DunkinDerozan wrote:
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Holly Mackenzie is a journalist who is paid to cover the Raptors. Bargnani was asked questions and he answered and was given quotes. Because the quotes do not match your opinion doesn't make them false or worthless.
Why would I quote DeMar, Ed, or Reggie when I quoted Bargnani himself.
If you are looking for a quote from the HoopsWorld article, here you go:
First overall picks are expected to become franchise players and team leaders but it doesn't always happen and our expectations may exceed what a certain player is currently capable of providing. From a Raptors team perspective, Evans paints an accurate picture.
"This focus point is on him instead of him and Bosh so he has definitely proved that he can score in this league on a consistent basis and be a legitimate franchise player," said Evans. "There are things that he needs to work on but that goes for everybody.
"He definitely has a great future ahead of him. He still has a lot to show people that will eventually come out, things just take time and it will eventually all work out for him.
"If it comes down to the last shot, me personally, I want it in his hands. No matter if it's a three or a post-up, I have a lot of trust in him to put it in the hole."
That doesn't mean Bargnani is or will ever become a cornerstone type franchise player, at this point Bargnani can only lay claim to being the best offensive player on his own team this season. The still developing big man has yet to find the remaining aspects of his offensive arsenal, his own comfort zone on defense, and a better nose for the ball on the boards. Of course, if Bargnani puts all that together, all bets are off.
The reasonable assumption is that Bargnani will continue to improve but is not any more likely to reach elite status than the "franchise player" he replaced and the Raptors will continue to look for the next franchise guy in their own group of young developing talent and through the draft.
Read more NBA news and insight: http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?...#ixzz1IUNM1Td1
"This focus point is on him instead of him and Bosh so he has definitely proved that he can score in this league on a consistent basis and be a legitimate franchise player," said Evans. "There are things that he needs to work on but that goes for everybody.
"He definitely has a great future ahead of him. He still has a lot to show people that will eventually come out, things just take time and it will eventually all work out for him.
"If it comes down to the last shot, me personally, I want it in his hands. No matter if it's a three or a post-up, I have a lot of trust in him to put it in the hole."
That doesn't mean Bargnani is or will ever become a cornerstone type franchise player, at this point Bargnani can only lay claim to being the best offensive player on his own team this season. The still developing big man has yet to find the remaining aspects of his offensive arsenal, his own comfort zone on defense, and a better nose for the ball on the boards. Of course, if Bargnani puts all that together, all bets are off.
The reasonable assumption is that Bargnani will continue to improve but is not any more likely to reach elite status than the "franchise player" he replaced and the Raptors will continue to look for the next franchise guy in their own group of young developing talent and through the draft.
Read more NBA news and insight: http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?...#ixzz1IUNM1Td1
Notice the bolded section - I couldn't have put it any better myself. This has been my position all along with debates with many people. The problem as I see it (so in other words in my opinion) is he has actually regressed this season in the other aspects of his game besides offense. These same aspects have been beaten to death for the better part of 5 years so there is no need to discuss now.
For the record I would love nothing more than the Raps to be successful WITH Bargnani. My concern is it will take a special roster that might be extremely difficult and require a much longer time frame to acquire than what could be accomplished with the assets received for trading Bargnani.
At the end of the day I am a Raptor fan first and I want the team to do better than anyone of its players.
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