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Toronto Raptors Predictions: 2010 NBA Future Lines

Quick article by Lawrence Paul detailing the Toronto Raptors 2010 Season win total odds for over under nba betting futures and a season wins prediction…

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Toronto Raptors
Sportsbook.com Raptors Odds to win NBA title – 150/1
Key players added – Leandro Barbosa
Key players lost – Chris Bosh, Hedo Turkoglu

It might be easier trying to figure out what the Toronto Raptors are by first explaining what they are not.

And they are not big.

Losing Chris Bosh cost them only one key front line player, but even had they retained Bosh it would have been hard to bang with half-decent teams this season. Andrea Bargnani is a 5 in the body of a 4 who likes to play like a 3. That’s your center. It goes downhill from there.

What the post-Bosh Raptors will be able to do is run the court for 40 to 45 minutes a game and make life difficult for teams that don’t want to do that. New coach Jay Triano really has no choice but to play jail-break basketball because the dinosaurs will become extinct as soon as the music starts to slow down a bit. If you can’t sell steak, then market the sizzle. Online Sports Betting at Sportsbook

With cornerstones Bosh and Hedo Turkoglu out the door, Triano will build around Bargnani (17.2 PPG), newcomer Leandro Barbosa and point guard Jose Calderon as the Raptors once again showcase themselves as an international franchise. They have little choice, as American stars nearly recoil at thought of playing north of the border.

(Maybe they just don’t like their luggage examined too closely at customs checks.)

Besides Bargnanai, Calderon and Barbosa there are just a lot of names but not much upside. The Raptors have little chance of making a run at the playoffs as they start the long slog back toward respectability.

Surprising stat: The Raptors have made at least one 3-pointer in 942 consecutive games.
Strengths: Even without Bosh, who mentally and physically checked out at the end of last season, and Turkoglu, these guys will be able to score.
Weaknesses: Anyone who shows the slightest interest in defense should be able to buy all the minutes he wants.
Playoffs? Highly unlikely
Win total projection for 2010-11: 30

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Lawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling and travel writer from Massachusetts.

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