Mitchell: Bargnani is more accepting of coaching now

[Eating a Book]

Thoroughly.

And with garlic.

Also, if you're at the Fairview mall, go wave goodbye to the Rainbow Cinemas in there. And then spit on whatever comes after it.

[Harry Palmer]

I WILL. Fairview already hates me, so what's to lose.

Although, wait, if a poster here has his own mall...you know what THAT means.


THE MALL SANTA HATES UN-REAL FANS TOO!

[reck0n3r]

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This is most bizarre part of this discussion. People have somehow forgotten that Andrea's rookie year wasn' exactly one for the ages. Despite leading the league in "it" sightings, there isn't much else in the numbers to inspire awe.

Amen to that, brother.

I have been trying to get this across for a dog's age.

I would say the difference between this year and last is MUCH less than the difference between last year and last year in many recollections.

Last year: 11.6 pts, 3.9 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.5 steals, 0.8 blocks, on .427 fg% in 25.1 minutes.

How that season gets all the superlatives it does is and always has been beyond me.

While he has unquestionably regressed some this year, it's nowhere ear as far down as it is portrayed. You'd think he had come down from 20/9 or something.

He is -1.5 pts, 0.5 rebounds, 0.3 steals, 0.3 blocks and + 0.2 assists in 2.4 fewer minutes/game.

His fg% has gone down a lot, and his 3 pt% has gone up some.

As I said, it's a difference. It's just a lot less drastic than people are implying. I think all that's happened is people have lost that honeymoon glow, and are looking at what he actually does in totality instead of seizing on the odd moment here or there which impressed them, and the whole unimpressive.

The thing is, he's looked much less comfortable this season versus last season. That could partially be attributed to making more of an effort doing something he's not used to (ie: establishing post position/rebounding) and from that perspective, it does make sense for him to regress. There's going to be a bit of a learning curve.

Do I think he can improve in those areas? Sure, if he's got the right attitude about it, I don't see why not. He's not a stick figure ala chris bosh, such that it would make his learning curve that much more steep than it already is. It's really up to the coaches, and ultimately, up to bargs to put in the time and repetition of doing big man things, as opposed to what he had been used to besides this season, really. He looks bad right now because he's trying to take those things he does in practice (i hope), and emulate them in an ultra competitive real-game situation. There's instincts that he needs to develope which he currently doesn't have.

When anyone asks you to do something you've never done before, and you're doing this at the highest/most competitive level in the world, one would imagine there would be a bit of an adjustment period.

[Eating a Book]

I don't live in Toronto - it's not my mall.

But yes, Santa hates you, along with Jesus, and most other famous bearded individuals.

[Ill Mago]

Ah, so it's the narcotics, Harry..