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I was hoping atleast 1 Magic vs Raptors game be nationally televised. Oh well. But it would be a great match. Hedo vs old team, VC aka Most hated man in Canada vs old team. The Bosh vs Dwight. The "Lets go Raptors VC sucks" chant. The Howarddddddddddddd chant. Magic fans would probably boo Hedo. Good time. Let the rilvary continue. I will be at the Magic vs Toronto game Nov 1. going to be crazyyyy.

"The (expletive) got the same old stinking move that Patrick Ewing has been doing his whole career." Wow! SVG, Ewing now Howard?

Come On MAGIC! Beat the Celtics. I hate the Celtics with a passion, and the Magic are my new favourite team in the east. LETS GO MAGIC! and Dwight please destroy KG in the paint.

Dont worry Magic Fans, you guys will win. JO is Hurt, Jose is hurt. Our coach sucks. Our star player is whining. Our #1 pick Andrea Bustani sucks. Easy win for Magic. I would be very surprised if we won, but I doubt it.

The Magic are playing amazing right now. I did not expect them to be this good. Actually I thought my Raptors would be ahead of Magic in the East. Boy was I wrong. Keep doing what you do Magic. Howard is a beast. Rashard is deadly from 3's and Hedo is clutch. I wish the Raptors can play like the Magic. What is your secret? My Raptors are playing like d-league teams right now. Peace out Magic Nation.

Since we are all talking about teams with new uniforms this coming up season. I'd like to add another team to that list. My Toronto Raptors. They are adding a black road alternate jersey, should be sweet. Home- white, Away- Red/Black

Lewis4thewin- You are absolutely right. Is our bench stronger than last season? probably not. Is our starting line up stronger than last season? Yea. I just dont think a team should rely alot on their bench to win games. They are just out there to give the starters a rest, but to win you ball games, maybe not. If there is anything I learned last year from watching Raptor games is the fact that Raptors relied a ton on their bench to win games, which did not work out well. Yes its great to have a strong bench, but we'll actually never know which team has a good bench until the season starts. New Orleans had a horrible bench last season, and look where it got them. Almost everyone other than the people living in Boston said they had no bench. But they actually played extremely well.

quote: Originally posted by ThisIsTheYear:Aside from that horrid second article (Fighting with CHI, CLE, and ATL for the last four playoff spots! 40-45 wins and a first round exit!!), they're relatively fair. I just can't believe how some are placing Toronto higher than us because of the JO signing. Beyond the smoke of the O'neal signing, I feel that they've regressed dramatically: 1. They lost Ford 2. They lost Delfino 3. They lost Nesterovic (A guy who's ironically played Dwight better than O'neal) 4. They lost Garbajosa 5. Jose now has to start, which means that they have no true playmaker to help out their now porous second-unit. Despite Bosh's development, I can't see this team winning anymore than 40 games. You make a good point, but let me tell you something. 1.) We lost Ford, thats okay, Jose played tons of minutes for us while he was out, and played like an allstar. Ford is an injury-prone just like O'neal, but unlike O'neal, Ford is one headshot away from ending his young nba career. 2. Delfino- He was inconsistant for us, one day he played great another he played horrible. Game 1 vs Magic. 2 pts 3 reb. Game 2- 16 pts 6 rebs 3 asts. Game 3- 7 pts 6 and 3. Game 4- 4 2 and 1, Game 5- 14 7 and 2, You see my point. 3. Nesterovic- Used him as center half-way through the season. Played solid. He was getting old, and had a pretty high contract, but still played better than bargnani. 4. Garbajosa- Played like 10-15 games last season. So there's no point in adding him as a lost for the Raptors. 5. Jose- Jose has shown he can start, so it wont be a problem for him. Has shown he can hit clutch shots. I can see Jose being top 4 in assists next season with more minutes. And our second unit will not be Will Soloman. It will be Roko Ukic, plays similar to Jose style. Not to sound ignorant, but whos your starting playmaker? Jameer? I dont think so. So basically we got JO + Nathan Jawai, who I have high hopes for, for an injured prone, too fast he cant control himself Tj, and college player who moves slower than my grandma, a buried bench player in Maceo, and a vet who gets a few garbage points here and there. I still think you guys are losing your minds, Orlando will still be top 4 in east I dont know what these hoops writer are writing. Toronto will definetely be better than last season, I can guarantee that. But one thing that bothers me is the Sixers. Forget Raptors being ahead of Magic next season, who the hell does Sixers think they are going from 7th seed in a week conference to being a "Contender" now. Elton brand is worse than JO. Atleast JO played last season, Brand missed the entire season. SAM + ELTON vs BOSH and O'Neal? Jose vs Andre Miller? Come on man, you gotta be kidding me. Celtics Pistons Magic Raptors Cavaliers Wizards Sixers Heat

Coming from a Raptor fan, this does not worry me. I can assure you all, Bosh will not come to Disney World. Why? 1.) If, and I do say If Orlando has 10 or so million under the cap. Toronto has more than 20 million under the cap. Because JO's contract is up, along with some other guys. 2.) Why would Bosh be Robin to Dwights batman, when he is the face and franchise player and leader in basketball for the entire country? 3.) You say your going to be under the cap by 2010? What if you sign another player next season? Hedos contract is ending after this season, meaning you guys will have cash to spend. Meaning you guys will spend that extra cash on some player rather than waiting another year just to sign Bosh? 4.) Bryan Colangelo isn't that stupid to let Bosh sign with Orlando. 5.) Whatever money you offer Bosh we can give him a higher amount for a longer term. 6.) You guys are saying Bosh and Dwight will be a hell of a tag team post threats. Well Toronto could re-sign Bosh and sign Wade, or Amare, Ray, Steve Nash, Manu, Richard Jefferson, Dirk, Michael Redd. Hell maybe Lebron (highly doubt that) but still you never know. We will have TONS of cap space by 2010, more than Magic will.

You guys can easily take Pistons. With that outside shooting you guys displayed against My raptors, and a 3 headed monster you guys have. WOW. Watch out Detroit. Wont be easy but you guys can take Detroit and plus you'll have enough time to rest

Excellent series Magic. My Raptors just didnt have enough. You guys have a great team, and I hope you guys beat Pistons next round and possibly going to eastern finals. congrats Orlando. As we got some MAJOR adjustments to do in the offseason. Good Luck O-town

You Magic fans need to chill. Ofcourse your going to get booed if your the visiting team. No matter who the opponet is. Althought I think magic players were confused during times. It was too loud for them to hear SVG's plays. Great game, great atmosphere. I didnt even notice the superman sucks chant, all I was doing was booing, and chanting Hoooowaardd, which was successful. 2-1 so chill both sides, series is not over. Great game though, peace

Raptors (41-40) Philly(40-41) it doesnt matter about the final game cuz raptors hold tie breaker.

YEsssssssssssss Phillyyy LOST!! Wooooooooooo RAPTORS VS MAGIC. Good luck guys, let the best team win. I hope they play saturday.

oh my god Philly. Raptors could have clinched 6th seed. u gotta be kiddin me. I guess it all comes down to the final game.