SPORTS!!! SPORTS!!! SPORTS!!!
Spring is the best time of year for sports fans. Winter is fading, girls are coming out of hibernation and there are 3 (4 if you count MLS) professional sports in full swing. Hockey and basketball are gearing up for the playoffs and almost every game has post season implications. Baseball is still fresh and exciting and has yet to yield to the tedious monotony that comes from a 162 game schedule. The NCAA basketball tournament has just finished another exciting month of college basketball. Even golf fans are getting themselves prepared for another Tiger Woods show at Augusta.
One thing that I am getting sick of is seeing T.J Ford calling his own number at the end of games. Twice last night and multiple times this season, T.J. has decided that he wants to be the hero and failed. Pull up jumper, brick, desperate 3 pointer, brick. Check your self T.J., when the fans chant “MVP”, it isn’t for you. The Raptors have a few guys who are good at hitting big shots: Mo Pete, Luke Jackson, Anthony Parker (it hurts to admit that) and that number 4 guy; so why is T.J. shooting? If Sam Mitchell is running these plays for T.J. then that should be reason enough for Colangelo to dump him at the end of the season. It is ok to lose close games as long as you can say that you gave it your best effort but with Ford taking the final shot can the Raptors say that?
Tonight they play of “other” Florida team. Bosh loves to play Orlando and I expect a huge game for him and a comfortable win for the Raptors.
The Leafs made an exciting night out of what should have been an easy victory. They got lucky with the penalty in overtime but managed to take advantage of it. They still control their own destiny as long as they win out the season but they will have to play better if they want to do that. Sundin can’t be blamed for any of this. He is skating hard every shift and is trying to carry this team. He hasn’t scored much but has assisted on key goals all down the stretch. He will be the most important player in the next two games and I expect him to break out if this slump. I smell a huge game coming up for the big Swede!
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Tell me you didn't just add Luke Jackson as one of the 'big shot' people TJ should defer to??
TJ needs to take that shot. He needs to make that shot, yes, but there is only one guy that he should defer to in that situation right now and that is Bosh. And they are both getting the hang of hitting that end of game big shot thing...
who is going to be around in 2009? Luke Jackson? MoPete? Even AP might not be here.
TJ needs to dish for three quarters and then use his offense to put it away when needed in the fourth. He is learning that.
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Nice finish by the big swede.
Don't worry I won't waste a Salt on Monday article on him, but suffice it to say, he ain't no Claude Lemieux. (Or even Fernando Pisani)
How many times do we let T.J miss those shots until we call him out on it? How many?!? There were a lot of other people open who are very good at hitting open shots ie. Lucky Luke Jackson
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