ponder276 wrote:IHe cannot create his own offense AT ALL, he is literally useless in ISO situations. Bargs is a spot up 3 shooter who is decent at pump faking then driving (only when his defender is way out of position and has to come flying in), and has a small ability to post up when defended by smaller players.
How do you know this? Has Bargnani ever had the opportunity to receive consistent touches to create his own offense? No. And I don't think it's fair to judge Bargnani just yet. Whenever Bargnani does receive the ball to create his offense he's usually successful...
1. Bargnani is one of the best big man who can shake of his defender one on one with his handles on the fly usually finishing with a lay-up. Seems to me he can create his offense here.
2. Bargnani usually goes in the paint and flashes back out at the perimeter for a 3-PT shot or mid-range shot. This is much like a jab-step for Bargnani to create space between his man and himself. Another example of creating his offense.
I'm sure if Triano runs some screens for Bargnani on O, he'd be very successful at the mid-range game. Moreover, Bargnani just doesn't only post-up on smaller players. Anyone still saying this must be not watching the games often or living in the past. Last night, Bargnani had quite a few post-up on Nene who he had scored on quite a few times. Go back to the game against Atlanta last week, Bargnani posted Smith and Horford and they had to quadruple team him at one point.
And there's no problem with Bargnani posting up on smaller players either because he attracts the double ALL THE TIME when he posts up on a smaller player. When he's in this situation, he does a great job of finding an open teammate for a shot, all apart of having an easy offense (easy baskets).
He's an off the ball, role player type scorer, and would be a complete disaster as a #1 option. When Bosh isn't playing Bargs scores LESS, not more, because Bosh drawing doubles is key to his production. Add in the fact that Bargs is a horrendous rebounder and defender, who does not hustle or really have any intangibles at all, and he's quite clearly a very poor choice to build around.
You see, you can't just make assumptions. And you're using a small sample size to say that Bargnani scores less with Bosh sidelined. In those games, the coaching staff had rarely run any offense through Bargnani so it's fair to judge him. Run some screens? Not often.
What's funny is that when Bosh is having a poor game, Bargnani is able to step up defensively and rebound the ball very well. I'm sure that's the case that Bargnani will do once Bosh leaves.
