While 2008 has brought amazing progress for our own #1 pick, Andrew Bogut, look at the last 8 games for the 2006 #1 overall:
17.6 mpg
4.1 ppg
2.75 rpg
0.63 apg
0.13 bpg
I haven't seen much of the Raptors this year, but those numbers have to be disturbing if you are a Raptors fan.
That really sucks for the kid, he might be even more of a confidence player than Bogut. I don't understand what they are doing in Toronto, the first couple games of the season this kid is averaging over 20 a game, Sam Mitchell immediately takes him out the starting line-up, and he IMMEDIATELY starts sucking.
Part of me feels happy because of the epic battles I had with Raptors fans on the PC board of Bogut/Bargnani (apparently Bargnani was the next Dirk and had as high of potential as anyone in the entire league, and Bogut was just a soft bum).
But the basketball fan in me is pissed just because its a waste of talent.
They should ship him off before he is permanently ruined.
I clearly agree with both posts, but I really do think Sam should start playing Bargnani a lot more it doesn't matter how much we are losing by or how much fouls Bargs has. How much burn did he get in the second half of last nights game? If Sam is going to do this for the rest of the season you might as well ship him before it is too late.