Will Raptors still make it to the playoffs?

[WildWolfdog]

Lol wow some of the people in here are a bunch of losers. If we don't make the playoffs our pick won't be a lottery pick it will be something like 13th or 14th overall.

[don't panac]

Lol wow some of the people in here are a bunch of losers. If we don't make the playoffs our pick won't be a lottery pick it will be something like 13th or 14th overall.

which is a lottery pick.

[99 Problems]

LMAO...

[RapsGirl]

i think at the end of January, we'll have a better idea of what we're facing. or even by All-Star weekend. i don't think 4-8 is set in the East. there will be some major slippage. if we keep things up, we will certainly have a shot.

[RapsBulls4evr]

Yes.

[pedro_pendukot]

Based from what we saw with the Boston games, we will make it to the playoffs if we continue to demonstrate that kind of aggressiveness.

[Kabookalu]

Lol wow some of the people in here are a bunch of losers. If we don't make the playoffs our pick won't be a lottery pick it will be something like 13th or 14th overall.

which is a lottery pick.

[kirbs]

Probably not. Milwaukee's sked is just as easy as our the rest of the way....even easier actually.

N.J. has a tougher sked than us, but they are already 3.5 games up, and we can't win the season series against them, so we'd have to have a better division record.

Miami is 5.0 games up. That's simply too much ground to make with just over 1/2 a season to go.

[Spenny]

If Barny can keep up his play, and Roko comes in to finish the games, we may have a good chance of getting enough wins

[magani]

I don't think we have any realistic shot, nor do I think that's bad thing. The emphasis should be on rebuilding on the fly and assess this entire roster going forward. Let Bargnani, Ukic, and Graham principally play big minutes as I think they could are crucial to our depth and improvement long-term. Trade O'neal for a SF who'll be here beyond this year. If we happen to accumulate some victories and confidence, then this team can compete for a playoff spot next year with the potential of going beyond the first round. I'd rather get a higher draft pick for a young SG/SF or as trade bait in a larger deal. That's what the focus should be and why we all seem to be a little more hopeful about this team. You'd think we had won both Celtic games, but it's the effort by our young players that's been the most positive. That's what I'm cheering for. Wins and losses are really irrelevant as long as we make progress on the player development front IMO.

We got into trouble in 2006 when we put wins ahead of player development (ie. Bargs/Graham/Hump) in exchange for some now empty victories. They were a one year wonder and wasted precious development time in the misguided quest for a few extra victories. We have to go young and do this year what we should have done already. Imagine where we could have been at this juncture. I think that will be a better gauge whether Bosh stays or not. We were never going to contend with this team and BC was wrong and this is his chance to rectify that this season and next.

[gcsw]

We are as close to the 8th seed as we are to being 2nd last in the East