto is just showing how ignorant you are.”

    Dude, calm the hell down. I’m from Toronto. and I used to date Magloire’s cousin and hung out with Elton Brand. When I hung out with EB, he made cracks to Magloire all the time about being from Canada. Is that statement ignorant?? Hell no. Wanna know why?? Because it’s true. The truth hurts, doesn’t it.

    Fact is, a lot of American players don’t want to play here. That’s something that you can’t dispute. They’ll deal with it because they have to but once the “going gets tough”, it’s easy for them to look south. Why?? Simple, they want to go home.
    Call that statement ignorant, but it’s true. Ask AI. Ask Antonio Davis. Ask Steve Francis who blatantly refused to work out for Vancouver and Toronto because he didn’t want to play in Canada.

    It’s funny you call that statement ignorant. It’s YOU who needs to be enlightened. Read the Bosh article in the Miami Herald. He says it himself, he didn’t want to play in Toronto originally because it’s in a different country.

    http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/07/25/1745616/chris-bosh-goes-from-raptor-to.html

    kkevster: I like the fact that you have utopian values. And everyone shouldn’t mind living or playing or working in a different country. But it doesn’t work that way.

  • http://www.cnnsi.com JAY

    @Krayzie: “Amare is much better than Bosh, Bosh has never stepped up when needed. ”

    I guess we’ll see this season.

  • B-Rad

    @Jay…I agree wholeheartedly with a majority of your comments. If you read my post a while back I simply stated that BC was trying to put a good spin on a bad situation and he has had problems signing guys. Did BC do the best he could…probably not. Some things just didn’t work out, such as Hedo Turkapoo getting completely out of shape and looking like a bum. Garbajosa was a great pickup and any true Raptors fan knows that his injury had a huge effect on that team for a while. However, playing devils advocate I do realize that the Jermaine O’Neal trade was a poor one because the Raptors gave up the rights to Roy Hibbert, who has become a fairly decent player. As far as Austin saying that the doctors work for the team and it’s in their best interest to push him to play, that’s garbage! That ish flies in football maybe but not in ball. The team wasn’t making the playoffs so the team really had no reason to clear him, correct? But they did, so he must have been fit to play in the eyes of the trainers and doctors. I’m not letting BC off the hook at all, just my opinion that Bosh is still a quitter…

  • http://www.cnnsi.com JAY

    @B-Rad
    The Raps just missed the 8th spot by a single game. With that in mind, it was in the best interest of the team if Bosh was on the court.

  • Yup

    with the concept of yin-yang, i.e., there is no good or bad/things are just what they are/it just is what it is regardless of how you feel about it, in mind, had bosh of played in those 6 games, we probably wouldn’t have davis.

    @jay…does magloire have any more cousins? ;)

  • http://www.cnnsi.com JAY

    @Yup
    I’ll answer your question with your name… Yup!!!! Hot ones. and their friends are smoking too. Are you from Toronto? You’ll probably see them at the Caribana parade.

  • Yup

    last words for me…actually from Andrea Bargnani in his interview at Hoops Hype:

    “…You could feel that [Bosh] was going to leave for [B]the last couple of months before the end of the season. Everybody had this kind of feeling.[/B] [bold is mine] So I wasn’t surprised.”

    He was doggin’ it…

    Read more: [url]http://blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/sierra/2010/07/29/andrea-bargnani-i-dont-feel-like-ive-arrived/#ixzz0v8Eqn5mr[/ur

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