Anybody get the Tanking Memo?

So they decided to start winning all of a sudden. Half of the Raptor fans right now are thinking, you goons we need to get a better lottery draft pick, while the other half is thinking that that it's good that they won for some respect (especially since the game was shown on NBA TV). I'm kind of in between in this one. I would love to draft a guy like James Harden or Ricky Rubio in the lottery, but I also don't think that "tanking" has ever been the answer for any team. There's no formula of what a team should do when they're having a terrible season; however take a look at the 2002 Cavaliers and 2003 Magic tanked and look at them now though (Dwight Howard and Lebron James ring a bell?). Like I said before I'm in between in this issue.

At the Moment the Raptors are 9th in the NBA lottery

Thanks to www.nbadraft.net

1		Sacramento	Blake Griffin	So.
2		Washington	Jordan Hill	Jr.
3		LA Clippers	Hasheem Thabeet	Jr.
4		Oklahoma Cty	James Harden	So.
5		*Minnesota	Brandon Jennings	Intl.
6		Memphis	Demar DeRozan	Fr.
7		Golden St.	Earl Clark	Jr.
8		*New York	Gerald Henderson	Jr.
9		Toronto	Chase Budinger	Jr.

Being the 9th in the NBA lottery means the Raptors have a 1.7% of getting the first round pick, 2% for the second, 2.3% and 81.3% of getting the 9th. Miracles have happened before.

Shall we talk about the game now? No more splish splashing about mindless statistics about the NBA lottery.

The 76ers just didn't seem to be into the game, it was almost like the Raptors were the 6th placed team going into the playoffs and the 76ers were the ones having the early summer. Igoudala even thought that he was one of the original globetrotters and tried to give a behind the back pass to Miller.....which of course went completly out of bounce. It hasn't been his season that's for sure.

How weak is the east that we have a Phildelphia 76ers team making the 6th spot with a 40-38 record so far.

How about that Williams fellow I always remembered how Chuck Swirsky used to say how much he like "that Lou Williams kid". I always liked his game too and he showed what he was made of in this game. 23 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals. He's getting better each year and will be and even more solid player next season.

The Quincy Impact!
If there is one player that helped out the Raptors the most coming off the bench this game it would have to be Quincy Douby. In only 11 minutes of play he got 7 points and 2 assists. I hope this kid finds his place in a team.

Keeping Pops
Every Toronto Raptors fan know that Pops Mensha Bonsu is a keeper but it's nice to see on paper that Bryan Colangelo is going to do something to keep him.
Bryan Colangelo-
"Let's just say that at this stage I am inclined to extend the qualifying offer so we are in a position to control the cards in free agency.

Around the NBA
How about them Cavaliers? Today they showed that they have enough team chemistry, home dominance and determination to win the championship this year. 107-76 win against the Celtics; however, this was was without Lean Powe and Kevin Garnett. Along with this comment I add that I think Lebron James should get the MVP award this year.

Next Game is against the Wizards. Let's see if we can just splish splash our way through this one.