Chapter 8: The Dragon King Ends
This season's Raptors signed the future basketball god with a non-guaranteed contract in the middle of the season, this person was the 19th pick in the first round of the NBA in 2006, and played for the Kings in the first two seasons of his career, and was a standard water cooler administrator, but he became famous in the future, and once scored 75 points in a game! Who is he? Who the hell is he? Well, let me tell you, he is Quincy Dolby, the god of the CBA, who scored 75 points in the game between Zhejiang and Shanxi in 2013, setting a new record in the CBA league.
However, at that time, Dolby was a rookie, because Dolby played relatively late, so his basic skills were not solid, and he was cut after only 7 games with the Raptors......
Okay, let's get down to business, the Eastern team played pretty well that year, this season because of the Raptors' failed recruitment, they didn't even make the playoffs, 33-49, third from the bottom in the East, meritorious head coach Sam Mitchell resigned after 17 games, and was succeeded by Jay Triano, who was Canada's super guard when he played, Steve Nash's idol, who was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 18th pick in the eighth round of the NBA draft in 1981, but throughout his career, He has not appeared in the NBA, and Triano became the head coach of the Canadian national team for both years, and he promoted Lakers star Robert Thackeray as the leader of the US Championship last year......
This season, Bosh is averaging 22.7 points and 10.0 rebounds per game, which is among the league's superstars, and Banjani is averaging 15.4 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, which is ...... The only thing that is more reliable is that the three-point shooting rate exceeds 40%, Calderon averages 12.8 points and 8.9 assists per game, and now he is fully capable of being the starting No. 1 position for a team, Anthony Parker averages 10.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, and Capono averages 8.2 points per game.
On June 10, 2009, the Raptors sent Jason Capono to the 76ers and got the rebounding man Reggie Evans, although Evans has limited offensive ability, but he has a strong rebounding ability that is different from his height, and the Raptors will not be short of people inside, and trading Cappono is just to clean up the garbage contract, so Evans did not get much opportunity this season. On July 10, the Raptors made a big offer, 5 years and 53 million US dollars to sign the general manager who played a famous role in the Magic, Sido Turkoglou, who thought this was a life-and-death deal, who knew that Turkoglu was not accustomed to the Raptors after he arrived, and he was always free from the team's tactical system, only 11.3 points and 4.1 assists in the new season, and was traded to the Suns after the end of the season. On July 13, the Raptors signed free agent Jarrett Jack for 4 years and $20 million, Jack is a very versatile player, well-rounded offense and defense, and a big heart, and his offensive ability is stronger than the ability to deliver shells to his teammates, in short, he is suitable to be a team's bench rather than a starter, but it is clear that the Raptors did not find this, Jack stole Calderon's start in the second half of the season, and the team's record plummeted, and finally rolled away at the beginning of next season. Jack is averaging 11.4 points and 5.0 assists per game in the new season.
Although the Raptors failed to recruit again this season, they recruited a lot of young talents at the rookie conference in 2009, the No. 9 pick in the first round, the Raptors selected DeMar DeRozan from the University of Southern California, DeRozan is very good in physical condition, extremely explosive, whether it is in the NCAA or the NBA is a violent dunk, in addition to dunking, his other technical means are also above the league average, breakthrough, shot, assists are proficient, DeRozan didn't shoot three-pointers in the first two years of the league, but he practiced it since the third year, and the only thing that restricts DeRozan's development is his defense, although his explosiveness is strong but thin, and it is easy to be eaten by tall guards in the low post, DeRozan got the team's starting position as soon as he entered the team in the new season, and he can contribute an average of 8.6 points per game.
In addition to these signings, the Raptors also signed back veteran Nesterovic for a one-year worth of $2 million, and Nesterovich, who entered the palace for the second time, is no longer the brave he used to be, averaging only 3.9 points and 2.1 rebounds per game, sending last year's role player Devin George to the Warriors in exchange for three-point shooter Mark Belinelli, this season is Becky's third season, and he averaged 7.1 points per game on the Raptors' bench. Before the start of this season, the Raptors made a trade with the Bucks, the Raptors sent Delfino and guard Rocco Vukic to the Bucks, got power forward Amir Johnson and sophomore guard Sonny Weems, Amir Johnson is the last high school rookie in the NBA, in 2006 the NBA banned high school students from participating in the draft, his style of play belongs to the jack-of-all-trades type, he can do everything a little, but he is not good at anything, he plays in the third or fourth position, and his style of play is inward, but the confrontation under the basket is more disadvantaged, After coming to the Raptors, Johnson became a free agent, and the Raptors gave him a five-year contract worth $33.88 million, (after the expiration of this contract, Amir Johnson signed a two-year contract with the Celtics worth $24 million, because Johnson is not famous, so now he is a 10-million-level player, many people don't believe it), Johnson in the new season is mainly on the bench, averaging 6.2 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. Weems, a small forward from the Bucks, is in good physical condition and full of impact, having blown up Eric Gordon when he played in the NCAA in the past, and Weems started off the bench this season and occupied the team's starting small forward position from the second half of the schedule, averaging 7.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game this season.
Overall, the Raptors' book strength is good, but this season has not played a result, 40-42, and was rejected from the playoffs by a difference, summing up for many reasons, first of all, the players introduced this year are incompatible with the team atmosphere, the team signed a large amount of Tekoglu and Bosh did not call at all, Calderon and Bosh were absent for a while because of injuries, which had a certain impact on the record, and furthermore, the team insisted on playing shelling, the defense was very scumbag, and the five basic statistics (score, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks), only the average number of blocks per game is slightly higher than the opponent, and all the others are lower than the opponent, which is actually no wonder that the players, Bosh, Banjani, Tekoglu, Calderon and DeRozan Belinelli are all players who are not good at defense, and once the offense cannot be opened on the court, it is basically a tactical point to give the opponent points.
After this season, the team's boss Chris Bosh became a free agent, as early as the beginning of this season, Bosh's performance faintly made the team's general manager Crangillo feel a little abnormal, Bosh began to pay more attention to protect his body, no longer play hard, and rarely show his emotions in front of the news media, more importantly, the team has been building Bosh as the core of the team over the years, but Bosh, who is in a contract year, was asked about the future. Bosh never said anything about staying, and in the summer of 2010, Cronjilo's fears became a reality, and Bosh became the third superstar to leave after Big S and Carter since the Raptors were founded.
On July 10, 2010, Bosh officially signed a 6-year contract worth $110 million handed to him by the Heat, about the reason for Bosh's departure, many people understand that no one likes to fail, the Raptors have been hesitant for many years, which is one of the reasons why Bosh wants to leave, but in fact, Bosh's departure is also due to personal reasons, that is, personal honor.
Toronto is located in Canada, although it is a world-class big city, but for the NBA, it is a complete small ball market, because Canadians not only watch the NBA, they also have their own basketball league - NBLC, although the Raptors are in Canada, but they still belong to the American team, coupled with the Raptors' record of not being able to raise their heads for many years, (no one has masochism, no one likes to watch a team that has been beaten) resulting in the Raptors' mother not loving their uncle and uncle, and there is not much attention, Bosh as one of the members of the attention is naturally very little, here is an example to prove that Bosh has maintained 20+10 data all year round, which can be said to be a very good interior player, but he has only entered the best team 2 team once in the past seven years in the Raptors, and nothing else, compared to Stoudemier, who is also strong and weak in offense and defense, and the data is about the same, he has entered the best team once in the first seven years of his career, and the best second team three times, which is still not a big Phoenix in the ball market, It is normal for this disparity to make Bosh feel unbalanced.
Currently, Bosh leads the Raptors all-time list with 10,275 points, 4,776 rebounds and 600 blocks, eighth with 1,115 assists and fourth with 509 appearances.
The departure of Chris Bosh marks the beginning of a new chapter for the Raptors.
On July 7, 2010, the Raptors signed Linas Kreiza with a four-year contract worth $20 million, Kresza is a strong offensive forward, he previously played in Denver for four years, was a bench bandit for the Nuggets, and then went to Europe for a year, and was signed by the Raptors with a big contract this year, becoming the bench killer for Toronto, but Kresza was hit by injuries in the new season, only played 39 games, and averaged 11.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.
On July 15, the Raptors sent Turkoglu to the Suns, thus acquiring Super Sixth Man Leandro Barbossa. Barbosa is a very offensive guard, his breakthrough ability is very strong, fast and fast-paced, nicknamed "Brazilian Lightning", at the same time, you don't think that Barbosa can only break through and not shoot, in fact, his career three-point shooting rate has been close to 40%, he was the league's best sixth man in the 2006-2007 season, He averaged 18.1 points per game that year, but Barbossa didn't play well last season, averaging only 9.5 points per game, injuries were one of the factors, and there was a big accident in the Suns locker room, and Steve Nash, the leader of the Suns who has always been a good man, announced his divorce the day after the birth of his child, the reason for the divorce was that his wife Alicia had an affair with Nash's teammates and gave birth to the child, and there were two suspects, one of whom was Jason Richardson, and the second was Barbossa, both of whom were discounted by the Suns in the summer of 2010, but this was only the suspicion stage, Nash, as a party, has not explained the specific reason for the divorce at that time, but a few years later, it was rumored that Nash cheated on Alicia during her pregnancy and fell in love with a 22-year-old girl.