Hey Raptors Fans, Why Not Expect 50 Wins?

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So, now that the roster is set in stone at least until the season begins, I've heard and seen throughout this long offseason that most Raptors fans are like, "oh, we can win a good 46-47 games this year."

But, I continue to be unimpressed when the majority of you aren't expecting 50 wins or more.

I've been debating to write this article every time I see someone saying, "oh, 46-47 wins should be the range, maybe a game or two less."

So, after hearing that the GM (Bryan Colangelo) has the same expectations as I, allow me to maybe explain why we have those "high" expectations. You see paper or no paper this year's team is better than the 2006 team.

No offence to those players, but come on. Let's have a look at this year's roster compared to the 2006-07 one.

2006

C:Rasho Nesterovic, Pape Sow, Uros Slokar, Andrea Bargnani, Kris Humphries

PF: Chris Bosh, Jorge Garbajosa,Kris Humphries

SF: Joey Graham, P.J. Tucker, Morris Peterson, *Fred Jones, Luke Jackson

SG: Anthony Parker, ^Juan Dixon

PG: Jose Calderone., T.J. Ford     

^imported during season

* exported during season

2009

C: Andrea Bargnani, Rasho Nesterovic

PF: Chris Bosh, Reggie Evans, Amir Johnson,

SF:Hedo Turkoglu, Antoine Wright, Sonny Weems, Marco Bellinelli

SG: Demar Derozan,Quincy Douby, Marco Bellinelli

PG: Jose Calderone, Jarrett Jack, Marcus Banks

I don't know about you, but I'd rather have this year’s team.

Why?

Because simply put, they are better. More people can play more positions, they are better in almost every category, younger, better, faster, stronger.

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