Round 1: North Harbour vs. takman777

What has been the most important factor for your team making the playoffs?

Ok I know there has been some confusion as to who was taking the starters this round. North said I could do it be Big B gave it to North instead. I am going to post my essay on this question to help out my team. Not sure if it will count or not but it can not hurt.

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The most important factor for the Magic making the playoffs this season is Hedo Turkoglu. Now I know most folks feel it is Dwight Howards coming into his own more and more ever year and of course finally having money on the salary cap to sign Rashard Lewis and even signing Van Gundy as coach but if it was not for the major improvement of Turkoglu I do not feel the Magic would have done as well as they had. Turkoglu finished in second place average wise in ever category this year. Turkoglu went from averaging 13.3 points per game last season to 19.5. He went from averaging 4 rebounds per game last season to 5.7 a game this season. He averaged 3.2 assists per game last year and improved to 5 a game this year. Yes of course Dwight Howard is the man and of course the signing of Rashard Lewis helped the Magic tenfold but without Turkoglu I truly feel the Magic would not have done as well as they did and would not have finished 3rd. The future looks bright with the 1-2-3 punch the Magic now has and Hedo Turkoglu will be a major part of that for a long time to come.

okay guys, sorry i have been quite pre-occupied here..

the most important factor for the Raptors making the playoffs has been the bench depth through the injuries to core players Chris Bosh and T.J. Ford.

We saw Jose Calderon step up and play all-star basketball - some of us Raps fans think Ford should have sat more down the stretch to win a few more games as he was turning the ball over and waving at the ball on defense, he cost us at least 3 games down the stretch. that said, he is the starter and Jose showed us the depth this team has as he filled in at level that neither has achieved since.

with guys like Rasho Nesterovic and Jason Kapono on the bench, the team has a lot of depth as guys like  Jamario Moon and Andrea Bargnani struggle as young players do over a long season.

Sam Mitchell should be fired for that display tonight.. what a horrible line up

the Raptors are getting eaten up inside as Andrea Bargnani looks awful and T.J. Ford stinks it up....

Orlando Magic are outplaying and out coaching this team, and i am sorry to call myself a Raptors fan... i hope BC has the balls to can Sam as he is not able to coach this team that should have won 50 games but lost so many with bad choices HE made....

Go Suns... i hope this is the last time i have to post for this playoff.. i am not sure i can justify anything this team does from this point...but iam sure that Dwight Howard and Hedu Turkoglu will put this team away in 4... and probably not have to break a sweat doing it.. sorry raptors fans, but this is embarassing....