Multipaul wrote:
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Look at his counterpart in Lamarcus Aldridge (drafted after him, same years of experience). He's averaging 21 and 9 (25 and 10 in January). While Portland has been decimated by injuries (I mean serious injuries to their starters, Oden, Camby and Roy), they continue to be playing well enough for people to scratch their heads (25-22 record and yes, they have a good coach). Is Aldridge more talented? Is he stronger or shoots better? Probably not, but he sure works a lot harder and gives more effort than Bargs. Also, he doesn't have a rebounding assistant or Roy or Oden barking orders at him on the sideline. He has taken that team on his shoulders because he tries. I can't say the same with Bargs. In two years time when his knees starts to go, we won't be talking about his scoring prowess and how he could be this or that. What we'll see is a player that will literally vanish into oblivion and never making an impact to THE TEAM.
He is a good, one dimensional player that cannot offer anything other than to shoot. Putting him against 4's in this league will not mask his defensive deficiencies but only magnify it even more.
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