Raptors' Mitchell wants Bargnani rebound
Bargnani is very much a work in progress on the boards, a fact that's causing his coach much consternation.
The solution?
"Stay on his ass," Mitchell said yesterday, pausing for a split second between words to add special emphasis.
"That's as simple as it is."
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The Raptors' Andrea Bargnani is not the greatest defender, but he'll have to try to push the big Cleveland Cavaliers centre off the block.
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Just rebound
Bargnani's toughness has been questioned when his lack of rebounding is discussed, but Mitchell said that it has nothing to do with that.
"Andrea's not afraid. I don't think Andrea backs down from anybody," Mitchell said. "He just has to rebound the basketball."
Sam staying with Dixon
"We have to continue to develop Juan. I just can't yank the rug from under Juan, because he has been pretty steady and I felt like (Friday) night if we could have caught more of the passes he made, which were good passes, if we score instead of those turning into turnovers and points for them, then it's a whole different ball game," the coach said. "I'm not displeased with Juan's development. You have to understand, we're taking a guy who has been a two-guard, with a scorer's mentality, and now we're asking him to play a completely different role."
