The Case to cheer Chris Bosh

[PerfectJab]

To him (Bosh) it's just a business, moving jobs and what not, but as a fan who watches basketball, hell ya he deserves to be heckled, he left MY team. In the real world, the person to blame is BC as he took a gamble and failed. Reality is Bosh did nothing wrong. Not the classiest way to deal with free agency but whatever, it's his choice and he's still young kid learning how to deal with situations in life.

As a fan, he has definitely wronged my team!
No one said being a fan is rocket science, you feel what you feel.

With this in mind, why the heck should I cheer for Bosh?

- I'm not related to him
- He's not on my basketball team
- He does not give me a portion of his salary

I guess I should be a pus-e and cheer for all the great memories he has provided me.

[Too Late Crew]

I think people are often iurrational and not very selective with their booing. That's their right. But it stikes me the same way as when a player says some kind of meaningless thing in the media like"The Raptors rotations were a bit lazy and slow" and then pinning it up on the bulliten board trying to fire up the team saying "look they are saying you are all LAZY"

Its a great distraction from the crap season though. BC is gonna love it becuase with his backhanded comments directed at Bosh he's able to focus the fans on Bosh rather than on the man who's created this mess in the first place.

I wouldn't boo TMac either. The NBA is a business. Players have to play while under contract and when they are a free agent they do what's best for them..I'd do the same thing.

I don't think much to booing players for trying and failing either. I would not boo Bargs. I don't belive he doesn't try. I think he simply sucks at certain aspectes of basketaball.

I boo guys like VC who do things like demand trades or visibly quit on their team. I'd boo Bill Laimberr or Danny Fortson for trying to intentionally hurting players. But booing a guy for leaving a bad situation to go to a better one? No thanks.

[Strategist1]

Look, Chris Bosh's contract was up and he could really do whatever he wants. If he left in the off-season after making a decision in the off-season, there would be no problems. We were treadmilling and clearly going nowhere with him, and he obviously wanted a little more exposure. All evidence points to the fact that he did not do this. He successfully (and illegally) negotiated his way to a new team while still under contract as a Raptor. That's the spit. Cheering for this guy is rubbing it in and saying "hey man, can I have another?".

Pure speculation with no proof. Besides, BC is the real one to blame. BC trades JO for Marion, giving them the cap space and room to make a big play in the off season. BC should've known Miami was a threat to possibly sign Bosh. He gave them a gift.

BC did this to nurture his "emerging" talent in Bargnani so that he can start, and so that he can get more playing time.

The one to blame here is BC.

[Vinsane15]

I think people are often iurrational and not very selective with their booing. That's their right. But it stikes me the same way as when a player says some kind of meaningless thing in the media like"The Raptors rotations were a bit lazy and slow" and then pinning it up on the bulliten board trying to fire up the team saying "look they are saying you are all LAZY"

Its a great distraction from the crap season though. BC is gonna love it becuase with his backhanded comments directed at Bosh he's able to focus the fans on Bosh rather than on the man who's created this mess in the first place.

I wouldn't boo TMac either. The NBA is a business. Players have to play while under contract and when they are a free agent they do what's best for them..I'd do the same thing.

I don't think much to booing players for trying and failing either. I would not boo Bargs. I don't belive he doesn't try. I think he simply sucks at certain aspectes of basketaball.

I boo guys like VC who do things like demand trades or visibly quit on their team. I'd boo Bill Laimberr or Danny Fortson for trying to intentionally hurting players. But booing a guy for leaving a bad situation to go to a better one? No thanks.

kk so you won't boo the two guys who openly dissed Toronto while you boo the guy who put us on the map and keeps saying good things about our city even if dumbasses still boo him?? ....isn't that why people boo? because they feel their city has been dissed?

[Cake Walk]

I stopped reading after "he did not not try". Thats all I need to hear from the type of people that would cheer bosh.

[mtcan]

Don't forget Chris' parting shots back in July...

Remember...on ESPN...comparing his time in Toronto to being a wolf stuck in a cage, while he watched other wolves eat steak.

Remember...

""I didn't want to go there," Bosh said.

"It was different. All I knew was Vince Carter was there and I never saw him play on TV. It was a whole different country, and it was just different. I'm 19 years old, I didn't know anything about culture and being away from home. All I know is the States.

"Toronto's a great place, a fantastic city. It's a metropolitan area, but you could tell you're somewhere different. You could feel it, you could look at it, you can smell it. Everything. All your senses tell you you're somewhere different."

We give you 7 years of love and the moment you leave...we get this.

He handled his exit horribly and unfortunately, that tarnishes his reputation and legacy.

Boo him. Bring out the Mikki Moore posters and RuPaul cut-outs and plaster them all over the Miami Heat dressing room. Everyone should be waving RuPaul pictures when he takes free throws. Someone sitting behind the Miami bench should whisper "RuPaul of big men" to him whenever he is on the bench. This should be a spectacle that makes ESPN. You want to be on ESPN while in Canada...this it your chance, Chris.

[SDM]

Look, Chris Bosh's contract was up and he could really do whatever he wants. If he left in the off-season after making a decision in the off-season, there would be no problems. We were treadmilling and clearly going nowhere with him, and he obviously wanted a little more exposure. All evidence points to the fact that he did not do this. He successfully (and illegally) negotiated his way to a new team while still under contract as a Raptor. That's the spit. Cheering for this guy is rubbing it in and saying "hey man, can I have another?".

Pure speculation with no proof. Besides, BC is the real one to blame. BC trades JO for Marion, giving them the cap space and room to make a big play in the off season. BC should've known Miami was a threat to possibly sign Bosh. He gave them a gift.

BC did this to nurture his "emerging" talent in Bargnani so that he can start, and so that he can get more playing time.

The one to blame here is BC.

BC is to blame and he should be booed.

And it's not speculation. Other GMs had evidence of tampering by Riley during the AS weekend last year. I thought this was common knowledge.

[Cake Walk]

i dont agree with booing your own players. I think anyone that chose to leave our team, disrespected his toronto fans during his exit deserves to be booed.

I was a huge VC fan, he turned his back on team/city/fans hence got his a$$ booed. Bosh deserves the same thing.

Get real: Bosh played hard while he was here, and left when he was legally entitled to do so and anybody looking reasonably at the situation at the end of last year had to have said to themselves, "okay, this ship has gone as far as it's going to go and it's time for everybody to move on".

I think our own players should be booed. They had the worst defense in the league last year, and 2nd worst this year. There's little heart, effort or integrity on this team apart from a couple of players and that is disgraceful. Just because they put on a Raptors' uniform doesn't mean they're faithful to this city. Calderon sure as hell hasn't been faithful to this city with the way he plays, has he?

Being faithful to this city consists of a lot more than merely wearing a Raptors' jersey.

You are really off the deep end with some of your comments. Bosh is a sad sack and will be booed whether you like it or not. The guy spends ONE off-season in his 7 years here working HARD, and that season is the one before he is heading into FA as an UFA. Then he camps under the basket all game, demanding the ball or sitting there for rebounds and not rotating on defence. Defence doesnt show on the box score but rebounds do. Then he acts like a bitch with this whole ex-gf/baby scenario not paying child support like a punk. When he goes to miami and gets injured in the chicago game he has the balls to say people need to support their family and make money? No Chris, real men support their family you're just a tall lanky loser who happens to be good at basketball.

How everyone forgets how he decided not to play even though he was CLEARED by team doctors (fact!) because he 'felt he wasnt ready'. We were one game out of the playoffs, where was bosh? Oh yeah in a suite already searching real estate adds for his horrible unimaginative bland (just like his personality) mansion in Miami.

People that say he played hard here for 7 years, so what? We paid his ass to perform and you want to kiss it? Does your boss kiss your ass when you do what you are paid to do at work? No its business as usual. And if you quit that job and talked trash about the place of employment is he supposed to give you a glowing reference when you leave?

Please step into the real world and join us logical people.

and LOL @ you suggesting Calderon doesnt play hard or is commited to this team. Shows what you know about ball. There is a difference between trying and not being able to do something and not trying at all.

Some people have their facts all messed up and need a reality check. I used to like Bosh his first few years here, but I guess it takes other people longer to see the truth. Even when its slapping them in the face with comments like "I was a caged wolf" and "Toronto smells funny"

Ya the media twisted your words bosh. I'm sure you meant something positive by toronto smells different. I guess the cut out the part where he went on to say it smells like fresh baked bread like momma used to make.

You people make me sick. Go lick his boots you sheep.

[theonlyeastcoastrapsfan]

i dont agree with booing your own players. I think anyone that chose to leave our team, disrespected his toronto fans during his exit deserves to be booed.

I was a huge VC fan, he turned his back on team/city/fans hence got his a$$ booed. Bosh deserves the same thing.

Get real: Bosh played hard while he was here, and left when he was legally entitled to do so and anybody looking reasonably at the situation at the end of last year had to have said to themselves, "okay, this ship has gone as far as it's going to go and it's time for everybody to move on".

I think our own players should be booed. They had the worst defense in the league last year, and 2nd worst this year. There's little heart, effort or integrity on this team apart from a couple of players and that is disgraceful. Just because they put on a Raptors' uniform doesn't mean they're faithful to this city. Calderon sure as hell hasn't been faithful to this city with the way he plays, has he?

Being faithful to this city consists of a lot more than merely wearing a Raptors' jersey.

You are really off the deep end with some of your comments. Bosh is a sad sack and will be booed whether you like it or not. The guy spends ONE off-season in his 7 years here working HARD, and that season is the one before he is heading into FA as an UFA. Then he camps under the basket all game, demanding the ball or sitting there for rebounds and not rotating on defence. Defence doesnt show on the box score but rebounds do. Then he acts like a bitch with this whole ex-gf/baby scenario not paying child support like a punk. When he goes to miami and gets injured in the chicago game he has the balls to say people need to support their family and make money? No Chris, real men support their family you're just a tall lanky loser who happens to be good at basketball.

How everyone forgets how he decided not to play even though he was CLEARED by team doctors (fact!) because he 'felt he wasnt ready'. We were one game out of the playoffs, where was bosh? Oh yeah in a suite already searching real estate adds for his horrible unimaginative bland (just like his personality) mansion in Miami.

People that say he played hard here for 7 years, so what? We paid his ass to perform and you want to kiss it? Does your boss kiss your ass when you do what you are paid to do at work? No its business as usual. And if you quit that job and talked trash about the place of employment is he supposed to give you a glowing reference when you leave?

Please step into the real world and join us logical people.

and LOL @ you suggesting Calderon doesnt play hard or is commited to this team. Shows what you know about ball. There is a difference between trying and not being able to do something and not trying at all.

Some people have their facts all messed up and need a reality check. I used to like Bosh his first few years here, but I guess it takes other people longer to see the truth. Even when its slapping them in the face with comments like "I was a caged wolf" and "Toronto smells funny"

Ya the media twisted your words bosh. I'm sure you meant something positive by toronto smells different. I guess the cut out the part where he went on to say it smells like fresh baked bread like momma used to make.

You people make me sick. Go lick his boots you sheep.

Give your head a shake. What do you know about his relationship with his daughter? Sure there's reason to boo, enough valid reason. Delete that garbage and try again.

[Strategist1]

Don't forget Chris' parting shots back in July...

Remember...on ESPN...comparing his time in Toronto to being a wolf stuck in a cage, while he watched other wolves eat steak.

Remember...

""I didn't want to go there," Bosh said.

"It was different. All I knew was Vince Carter was there and I never saw him play on TV. It was a whole different country, and it was just different. I'm 19 years old, I didn't know anything about culture and being away from home. All I know is the States.

"Toronto's a great place, a fantastic city. It's a metropolitan area, but you could tell you're somewhere different. You could feel it, you could look at it, you can smell it. Everything. All your senses tell you you're somewhere different."

We give you 7 years of love and the moment you leave...we get this.

He handled his exit horribly and unfortunately, that tarnishes his reputation and legacy.

Boo him. Bring out the Mikki Moore posters and RuPaul cut-outs and plaster them all over the Miami Heat dressing room. Everyone should be waving RuPaul pictures when he takes free throws. Someone sitting behind the Miami bench should whisper "RuPaul of big men" to him whenever he is on the bench. This should be a spectacle that makes ESPN. You want to be on ESPN while in Canada...this it your chance, Chris.

The wolf in the cage comment implies that he was stuck on a losing team while watching other players go deep in the playoffs.

The comments about being young and 19, and how everything is different here what's what was going on in his mind as a 19 year old. If you're 19, going out of your country from Texas to Toronto its totally different. If you were to go to Texas from Toronto at 19, you'd same the same thing. I've been to places down in the Carolinas, Kentucky, Florida...and yes it is TOTALLY DIFFERENT. I'm sure Dallas is totally different too.

Bosh noted Toronto is a great, fantastic city. All he said was that it was different. His quotes were taken out of context IMO.

[STA 13]

"It was different. All I knew was Vince Carter was there and I never saw him play on TV. It was a whole different country, and it was just different. I'm 19 years old, I didn't know anything about culture and being away from home. All I know is the States.

"Toronto's a great place, a fantastic city. It's a metropolitan area, but you could tell you're somewhere different. You could feel it, you could look at it, you can smell it. Everything. All your senses tell you you're somewhere different."

I honestly cant imagine how butthurt you would have to be to be offended by those comments. I mean, it's really incomprehensible to me that anyone would take such offense to those comments.

But LOL@ Contender getting so upset in this thead

[Cake Walk]

Give your head a shake. What do you know about his relationship with his daughter? Sure there's reason to boo, enough valid reason. Delete that garbage and try again.

Nothing except that it was ALL OVER THE NEWS about how he refused to pay child support and even tried getting the court case in another state so that he could pay less. Just gives you a sense of his personality. If he isnt loyal to his own family that he created why would he be loyal to the Raptors in any sense?

Anyone who thinks Bosh is anything but a chump with talent is deficient with hellen keller like problems.

[Cake Walk]

"It was different. All I knew was Vince Carter was there and I never saw him play on TV. It was a whole different country, and it was just different. I'm 19 years old, I didn't know anything about culture and being away from home. All I know is the States.

"Toronto's a great place, a fantastic city. It's a metropolitan area, but you could tell you're somewhere different. You could feel it, you could look at it, you can smell it. Everything. All your senses tell you you're somewhere different."

I honestly cant imagine how butthurt you would have to be to be offended by those comments. I mean, it's really incomprehensible to me that anyone would take such offense to those comments.

But LOL@ Contender getting so upset in this thead

I dont have a problem with those comments, he was young (19) and probably his first time so far away from things he knew. But the comments he made as a grown ass man are what pissed me off. He is a chump.

[now and 4 life]

Give your head a shake. What do you know about his relationship with his daughter? Sure there's reason to boo, enough valid reason. Delete that garbage and try again.

Nothing except that it was ALL OVER THE NEWS about how he refused to pay child support and even tried getting the court case in another state so that he could pay less. Just gives you a sense of his personality. If he isnt loyal to his own family that he created why would he be loyal to the Raptors in any sense?

Anyone who thinks Bosh is anything but a chump with talent is deficient with hellen keller like problems.

He was never found guilty of not paying.

[theonlyeastcoastrapsfan]

Give your head a shake. What do you know about his relationship with his daughter? Sure there's reason to boo, enough valid reason. Delete that garbage and try again.

Nothing except that it was ALL OVER THE NEWS about how he refused to pay child support and even tried getting the court case in another state so that he could pay less. Just gives you a sense of his personality. If he isnt loyal to his own family that he created why would he be loyal to the Raptors in any sense?

Anyone who thinks Bosh is anything but a chump with talent is deficient with hellen keller like problems.

You think that news you read provided you with all the credible info you need to judge CB as a father?

[Strategist1]

He even said he didn't know anything about culture...

Perhaps he's praising Toronto as a very cultured and multicultural city.

Fact is Dallas and Toronto are very different, the ethnic populations are very different.

Caucasion, African American, and Latino populations are huge there. The food is different too... They have American (diner type food), Tex-Mex (Ameri-Mexican) food... Collge sports and football are huge there... while here we have hockey and curling. That's what shown on TV.

Perhaps the question he was asked, as a 19 year old coming into the league, how did you view coming to Toronto and the Raptors?

Its all about context.

[PdiC]

Give your head a shake. What do you know about his relationship with his daughter? Sure there's reason to boo, enough valid reason. Delete that garbage and try again.

Nothing except that it was ALL OVER THE NEWS about how he refused to pay child support and even tried getting the court case in another state so that he could pay less. Just gives you a sense of his personality. If he isnt loyal to his own family that he created why would he be loyal to the Raptors in any sense?

Anyone who thinks Bosh is anything but a chump with talent is deficient with hellen keller like problems.

So someone is a chump for busting their asz for 7 years working for a mediocre company and never advancing, then getting an opportunity to go to a better situation with their friends? he'd be a chump if he didnt move on.

[Cake Walk]

Give your head a shake. What do you know about his relationship with his daughter? Sure there's reason to boo, enough valid reason. Delete that garbage and try again.

Nothing except that it was ALL OVER THE NEWS about how he refused to pay child support and even tried getting the court case in another state so that he could pay less. Just gives you a sense of his personality. If he isnt loyal to his own family that he created why would he be loyal to the Raptors in any sense?

Anyone who thinks Bosh is anything but a chump with talent is deficient with hellen keller like problems.

You think that news you read provided you with all the credible info you need to judge CB as a father?

The fact he was banging a 35 year old woman with a forehead the size of an ice-rink is all i need to know about what a loser chris bosh is. Then he meets another chick and proposes within a few months.

I hope you take down the chris bosh posters when people visit.

[PerfectJab]

Give your head a shake. What do you know about his relationship with his daughter? Sure there's reason to boo, enough valid reason. Delete that garbage and try again.

Nothing except that it was ALL OVER THE NEWS about how he refused to pay child support and even tried getting the court case in another state so that he could pay less. Just gives you a sense of his personality. If he isnt loyal to his own family that he created why would he be loyal to the Raptors in any sense?

Anyone who thinks Bosh is anything but a chump with talent is deficient with hellen keller like problems.

So someone is a chump for busting their asz for 7 years working for a mediocre company and never advancing, then getting an opportunity to go to a better situation with their friends? he'd be a chump if he didnt move on.

Not a chump, he'd be loyal.

[theonlyeastcoastrapsfan]

The fact he was banging a 35 year old woman with a forehead the size of an ice-rink is all i need to know about what a loser chris bosh is. Then he meets another chick and proposes within a few months.

I hope you take down the chris bosh posters when people visit.

I'm no Bosh fan, but calling out Bosh for stuff like that is below what any person of any substance should do. I hope you're just a kid. Enjoy your stay.