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Jay Triano becomes the 7th head coach in the history of the Toronto Raptors after they releaved Sam Mitchell of his duties early Wednesday morning after a 132 - 93 defeat at the hands of the Denver Nuggets. Here is a brief biography of the first ever Canadian born head coach in the NBA.

Jay Triano (born September 21, 1958 in Tillsonburg, Ontario, raised in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is the current NBA head coach with the Toronto Raptors. Triano, gained wide attention during his long years of coaching the Canadian Olympic basketball team. He is also a former National basketball team player, who competed in two Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. Continue Reading

You are running out of chips Mr. Colangelo OR Why Firing Sam Mitchell only buys the Raptors more time to make less moves.

I give Rob Babcock credit, he may have been a horrible GM, but at least he had the “cahones” to admit he made a mistake AND then set about fixing the problem immediately. One disaster ridden season after hiring Kevin O’Neil as the Raps head coach, Babcock fired him and admitted he hired the wrong guy. Less than 6 months later after he was proven wrong again in hiring Sam Mitchell (whom he hired to be “tough on Cater” and was rumored to have fought Carter in the dressing room) he sent Vince Carter to New Jersey in a trade that still makes Raptors fans cringe. The trade may not have been great, but at least Babcock was trying to fix his mistakes. He traded Rafer Alston to Houston for Mike James only 1 year into a 5 year contract, and even apologized publicly for drafting Rafeal Araujo. Mr. Colangelo its time for you to own up. Ya, that’s right, I said it. Continue Reading

We all know who the scapegoat is for BryCo’s inept decision making. Jay Triano will be taking over in an interim capacity. Will let you know more as this develops.

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Rather than spend my weekly column discussing how the Raps looked impressive in wins against Charlotte and Atlanta (and not too bad for 3 quarters against the 14-1 league best Lakers without JO), or how Sam Mitchell not only reads my column but also does in fact own and use a clipboard (he pulled it out at every time out on Friday), or how Joey Graham and Andrea Bargnani together are looking like the answer to Raps problems on the wings, or how really, as I mentioned last week in my column there is no reason to panic (again, what matters more is whether or not this team is .500 come January)… Continue Reading

I’ll spare you the hindsight of how $20mill should actually be spent, what to do with valuable trade assets when a team has certain needs, how not to replace valuable exiting players with euro scrubs and why lasik isn’t necessarily the best way to correct your vision. Continue Reading

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