The Goat Pen

I'm surprised D'Antoni is proving to be so inflexible in the way he runs his team. I would've thought he would allow some changes to his system to accomodate the talents of his roster instead of insisting an established player like Gasol adapt to his style and be ineffective in the process.

Calderone playing rather well and another PG controversy looming. Happens almost every frickin' year and you have to give it to Calderone for surviving through all of it. Anyway, hopefully, this recent hot streak is just used to up his value in a possible trade and not as an excuse to keep him aroun...

It's hard to have a discussion because you can't read. I'm talking about managing expectations. You think we can only get back garbage for Bargnani and I disagree. As long as you manage your expectations, I think he can be traded out of here in a relatively quick manner. He's had 7 years here, GMs a...

It was Ginobili playing down the stretch for the most part. Not Neal. Either way, trying to match up to other teams always sound to me like perfect loser's mentality. Yes, there are times when you gotta do it and we aren't good enough to make other teams match up to us but you still only do it to an...

WTF is Calderon doing inbounding the ball at such a cruicial moment? Shouldn't someone who can see over the defense be inboudning the ball? Also 2 PG lineup is failing very badly down the stretch. Calderon and Bargnani especially have no business being out there together. I think we lose more defens...

Even NBA admits the error. http://www.nba.com/official/ "On the final possession of Charlotte's 98-97 win over Toronto on Nov. 21, the game officials missed a foul by Charlotte's Michael Kidd-Gilchrist against Toronto's Andrea Bargnani on a jump shot. Bargnani should have been given two free th...

Not pointing to this single game. Now, I've only been able to watch about half the Raptors games but the games I've watched, officiating has been consistently horrible and one-sided. Where our broadcasters have openly questioned officiating numerous times and they don't usually do that.

Colangelo and co. got a job to do. Collect as much video evidences as they can, keep adding to them, and bombard the league office with them after each game. Get them to notice this BS that's going on. It's been particularly weird this season. And I wouldn't be complaining they held both teams to th...

I only respond in kind. You need to look yourself in the mirror.

Oh I see... you are just being retarded now. Thanks for clearing that up before I waste any more of time on the likes of you.

"Name all the rotation players taken in the early 2nd round on all the teams. and by rotation, I mean the guys in the top 8." OK, let's see how you try to twist and take out of context this to change subject of argument and put words in my mouth. Besides the obvious ones like Monta Ellis, ...

Haven't seen Ross much in the games I've watched but I'm not as upset with picking him anymore than as I'm about not picking Drummond. We'll see. I just think about lost opportunity. I just don't see this team getting out of mediocrity with the current core. We need more but we don't have the means ...

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/11/15/opportunity-knocks-for-young-raptors "Then came a string of games so curiously officiated that the Raptors had no choice but to ask the league (more than once) what was going on." Thank you! Keep raising this issue and maybe this finally gets corrected....

http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/article/1287352--how-do-professional-teams-draft-the-right-athletes "Picking eighth, I passed on somebody I consider a top-five talent in the draft because we felt like he didn’t have the right mental makeup. I passed on someone we thought was a top-three ph...

And Sotola, a few pointers. I've said all I needed to say about 2nd rounders, Quincy Acy, Quincy Miller. This team has limited means of improving itself so every pick counts and 7th in 2nd round, you still have a chance to get a rotation player. That player will still need some realistic opportunity...

Finally watched Raptors again yesterday after missing out for several games, can't believe the officiating. Most of the times, during last quarter especially the officiating is just plain bad at least from the games I've watched. Something needs to be done. Colangelo or Casey need to raise the issue...

Dude, you really need to take your head out of your ass. Either you need to take reading comprehension 101 or you need to get whatever's frustrating you in your life and get it straightened out. Seriously, I'm sick of you implying something I never said or implied whatsoever. Kinda sad what you've h...

Doug Christie? I don't see the comparison. Neither skills wise or athletically. Fields just isn't there.

You aren't the only one, he's the next Kapono, Turkoglu or Kleiza. Colangelo should just quit with free agency especially if he's looking at SF. And Bargnani's having a very bad start as well. It looks like what we saw early last season was a fluke and what we saw late in the year is more of the nor...

This team lacks a good closer. They look lost in close games. Fields has been a disaster so far and Casey is falling too much in love with 2 PG lineup probably as a byproduct. It's not too bad during the course of the game in the middle but down the stretch, too much of a liability on defense especi...