http://raptors.realgm.com/articles/78/20100525/auditing_the_toronto_raptors_ 2009-10_season/ 來源：realgm 作者：Christopher Reina - May 25, 2010 Record: 40-42 Season FIC Rank:18th, -4.7 per game Efficiency Differential: 19th, -1.9 points per game What They Did Well In 09-10: The Raptors were nothing if they weren't a good offensive team, averaging 111.3 points per 100 possessions, which was good for fifth in the NBA. The Grizzlies and Warriors were the only other teams above the league average in the category to miss the playoffs. The Raptors ran the majority of their offense off the pick and roll and with perimeter shooting, two things they did extremely well. Chris Bosh probably had his finest individual season of his career, but he played in just 18 games after the break and the Raptors were 35-35 with him on the floor. Bosh's TS% hit 59.2%, a career high and he also had his best season on the glass. The Raptors were 5.1 points per 100 possessions better with Bosh on the floor and it felt like that number should have been higher when you watched them play. Newcomers Jarrett Jack and Amir Johnson had career seasons as well, particularly Jack, who saw his PER jump from 13.1 with Indiana to 16.3. Jack had always been a competent perimeter shooter, but he shot 41.2% from distance this season, while his assist rate hit a very impressive 27.7% since he has always been more of a scoring point. Jack and Jose Calderon shared the point guard duties and weren't outplayed as badly as their teammates were on the wings, but the Raptors were stronger in this area in 08-09. DeMar DeRozan, Sonnny Weems and Marco Belinelli all gave the Raptors probably a little bit more than Jay Triano could have hoped for, but it remained an area of weakness since they're going up against wings that are substantially better players. DeRozan played more minutes than I was expecting, but didn't make the kind of significant impact we saw from fellow rookies such as Tyreke Evans, Brandon Jennings and Stephen Curry. To his credit, DeRozan showed some glimpses of his offensive potential down the stretch, substantially improving as a scorer. He has a long ways to go of course and there is no getting around the fact that the Raptors passed on Jennings, but he could still be the pick that turns around the franchise much quicker than otherwise. When it comes to the defensive end of the floor, there isn't much to be said in the 'What They Did Well' section. Bosh had an improved season on that end of the floor and weren't always brutal defending Isos, but that is about it. What They Need To Improve In 10-11: On the scale of believing in defense, I'm a West Coast guy raised on Don Nelson, so it is rarely one of my biggest priorities and I find it to sometimes be overstated in importance, but the Raptors were utterly horrible in 09-10. They allowed 113.2 points per 100 possessions, almost six points worse than the NBA average. Regardless of the strength of the offense, allowing opponents to score with the easy they did makes winning impossibly difficult. They did get a little bit better as the season progressed, remembering the 146 they allowed in December against the Hawks as a low point. It was hard to believe a few weeks later that they were the same team when they allowed just 64 to the Pistons. I don't think I have to do the research to rightly assume that the difference between their highest point total and their lowest point total was the greatest of any team in the NBA. Even though some of the personnel needs to be upgraded for the defensive end to improve, there also needs to be a shift in the culture. Improving from being two games under .500 will be difficult for the Raptors since they will likely lose their best player. Bosh has probably been one of the best dozen players in the NBA, but missing the playoffs in each of the past two seasons (in the Eastern Conference no less), is an indictment of either Toronto's ability to surround him with talent, his ability as a superstar or a combination of both. While the Cavaliers wrestled with the agony of not winning a title with LeBron James, the Raptors waged a similar battle merely with making the playoffs, which has to say at least a little something about the differences between the parties. Signing Hedo Turkoglu was an aggressive maneuver by Bryan Colangelo, but he was an unmitigated disaster, made worse by the remaining years and money left on his untradable contract that he wants traded. Divorces in the real world that both parties want to happen as badly as this one usually are gracefully permitted, but finding a taker for Turkoglu will be nearly impossible for MLSE. Calderon battled nagging injuries, which likely contributed to his TS% dropping from it's normal point above 60% to 56.9% and he also saw his assist rate drop from 41.0% to 33.8%. I wasn't exactly sure where to put Andrea Bargnani categorically speaking and deserves to be in some sort of purgatory between the two. He had the best PER of his career, but that was just because of a slight uptick in his offensive boards and a decrease in turnovers. He begins the first season of new contract in 10-11, though his raise isn't too huge in light of his first overall pick money. He is going to be 25 when the season starts, so he is largely the player he will be and has shown little signs of ever becoming an All-Star, though there could be a particular wing or point guard that brings out the best in him in ways Bosh hasn't been capable of doing because there is overlap. Raptors Draft Needs: Generally, I think the Raptors should be in best player available (that suits they system) mode because they are a team without a superstar for all intents and purposes. There have been a few franchise players and All-Stars selected 13th overall, most notably Kobe Bryant and Karl Malone. I don't think there is a Kobe or Malone in this draft beyond John Wall, so going with an Ekpe Udoh, or possibly a point guard like Eric Bledsoe would probably be the most prudent direction to go in. Bledsoe is more of a question park, but he undoubtedly has much more upside and legitimately become the ideal point guard for this franchise. Assuming Bosh is dealt in a sign-and-trade, it will most likely be for a big, whether it is David Lee or Andrew Bynum, so I do wonder how much that anticipation is played into Colangelo's draft night plans. --

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