Toronto Raptors Report: Season Review

The Raptors season can be summed up into two words–only if. Only if this team could have kept play well after the all star break, only if Chris Bosh didn't have to get injured twice in the stretch run, only if Chris Bosh didn't miss that lay-up against Golden State, only if Bryan Colangelo didn't sign Hedo Turkoglu to a huge contract. Only if. The list goes on and on.

The Raptors missed the playoffs for the second straight year, and its disappointing. Not because they missed the playoffs, but because this team had so much potential. There was a point where everything was going well, they were in fifth and had so much momentum going into the all star break. Then disaster struck.

This team was in complete free fall and Chris Bosh's huge year (contract year) was gone to waste. They missed the playoffs by a mere game. If somebody asked you at the all star break which team were most likely to come in ninth, it most definitely wouldn't have been the Raptors. But, they finished 40-42, and in ninth place.

Defense was the problem this year for the Raptors. There were stretches where they were determined, and they actually played some pretty good defense. But for the most part, the defense was inconsistent and pathetic. Too bad.

Hedo Turkoglu was one of the biggest busts of the season, but hey, its not his fault that Colangelo offered him such a huge deal. Triano isn't the one who should be losing his job this off-season, it's Colangelo. Every year, he keeps rebuilding, but he can't seem to realize that his approach isn't working. Bringing in soft Euros, and having a huge ego like you know it all in this league just doesn't work. The sooner he accepts that Andrea Bargnani will never be a tough centre, the sooner this team evolves.

There are many questions coming up this off-season, and the main one will be if Chris Bosh stays. I believe if Bosh goes, Colangelo is out of a job. If he lures Bosh back in, he's safe. But so what?

We have the same roster as last year, there will be similar results. Maybe slight improvement of the young guys like Weems and DeRozan, but will it make a huge difference. Probably not. Colangelo needs to get some real help for Bosh. Trade Turkoglu, bring in Rudy Gay or Joe Johnson. That's a real team.

The million dollar question this offseason will be: is Chris Bosh going to re-sign with the Toronto Raptors? Well, it's more like a $23 million question. I guess we'll have to wait, hope and pray.

I guess this season was an improvement from last season?

GO RAPS!