Toronto Raptors season preview

let me say before i say anything else that sam mitchell looks like a black muslim leader of the fait (priest? minister? imam?) at this point, he should just change his name to sam x and get the damn thing over with. but he probably won't. just another daily frustration for lamar blogom.
despite the fact that they're lead by a person who appears to be about 30 years late to a black panthers rally, the raps are the most international team in the nba probably (i was too lazy to actually count the number of players from other countries.) suffice to say: they hail from all over the globe, plus they play in a city that is not in america.

trivia time: toronto is in a country called "canada." they talk with goofy accents there, say "eh" a lot, and their currency is something called the "loon."

the raptors are a top-flight offensive team despite or more probably because of the fact that they're mainly composed of european players. by mainly i mean at least 40%, which qualifies as a lot. their top 2 players are americans: bosh and ford, but all the rest are probably not welcome in certain parts of the south. come to think of it, the raptors are probably the KKKs most wanted franchise. it's a good thing that there's no team in alabama.

the raps play what is apparently an exciting brand of basketball higlighted by unselfish play and some pretty damn good passes. i would direct your attention to andrea bargnani's artful between the legs alley-oop bounce pass to chris bosh--which bosh botched--as evidence of that fact. that may have been the most confusing sentence of all time, and for that i am unapologetic. parse it yourself or just search for andrea bargnani pass on youtube and i'm sure your eyes will be opened like you just touched the obelisk.

bottom line is that the raps will probably be able to win the atlantic again despite the retooled celtics. we can pencil them in for another 45-win season on the strength of a bunch of euros and a player who literally looks like a raptor himself. i dare you to say that chris bosh is not positively reptillian in appearance, demeanor, and post moves. if chris bosh on the block does not scream gila monster to you, you have issues. just kidding. kind of.

prediction 45-37, first in atlantic division