The season is barely 20 games in and already the Toronto Raptors schedule has become irrelevant. This is a squad that is “building” according to general manager Bryan Colangelo. His analysis of this “building” squad doesn’t really matter to me that much. In the NBA the formula for winning is quite simple. Star players drive your team and if you don’t have the horses you aren’t going to win many races.
The current plight of the Raptors isn’t necessarily what I wanted to bring to light. There’s some 40 odd games to go and a whole offseason to hash out their problems. The real reason I’m posting tonight is that the Raptors best player Andrea Bargnani returns to the lineup (the fact that he’s their best player speaks volumes of their current status in the NBA but I digress) after being out of the lineup with a calf injury. In a stat driven league like the NBA (where someone on each team usually averages close to 20 points a game) Andrea Bargnani is having seemingly an ALL-STAR season.
To aid his chances the fine fellas at the THE BASKETBALL JONES have produced an all-star anthem for the Italian big man.
