PG: Remember, that's a seven footer out there.

[RapsFanInVA]

Bargnani played with some effort today which is encouraging. But it's sad when shooting 37% in a game is an improvement over the previous three. I'll take the win over a bad team at home though.

[Undefeated]

I have no idea what game you guys where watching but Andrea was actually pretty good defensively. Even though his shot wasn't falling, he was more active offensively rather then standing at the 3pt line all day. He roll to the basket more often, he moved around in that mid range area, setting screens for the wing players and he was trying to get to the rim.

I didn't see him dive to the rim that much. Leo kept bringing that up the entire game how he needed to roll more, and that first came in the 4th Quarter when he rolled, caught the ball from behind his head and elevated for the mid-range jumper. He was more active off the ball than usual, but he still flares out to the wing for the jumpshot far too often instead of ducking in when he sets the screen for his teammates.

[Death Knight]

he never forced a single shot tonight, not a single shot, team actually ran some good plays and it got him engaged. only time he takes dumb shots is when team is down and he is given the ball on a stupid iso.

I recall a number of WTF type shots. Fade away shots.......long 2 pointers.

I've lost faith in his ability to shoot from the perimeter. I want to see him operate from the elbow 90% of the time.

I will give Andrea one thing.......he played with energy. That used to be enough for me, but if we want to improve over the long term, we need energy & offensive efficiency.

I would say this season (so far), he hasn't earned his contract.

He only forced up 3 shots, one was a fadeaway, the other was a 3pt shot at the back end of the clock and the third he scored at the back end of the clock of Derozan's feed.

If he doesn't miss 3 blank point lay ups, he'd be 10-19 and not 7-19.

And who's fault is that?

We already have more efficient PFs on the team. No reason for Bargnani to be on the floor.

[StopitLeo]

Sad people are praising Andrea for playing with effort.

[Hero]

Friend who went to the game texts me.. " We didn't get any pizza Oh well at least we won"

[Death Knight]

Sad people are praising Andrea for playing with effort.

His stock just went up again. Time to sell high. Bargnani for Paul George. Larry Bird sees himself in Bargnani!

[LarSiN]

Sad people are praising Andrea for playing with effort.

His stock just went up again. Time to sell high. Bargnani for Paul George. Larry Bird sees himself in Bargnani!

[Snooch]

he never forced a single shot tonight, not a single shot, team actually ran some good plays and it got him engaged. only time he takes dumb shots is when team is down and he is given the ball on a stupid iso.

I recall a number of WTF type shots. Fade away shots.......long 2 pointers.

I've lost faith in his ability to shoot from the perimeter. I want to see him operate from the elbow 90% of the time.

I will give Andrea one thing.......he played with energy. That used to be enough for me, but if we want to improve over the long term, we need energy & offensive efficiency.

I would say this season (so far), he hasn't earned his contract.

those are shots that are generally part of his repertoire. i have no problem seeing him take them as long as it isnt a rushed or forced shot.

[PRESTIGE]

I'm waiting for somebody to upload that gif with that guy making the gun shot actions.

[J Dilla]

Friend who went to the game texts me.. " We didn't get any pizza Oh well at least we won"

this promotion needs to die asap

[david5773]

Friend who went to the game texts me.. " We didn't get any pizza Oh well at least we won"

this promotion needs to die asap

2/3 of the crowd will permanently vanish if that happens.

[Waylon Mercy]

Most other cities have that promotion whether its pizza, big macs, tacos, chalupas etc

We just act like we've never ate anything before...But if you were subject to watching this
awful team for so many years you'd want some kind of reward for watching too.

[MEDIC]

he never forced a single shot tonight, not a single shot, team actually ran some good plays and it got him engaged. only time he takes dumb shots is when team is down and he is given the ball on a stupid iso.

I recall a number of WTF type shots. Fade away shots.......long 2 pointers.

I've lost faith in his ability to shoot from the perimeter. I want to see him operate from the elbow 90% of the time.

I will give Andrea one thing.......he played with energy. That used to be enough for me, but if we want to improve over the long term, we need energy & offensive efficiency.

I would say this season (so far), he hasn't earned his contract.

those are shots that are generally part of his repertoire. i have no problem seeing him take them as long as it isnt a rushed or forced shot.

Just because he takes em, doesn't mean he should.

He's been shooting high 40's from 10-15 feet the past few seasons. Low 40's from 16-23 feet.

The long 2's kill his shooting %. He takes a lot of them too. He takes over 2x as many shots from 16-23 feet as he does from 10-15. He's actually got decent big man skills offensively. He should use them more.

His pull up jumper from 10-15 feet is money. He needs to use it more.

[niQ]

finally. moar wins!

[Zeno]

Friend who went to the game texts me.. " We didn't get any pizza Oh well at least we won"

this promotion needs to die asap

2/3 of the crowd will permanently vanish if that happens.

Anybody want to come to my house for the game? 50 bucks and I'll throw in a slice or two no matter how many points they score.

Free is a four-letter F word too because people are freekening idiots.

[Hit Em Up]

Guys in the truck screw up a nice Derozan alley oop.

This also made me angry

They show the horrible angle live.. then they show a replay with the same angle! WTF

fxckin dumbasses

[carlosey]

Was sitting right next to a pair of ghetto gangsters who never grew up. The one dude was so drunk and high he was trying to rap every single time a beat came up, then he got up and started hitting on some girl and tried to start some **** with the bf while making us stand like forever for him to get to the stairs. Then he tried taking my popcorn away before almost falling down the stairs. It was the most annoying raptors game Ive been in. I think they got escorted out by security because they never came back.

Other than that the game was good. Bargnani, Derozan and Calderon did a good job. I like Kleiza shooting the corner 3s hes an asset there. Even Mcguire was putting a good effort tonight too. The offensive scheme was A LOT better this game.

[dagger]

Sometimes it's like reading 1960s editions of Pravda when the topic of Bargnani comes up and his detractors can't even muster a vague complement for a good game. Ya, I'm open to trading him for value, to align PF with the rest of our younger lineup, and providing the incoming talent is real value and contributes to our offence. But it's really mind- blowing how petty people are. Five boards is what they focus on, never mentioning two blocks, or two steals, solid positional D most of the game or a beautiful and very important assist in crunch time, nor a pair of key baskets that helped take a tie out to a 12-point lead in the fourth quarter.

Holly McKenzie, like a lot of media, have been very critical of him, and justifiably so, but this is what she wrote today.

* Andrea's strong start: There hasn't been a lot of positive surrounding Andrea Bargnani's start to this season. He finally had a strong start against the Magic, looking engaged, energetic and actually attacking the basket. After the game, Dwane Casey talked about the importance of Bargnani coming out strong because, as he said, offensively the team goes as Bargnani goes. While Bargnani was active offensively, he was aggressive defensively as well, grabbing five rebounds and blocking two shots in 39 minutes.

This was a much better game for him. When he was in, we were generally the better team by a good margin. He hasn't had enough of these games, that's a legit criticism, but have the intellectual honesty to admit he had a good one today.

[RL82]

I'm waiting for somebody to upload that gif with that guy making the gun shot actions.

+1

[Live Free]

Friend who went to the game texts me.. " We didn't get any pizza Oh well at least we won"

this promotion needs to die asap

out here if the Jazz win they all get Big Macs, no scores involved. Part of the reason why Jazz have one of the loudest arenas.