theonlyeastcoastrapsfan wrote:Bargs is going to be here for a real long time. People here act like BC made some huge blunder with the guy. Act like investing his his development, which is what you do with young players, was somehow a BC self interest and not a Toronto Raptors interest. I applaud BC for having the resolve not to listen to the chatter. We've got no contract issues with Andrea. We have a good player, locked up. This game, to me, highlighted a lot of the reasons for his struggles and for his resurgence. Bargs missed like 4 shots early, and Howard was scoring. I check the game thread, and posters were though with him. Under Sam, he would have went to the bench and that would have been the story. Guess what the guy, to me, has shown that he can't shoot 100% but he' hits big shots and makes a positive impact on his team winning.
We've got a decent team, with Hedo, Jack, Jose, Bargs, Derozan locked up. And so many posters act like it's a bad thing. Have you seen some of the roster's we've had here? We'll have to wait and see what happens to CB. To all those who say with out CB we'll be doomed, I say you're just making assumptions, that if Bosh goes, we lose all his points and rebounds. I think it's Bosh that needs to worry about losing his points and rebounds, if he ends up somewhere where everything is not going to be run though him and he's not afforded the "franchise" status.
I think points wise, we'd get them from other people, we'd need someone else in the front court for Defense and rebounding. If you've read the Simmons Book, and the quote in it from some of the league's great players like Isiah (hey, he was a great player) Russel and what not, you'll see their idea of the secret to basketball is when your best players do not care about stats. Despite how much of the league's set up provides incentives for players to do the opposite, it's the teams who focus more on winning that individual achievement.
Even Kobe and Lebron know. They may be great scorers, but they do not approach a game to score and rebounds and rack up as many assists as they can. They now, they didn't always, approach a game like how can we win. There's a big difference between a guy trying to score as much as he can, and get as many rebounds and assists that he can, and a guy trying to win. It's not always the same thing. I think Dwight knows the secret. His ppg could be higher than it is now, but that would not make the magic more successful. He may average less points than he's capable of but he does so with a high %.
I think stats are way overblown, I think people should rely on their impressions when watching the game. If you watch a game and feel a guy played well and helped his team, would looking at the boxscore change your mind? Or if you thought a guy did a poor job and did not help his team, would the boxscore change your mind? Did Howard play well? He has 20 and 12 right so he must have had a good game? If you feel after watching the playoffs last year that Hedo hit some big clutch shots, can anyone show you numbers that would change your mind.
Anyway, I'm done ranting. Andrea's not a traditional C, but he's a good player. And i think it's a positive thing that he signed the contract he signed, and even if every other poster here disagreed, I'd still feel that way.
awesome post.
too much over analysis of stats. the team is playing well. we got off to a somewhat rough start but we were once 11-17 and now 18-18. and our confidence is building...our chemistry is building...and our players are performing better. sit back and enjoy. otherwise, you're missing out on all the fun.
