Toronto Raptors At the Half

Watching this team lately has been nothing short of entertaining! A solid run to close out the half (2nd hottest in the league as of late), a dominant dunk performance by their Rookie, and a statement by their star, has fans and the organization thinking big things come April.

And then theres this issue, with such a dominant showing by Bosh, and the possiblity that his team could fall short, will the soon-to-be free agent flee? This was the conversation last time he was in Dallas for a regular season loss:

“As recently as mid-September, I think it’s fair to say the consensus was that Bosh was the big name most likely to leave his current team in the summer. But all of our checking with Raptors insiders suggests otherwise…to predict what will happen with Bosh next summer, I say he stays. Every indication I get is that Bosh likes his current setup in Canada much more than we Yankee outsiders imagine.” Marc Stein/ESPN.com

TS: After a solid All-Star performance and regular season that has really hyped up in his favour, I think this same article would be more affimative - i think its Guaranteed he will stay if his team makes second round, or takes one of the East’s perrenial teams to a solid 7-game series in the First.  It would take a complete meltdown at this point for the Raptors to fall short of a berth, as ESPN predicts a 90% + chance of this team making it at this point. 

The Raptors Offseason Wish List:

1. Extension to Chris Bosh: Could Cloangelo go extension happy and throw a 5/6 year deal at the team’s star? Don’t think it will happen, but it could be a big boost for this team where its only question marks now are its bench players after this offseason and the desire for Bosh to win for this team or for his own trade value. Colangelo may have finally solidified a starting lineup that wants to be in Toronto to win.

2. Sign Jarret Jack: Exactly what Colangelo wants, a player Bosh has played with, and experience and athleticism coming of the bench behind Calderon – Jack will play solid minutes and may even out-score Calderon some nights.

3. Sign Rasho Nesterovic – Rasho puts up solid rebound number night in and night out, and will be an essence of the bench behind either Bosh or Bargnani, and he’s a smart Veteran player, who has played well for the Raptors before! In the Postseason for them too!

Jack (Left) and Rasho (Right)

4. Sign Delfino/or a Solid 2-Guard – The Raptors have many, but a solid battle at the Raptors 2-spot may not be a bad thing, considering all their other spots are pretty well cemented as of now. DeRozan may develop safely with Delfino or a solid slashing guard that Colangelo desires and DeRozan may grow to play like.

Any other rumours or thoughts on who the Raptors should pursue as a solid 2-guard?