It's never easy to turn over a new leaf. Especially, in basketball. But with the new season well underway, the Raptors President and General Manager Bryan Colangelo decided to revamp both their bench and coaching team. To the bench, he has added Jermaine O'Neal, Will Solomon, Roko Ukic, Hassan Adams and Nathan Jawai. Of all the new players, only O'Neal has played a decent few minutes. Actually, in his last game he averaged a season high of 24 points. Another new player that seems worthy of mention is Solomon. Coming over from Clemson, Solomon has been a sturdy substitute for our point guard, Jose Calderon. Despite the new line-up, "CB-4" or Mr. Chris Bosh is still averaging the highest set of points and carrying his team to victory.
To be honest, the Raptors started out the season surprisingly strong, wining against the 76ers, Warrios, and Bucks in late October. Unfortunately, the team started to falter in early November losing against the Pistons, Hawks, Celtics, Lakers, Magics, Heat, Nets (all within a span of three weeks).
However, their worst loss came on December 2nd against the Denver Nuggets. The Raptors lost the game by a whopping 39 points. Sadly, on the following day, the Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell was fired. Soon afterwards, Colangelo announced that Jay Triano would replace Mitchell. Triano is the first Canadian-born head coach in NBA history. Despite the changes, the Raptors have lost the last two games against the Blazers and Jazz.
With 8 wins and 11 losses so far, the Raptors rank 11th in the Eastern Conference. Hopefully, under the guidance of their new coach the Raptors can ring in the new year with some wins.
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