Fact is, Bargnani just isn't that great ... I know and understand that he gets much love in Toronto, but really, he's an average or below player. I gave him some slack when he looked awkward in the first couple of years, but he has only somewhat refined a not so great game. "Worst 7 footer rebounding-wise" is not surprising ... really bad for a #1 overall pick ... definitely. There have definitely been some bad overall #1s, but he's right up there. In the second round he'd look fine ...
He was 90th in the NBA in 3-point shooting last year (and not even close to being the best shooting Raptor), so I don't think you're going to sell him as some kind of 3 pt specialist. His rebounding pretty much stinks (really, just not so good) ... so if the claim is that he doesn't rebound because he's out on the perimeter practicing his "speciality" which he's 90th best at ... man, you're just reaching. It's not that I dislike the guy, but he's either got to put on some pounds, develop some technique and get rebounding, or make something of his time on the perimeter. Personally, if you tell me you've got this great guy who's seven ft tall, basically doesn't rebound and shoots .372 from three where he spends most of his time ... no thanks.
Next year is going to suck for Bargnani ... there are zero people on the Raptors who will require serious attention now, so he will not get open looks even as much as he used to. It's also not like they're loaded with amazing people to feed him the ball anyway ... and why should Jack or Calderon give him the ball? They both shoot the three better than Bargnani.
If he was traded, he'd be a reserve getting a small number of minutes (and I don't even know what they'd put him in to do).
He was 90th in the NBA in 3-point shooting last year (and not even close to being the best shooting Raptor), so I don't think you're going to sell him as some kind of 3 pt specialist. His rebounding pretty much stinks (really, just not so good) ... so if the claim is that he doesn't rebound because he's out on the perimeter practicing his "speciality" which he's 90th best at ... man, you're just reaching. It's not that I dislike the guy, but he's either got to put on some pounds, develop some technique and get rebounding, or make something of his time on the perimeter. Personally, if you tell me you've got this great guy who's seven ft tall, basically doesn't rebound and shoots .372 from three where he spends most of his time ... no thanks.
Next year is going to suck for Bargnani ... there are zero people on the Raptors who will require serious attention now, so he will not get open looks even as much as he used to. It's also not like they're loaded with amazing people to feed him the ball anyway ... and why should Jack or Calderon give him the ball? They both shoot the three better than Bargnani.
If he was traded, he'd be a reserve getting a small number of minutes (and I don't even know what they'd put him in to do).
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