Raptors Republic Report Cards - Antoine Wright

[Doc]

Today, grade and discuss Antoine Wright.

Antoine Wright



2009-10 Statistics

PPG 6.5
RPG 2.8
APG 1.1
SPG 0.4
BPG 0.2
FG% 0.406
FT% 0.688
3P% 0.335
MPG 20.8

[Apollo]

I'll give Wright a C. I mean he delivered what should have been expected, decent minutes from time to time.

[Doc]

I gave him a "D". I have to say I expected more than what we got from him. I mean, towards the latter part of the year he was a solid contributor, but from the get go I expected him to step and being the best perimeter defender we had. I didn't see that. Very inconsistent and streaky on offense, but the one thing I appreciated the most was how vocal he was on a team of mutes.

[Apollo]

Yeah, I expected more too but I think that I was a little over enthusiastic.

I think he did a decent job compared to prior years with past teams.

[Marz]

He did everything I expected him to except for that woefully inconsistent offense. B

[CalgaryRapsFan]

I would give him a C-.

The one big expectation I had of him, based on everything we heard from the GM, coaching staff, NBA experts and the media, was that he was the one lock-down defender the Raptors could count on last season. I personally thought he ended up being nothing but hype. His defense may have been slightly above average, but certainly nothing close to being lock-down. On the offensive end, he was invisible for half the season, then inconsistent for the rest of it. He often took terrible shots and/or tried to do too much, and so often it seemed to come at the worst possible time. Plus his "talking" came across as being moody and selfish. I won't miss him.

[Dave]

D -- Antoine played very well relative to his talent ... but he should never have been given as many minutes as he was.