Raptors Close, But No Cigar

It's amazing how one man can do one thing very well and another not so well in the same game. No people, I'm not talking about TJ (relax, I'll get to that in a second), I'm talking about Sam. Sam Mitchell at times this season has not done the greatest job managing Jose and TJ's court time, at times taking guys off when they were in a groove or inserting guys when they were dead cold. We've seen some moves that have been perplexing at best. Tonight, Sam had it right. He didn't like what he was seeing from TJ, didn't like the fact that he was not being aggressive (which almost sounds impossible), so he got him out of there and turned it over to Jose. When Jose started to tire (and after talking with TJ), he got TJ back in the game and while his shot just wasn't there, he was attacking and dishing, creating room for his teammates. You have to give Sam credit for managing the PG position tonight, he got everything right there. But as we have seen so m...