Although you are certainly entitled to hold your own opinion about this specific subject …

IMO, when playing within the context of an elite level team, I’ll take Chris Bosh over Dirk Nowitzki in a 1-v-1 match-up each and every day of the week, and twice on Sundays … as an all around basketball player.

No question, Dirk is the superior offensive player but with the right mix of teammates around him … when he’s used at the Center position … CB4 is a better Defender and Rebounder than Mr. Nowitzki, and it isn’t even close.

I don’t agree that Chris Bosh’s individual strength is all around. You see in their game against Dallas he got burn by Dirk Nowitzki, he may be a good offensive player but defense is not his forte. Further to this, I look at him as just a great stats fodder.Whatever point production he has will always be negated by the player he is guarding, check this out in the coming Raptors game.

Gal

Yes, Triano could have done a better job of this in this specific game, BUT … and it’s a pretty BIG ONE … that would have involved sitting down the pride and joy of the Raptors’ GM:

1. Hedo Turkoglu [2009 off season UFA "Big Ticket" signee]
2. Andrea Bargnani [2006 No. 1, overall, Draft Pick]

and to a lesser extent,

3. Amir Johnson [2009 off season acquisition, in the trade for Carlos Delfino and Roko Ukic]
4. Jarrett Jack [2009 off season RFA signee]
5. Marco Belinelli [2009 off season acquisition, in the trade for Devean George]
6. Sonny Weems [2009 off season acquisition, in the trade for Carlos Delfino and Roko Ukic]
7. Antoine Wright [2009 off season acquisition, in the trade for Shawn Marion, Kris Humphries and Nathan Jawai]

as well,

each of whom performed poorly vs San Antonio at crunch time.

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If you take a close look at what I outlined in yesterday’s blog entry:

Where and how exactly Toronto lost last night at San Antonio … especially, in the sections:

Critical Factors
Critical Plays

you should be able to see the specific players responsible for the Raptors’ ineffective crunch time performance against the Spurs.