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Tim W. wrote: View PostI'm sorry, but blaming Bargnani's weakness on how he's been handled is a cop out. Bargnani has been given every chance to succeed. He was groomed from day one to take over the center position and allowed to develop at his own rate. He wasn't thrown out into fray immediately, and wasn't left to stagnate on the bench. Besides, my main concern with Bargnani has absolutely nothing to do with what he does on the offensive end.
Bargnani has been a below average rebounder and defender since he was drafted. Without the pressure to be the main scorer, Bargnani should have been able to focus on developing those skills, but he hasn't. There is simply no excuse. If Bargnani were better in these areas, or if I felt we'd seen some half decent development over the last four years, I wouldn't have a problem. But I haven't. And I simply feel you can't win with a big man who is a liability in these two extremely important areas.
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Len wrote: View PostI do not agree with you. Bargnani is not a below average defender (I agree rebounder). Defense is a team effort and you cannot blame a single guy if your team is hammered on the defensive end of the court. Andrea lacks in toughness when it comes to rebounding. He will improve in that when he will gain the experience and the confidence that comes in being the first option the guy to go.
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heinz57 wrote: View Postin Tim's defense.. he's one of the few bargs critics on this board who i'll actually give some credit to... unlike the vast majority of bargs haters, he actually backs up his arguments.. i dont usually agree with him, but you cant ignore somebody who makes a legit argument..
unfortunately, he usually gets lumped in with the rest of the bargs-haters... most of whom are unintelligible dishpigs.
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Buddahfan wrote: View PostPlease
There are at least a dozen or so good websites out there already that have the Raptors stats including the advanced ones in one form or another.
All that needs to be done is to link these web sites somewhere on Raptors Republic that is noticeable and accessible.
No big deal
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Len wrote: View PostI do not agree with you. Bargnani is not a below average defender (I agree rebounder). Defense is a team effort and you cannot blame a single guy if your team is hammered on the defensive end of the court. Andrea lacks in toughness when it comes to rebounding. He will improve in that when he will gain the experience and the confidence that comes in being the first option the guy to go.
And Bargnani's man-to-man defense is often vastly overrated. He defends well against a very specific type of offensive player some of the time. He struggles most of the time he has to move his feet or make decisions on defense.
Even JoePanini, who is a Bargnani fan, admits that Bargnani is a very poor defensive player.Read my blog, The Picket Fence. Guaranteed to make you think or your money back!
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