s3231 wrote:I was also watching that Toronto-Orlando game yesterday and I have to say that Bosh was very impressive. He showed an intensity on the defensive end that I haven't seen from him up till this point. If he can keep that intensity up for the rest of the season, Toronto will be a very tough team to stop.

here's my breakdown of bosh after watching basically every raptors game over the past 3.5 seasons:

- he is a very good mid range shooter - maybe the best for the pf position
- he is a good rebounder, not great, but good
- he draws alot of fouls
- he plays and works hard
- his offense does not come easy - he really has to work for it - he is not a natural scorer
- when you get physical with him, it throws him off his game
- he is not a big shot player - when it's crunch time, bosh is not one to step up
- he is not a willing passer
- he does not intimidate anyone in the lane
- his man to man defense is not good

the guy is the goods...and if he comes to the knicks, you all will love him...until you realize he doesn't come up big when it's needed most which will start the criticisms. i'll give you an example from yesterday's game, he and dwight get into a little altercation down the stretch - pivotal point. what happens after that? bosh does nothing and dwight gets all pumped up and gets all the big rebounds. you put a big time guard with him and you should be good.

djsunyc wrote:

s3231 wrote:I was also watching that Toronto-Orlando game yesterday and I have to say that Bosh was very impressive. He showed an intensity on the defensive end that I haven't seen from him up till this point. If he can keep that intensity up for the rest of the season, Toronto will be a very tough team to stop.

here's my breakdown of bosh after watching basically every raptors game over the past 3.5 seasons:

- he is a very good mid range shooter - maybe the best for the pf position
- he is a good rebounder, not great, but good
- he draws alot of fouls
- he plays and works hard
- his offense does not come easy - he really has to work for it - he is not a natural scorer
- when you get physical with him, it throws him off his game
- he is not a big shot player - when it's crunch time, bosh is not one to step up
- he is not a willing passer
- he does not intimidate anyone in the lane
- his man to man defense is not good

the guy is the goods...and if he comes to the knicks, you all will love him...until you realize he doesn't come up big when it's needed most which will start the criticisms. i'll give you an example from yesterday's game, he and dwight get into a little altercation down the stretch - pivotal point. what happens after that? bosh does nothing and dwight gets all pumped up and gets all the big rebounds. you put a big time guard with him and you should be good.

So he is a really good version of Charles Smith?????

BRIGGS wrote:IF LBJ says anything but YES two seconds after FA midnight---we need to have a Jet waiting to pick up Bosh with a Max contract in tow.

Not a fan of Bosh.

Something about his body language and his awful hair style that just rub me the wrong way. I don't trust him physically either.

After Lebron and Wade --- I think I'd prefer to after Joe Johnson for before Bosh. Amare - I'm not so sure about anymore -- I may take Bosh over Amare but that could change.

Joe Johnson and Gallo would give us (2) really nice perimeter scorers. Throw in Amare or Bosh with Joe and we have a nice 3 headed offensive attack to build around. I'd take my chances with Joe, Gallo and Amare for the next 4-5 years...if we can't get one of the big 2.

One of my fears is that we will sign Bosh or Wade and have them sitting in suits on the bench for half of their Knicks career. Or that they break down completely on the second half of their contracts.

I have a different thought on the MaxFA situation now that Gallo is looking like a player.

I think Joe Johnson and Gallo could potentially play a devastating two man game with their shooting, skill, and smarts. If they played on the same side, someone's going to have to bring a double team when one is on, so you're going to have to leave one open, or Johnson/Gallo can reverse the ball to hopefully skilled enough players to take advantage.

Maybe you can pull Anthony Morrow from the Warriors. He is restricted along with CJ Watson.

Kyle Lowry would be a HUGE target for me if I'm Walsh. The kid plays fast, and he looks for contact, something that I've been begging for on this board since Marbs lost his juice. Houston can't overpay Lowry with a PG already established there right?

PG: Lowry - bench: Douglas
SG: Johnson - bench: _______
SF: Chandler - bench: Jeffries
PF: Gallo - bench: Hill/Jeffries
C: ______ - bench: Hill/Jeffries

Morrow would be tough to get, so can't count on that one... that would leave you with a serious hole up front. I'd target a guy like Ike Diogu for a small contract. Looking at the projected 2nd round from NBADraft.net, Jerome Jordan would be a nice pick if you could get him at #32 overall.

I think that you'd be decent with a team like that and the next year you could get Prince, Gasol... AK47 on a mid-level deal would be an interesting piece for this team.

Bosh would require a lot of other pieces. Pieces that are named LeBron... in order to really get us over the top.

LivingLegend wrote:

djsunyc wrote:

s3231 wrote:I was also watching that Toronto-Orlando game yesterday and I have to say that Bosh was very impressive. He showed an intensity on the defensive end that I haven't seen from him up till this point. If he can keep that intensity up for the rest of the season, Toronto will be a very tough team to stop.

here's my breakdown of bosh after watching basically every raptors game over the past 3.5 seasons:

- he is a very good mid range shooter - maybe the best for the pf position
- he is a good rebounder, not great, but good
- he draws alot of fouls
- he plays and works hard
- his offense does not come easy - he really has to work for it - he is not a natural scorer
- when you get physical with him, it throws him off his game
- he is not a big shot player - when it's crunch time, bosh is not one to step up
- he is not a willing passer
- he does not intimidate anyone in the lane
- his man to man defense is not good

the guy is the goods...and if he comes to the knicks, you all will love him...until you realize he doesn't come up big when it's needed most which will start the criticisms. i'll give you an example from yesterday's game, he and dwight get into a little altercation down the stretch - pivotal point. what happens after that? bosh does nothing and dwight gets all pumped up and gets all the big rebounds. you put a big time guard with him and you should be good.

Bosh isn't even the best player on his team -- Bargnani is Toronto's best player.

For this team to improve--we need an additional frontcourt player. You cannot compete against the top tier teams with 4 SF and an undersized C. If you had D Lee with Bosh--then you have a lot of talent on that frontline and both are not exclusively post players as they have a diversified game with the mid range shot.