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Originally Posted by CrispyGriz
Seems to me that the raptors are missing that second star player that can win them a game alone. Outside of Bosh, there is no one on this roster that can do that. O'neal was a good pick up, but at this point in his career, i see him more as the third guy that wil do the dirty work for that top tandem.
Every now and then a team makes a run on the back of one player, Lebron a couple years back and Iverson a few before that, but i cant remember the last time a team was a top contender with only one legitimate star on the roster.
I dont know how or where BC is going to find that player, but he needs to be found before any one is going to take this team seriously.
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They are counting on Bargnani to be that player. He has been a bright spot so far this season but it's mostly his improvement defensively. He has been playing at the wrong position because Kapono and Moon suck so bad but even there he has done a respectable job. Plus Calderon puts up a lot of points.
It's defense where they really need that extra guy. They need somebody at the 2 or 3 who can actually play some. Now if the guy was also a slasher to the basket that would help the offense as well.
Triano sounds like he is going to go uptempo. Mitchell tried that for about 10 games last year and abandoned it because they couldn't finish among other things. Thankfully he did say though that they needed to play some defense if they expect to turn it around.
Plus as I stated in another post they could tank this season and get that player you suggest is needed.