Hooped Up

Yesterday the Toronto Raptors dominated the visiting Dallas Mavericks like your fat uncle Tony dominates a buffet. All game long the Raps pretty much did what they wanted and by the time Jarrett Jack hit this circus shot. The Mavs should have just packed it in.

This was a straight up pro shot.

Man, and I thought the Raptors had defensive problems. With the 3rd quarter coming to a close and the Bulls down by 27 points. Raptors PG Jarrett Jack decided to start tying his shoe lace while holding the ball as Luol Deng and the rest of Bulls players just frickin’ watched him.

Um, hellooooooo — at least you could pretend to play defense Chicago. WTF???

It’s no secret that I don’t think Andrea Bargnani is worth the bag of money the Raptors resigned him to this summer, but if he keeps making plays like this — I’ll weaken my stance on this topic a micro-tad.  After receiving this sweet feed from Jarrett Jack, Il Mago does what all tall dudes on the break with a good basketball IQ should do.

Considered yourself served.

Bryan Colangelo’s busy summer continues.

The Toronto Raptors’ general manager signed Indiana Pacers’ guard Jarrett Jack to an offer sheet late on Saturday night, according to multiple media reports.

Jack, a six-foot-three, 200-pound combo guard who can play both backcourt spots, is a restricted free agent with the Pacers and that club has seven days to match Toronto’s offer, thought to be $20 million US over four years.

But the Indianapolis Star says that is unlikely to happen because Indiana is facing salary cap problems, and the club has said it would not go over the National Basketball Association’s luxury tax figure of $69.9-million US.

CBC

TJ Ford and Jarrett Jack got into a spat last night and the two had to be separated by teammates in the 3rd quarter of an eventual 94 – 92 loss to the Mavs.

“We had a situation where Jarrett and T.J. had a dispute on the court,” O’Brien said. “I subbed for them and didn’t want to carry it over. I asked Jarrett to take the rest of the night off. That was my decision.” Jack had already left the locker room by the time the media arrived. “I think it was the heat of the moment,” Ford said. “At the end of the day you really don’t want the fans to see that going on, especially during the game when you have kids. I want to apologize for my actions and what took place.”

Thus far, no reports have surfaced if this tiff will effect their Facebook friendship.

Via Indianapolis Star Blog