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New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella was not happy with recent comments made by San Jose Sharks captain Joe Thornton, who called the Rangers "probably the softest team we played against." Thornton made the comments after the Sharks lost to the Rangers 5-2 on Monday, adding, "We played some good teams, and I think we probably should have beat these guys, to be honest with you." Tortorella didnt say much in response to Thorntons comments Monday night, but according to a report in the New York Daily News, he had plenty to say on Tuesday. "Yeah it caught me off-guard when it was brought up after the game," Tortorella said, according to the Daily News. "It surprised me, and Ive never heard a player say that. Joes a heck of a player, but heres a player popping off about our team, and Joe hasnt won a G------ thing in this league." "He could go down as a player, being one of the better players in our league never to win anything. So what he should do is just shut up. It was uncalled for, it was classless, and Ive never had it happen like that before." Thornton tried to clarify his comments earlier today, saying that soft wasnt the right word to describe the Rangers. Willie Green Authentic Jersey . Carrasco, though, will certainly take all the help he can get as he tries to extend his career-best winning streak to four straight starts Thursday when Cleveland opens a four-game set with the Texas Rangers in a battle of first- place clubs at Progressive Field. Shaquille ONeal Magic Jersey . Wright homered on the first pitch he saw after missing three games, Jonathon Niese and two relievers combined on a six-hitter, and the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0 on Saturday. http://www.magicjerseyofficial.com/Authentic-Ben-Gordon-Magi c-Jersey/ . Both clubs play a conservative game, if at all possible, although Nashville has started to open things up more over the last year or two. However, in Game 1 on Friday night both goaltenders in the early going appeared to be swimming a little bit. Willie Green Jersey . Cuban testified Thursday that he was upset when the companys CEO told him news that would reduce the value of his shares, for which hed paid $7.5 million. But he said he did nothing improper when he sold those shares over the next two days. Penny Hardaway Jersey . Randolph scored 14 of his 28 points in the final period and grabbed 11 rebounds, Gasol had 18 points, eight boards and eight assists, and the Grizzlies eked out an 89-86 victory Friday night for their first road victory of the season.$122.1 million. Thats how much money the Toronto Raptors committed to their wing rotation over the last ten months. With the trade for Rudy Gay, the extension for DeMar DeRozan, the offer sheet for Landry Fields and the drafting of Terrence Ross, the Raptors coughed up an eye-popping sum for a total of zero All-Stars, a combined 43.1 per cent shooting percentage and for four players outside the top 100 in offensive and defensive rating (min. 20 mins per game via NBA.com/stats). Or, put another way, the Raptors spent $122.1-million on a wing rotation that still needs to be fixed before the start of next season. This rotation is one of the clearest distillations of the Bryan Colangelo era in Raptor-land. One can (more or less) reason out how each acquisition came to be and why the Raptors went ahead with them, but taken together the assemblage demonstrates, at best, a lack of planning, or at worst a fundamental disregard for the changes underway in the NBA at large. The most defensible move came with the drafting of Ross. While Ross has had a very inconsistent rookie season, he theoretically addresses areas of weakness in terms of three-point shooting and defence, and when one considers the wings that were taken after him (Austin Rivers, Jeremy Lamb, et al.) its hard to fault Colangelo and Co. for the choice that they ultimately made on draft night (although revisionist history may choose to inappropriately chastise Toronto for passing on UConn centre Andre Drummond). In fact, the only reason to really raise an eyebrow at Ross is because of Ross himself. The tools that he possesses fit the Raptors, but he has to do a much better job of utilizing them. He has to learn how to balance himself on his jumper, how to keep alert and active in team defensive schemes and how to attack defences with his dribble. Hell have a role in Torontos rotation next season if he can address his issues, but his minutes will (and should) be dictated by production, not potential. After Ross came Fields, Torontos most controversial acquisition last summer. Fields was a pawn in Torontos headline-grabbing chase for Canadian hero, Steve Nash. The Raptors loaded an offer sheet and sent it to Fields in an attempt to prevent Fields from being used in a sign-and-trade transaction between New York and Phoenix during the Knicks attempt to acquire Nash. The plan backfired, though, when Nash signed with the Lakers and the Raptors were stuck overpaying an asset that would never be able to produce up to his salary. Heres the thing with Fields: hes a great fit for this club. Hes the only wing that knows how to set up his teammates, he restricts himself to smart shots within his range (he easily possesses the highest field goal percentage of Torontos wings at 46 per cent), he understands the teams defensive concepts and he doesnt need the ball in his hands to be effective. The problem is that role players like him tend to make a fraction of what Fields is earning on his three-year deal with the Raptors ($6.3 million per year). In todays NBA, with the new restrictive salary cap and the more punitive luxury tax, teams cannot be so cavalier with player salaries. Fields was worth what he got paid to Toronto if it got them Nash, but it didnt get them Nash. Instead the club is left footinng the bill for a meal they didnt even get to eat.dddddddddddd Since the club is effectively stuck with him, though, they have to find a way to work him consistently into the rotation to a) help justify his price tag and b) because he actually represents a unique set of skills that the team could benefit from deploying. After Fields comes the one-two punch of the DeRozan extension and the Gay acquisition. Ive written extensively this season on both transactions and the troubling redundancies the pair presents, so instead of looking back on what was, lets look ahead at what has to happen to make this combination semi-defensible heading into next season. If these two are going to continue to represent the bulk of Torontos minutes on the wings then they have got to learn some shot discipline. Since the trade that brought Gay to Toronto, he and DeRozan rank 127th as a pair in offensive efficiency at 101.3 points per 100 possessions, which is below the teams mark of 102.5 points per 100 possessions (though its above the teams pathetic 100.9 points per 100 possessions overall since the trade). To watch the Raptors play these days is to watch a handful of possessions every game devolve into a broken set resulting in Gay or DeRozan forcing up a jumper against two or three defenders several feet from the basket. While neither player could be considered selfish while out on the court, both lack the playmaking instincts one would wish for in players that can attract so much defensive attention. DeRozan can make pre-scripted passes within set plays, but has total tunnel-vision when a play breaks down. Gay is a more than willing passer, but hes sloppy with his passing mechanics and is as likely to throw the ball at a recipients knees as he is their waiting hands. DeRozan ranks 52nd out of 65 shooting guards in assist ratio, while Gay ranks 50th out of 69 small forwards. Conversely, DeRozan and Gay rank sixth and fourth, respectively, in shot attempts per game at their positions. Dwane Casey has made a more concerted effort in the waning days of the season to split the two up more, which has helped both their efficiency and their productivity, but the clubs offence as a whole still needs some serious tinkering before its ready for primetime. Since getting Gay and DeRozan shots basically encapsulates the clubs offensive stratagem, figuring out how to maximize that tandem will be priority number one in fixing what ails this clubs efficiency woes. Its not often an NBA organization builds their offence around two non-playmaking wings that both shoot below 32 per cent from three-point range, but thats the road Toronto had decided to travel so its incumbent upon them to make it work. At $122.1-million, the Raptors have invested heavily in a wing rotation that has yet to prove much as a group on the NBA landscape. However, that kind of financial commitment signals the amount of faith that the organization has in what what theyve managed to cobble together. It may well be the deciding factor on which the future of Bryan Colangelo rests; if MLSE believes in this expensive group as much as Colangelo then Colangelo may well be asked to stay to augment it, but if they do not share his optimism about this investment it may well be the last group Colangelo is ever asked to assemble in Toronto. cheap nfl jerseys wholesale jerseys cheap jerseys cheap jerseys wholesale jerseys Rafael Ramos Jersey ' ' '
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