Bright Side of the Moon?

Acie Earl scored 40 points as a Raptor in a 1996 game against the Boston Celtics. With that in mind, Sam Mitchell has decided to start Jamario Moon against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday. It’s been two games, 46 minutes, 21 points, 14 rebounds, five steals and two blocks for Moon; impressive, but, like Earl’s performance, in need of some reinforcement. There’s no chance that Moon will be as consistent as his perma-smile, but let’s hope he can give us another 30 games this year like the last two. I bet there’ll be just a little lump of turd in his shorts before the game.

Speaking of turd, things have gone apeshit in New York. Stephon Marbury didn’t practice with the Knicks on Monday and didn’t play against Phoenix on Tuesday. He says Isiah Thomas gave him permission to leave the team; Isiah Thomas said he didn’t give Marbury permission (Isiah Thomas also said that he didn’t harass Anucha Browne Sanders AND that the Knicks would make the playoffs this year). Difficult to know who to trust. Trading Marbury seems impossible for the Knicks given that, apart from being Stephon Marbury, he also has $40.3 million and two years left on his contract. Even more buckwild is that the Knicks’ leading scorer Tuesday night was ex-Raptor Fred Jones who had 19 points and nine boards in a loss to the Suns.

MoPete Watch: 10 points, three rebounds, 3-3 from three in 29 minutes, helping his old team out by beating the Nets 84-82 on Monday night.

(Sorry for the lazy posts, team. I promise to do a player-by-player Raptor report card - with special attention to the swingman logjam - after the squad hits ten games)