- Bargs is a piss poor rebounder
Agreed. Bargnani is a piss poor rebounder. But how much of that is on Bargnani and by design to cover for his teammates. As I've said throughout the season, Bargnani has shown major improvements where he's boxing-out his man and grabbing the rebound. But ALL Bargnani is box-out his man. As by design, Bargnani is often out on the perimeter because NONE of the players close out on shooters consistently. Watch Bargnani, he's often hanging around the perimeter and this isn't an excuse.
- Bargs is a piss poor help defender
Again, how much of is that on Bargnani? When Bargnani is only focusing on a few thing of the defensive end, he tends to do a better job of coming over on the weakside for a blocked shot. I'm sure a few have said this before. Ironically, Bargnani is the Raptors best help defender in the clutch because he has come up huge getting stops. Bargnani has the ability to be a better help defender, but not all the slack can be put on him because he has shown the ability to help out effectively.
- Bargs is a sub par man defender
Did you bother look at the numbers or going to keep on spewing out lies? Looking at the numbers, Bargnani is at 0.92 which is close to other great man defenders too. Bargnani might not be a good man defender as most say he is, but he's certainly now below average either.
- Bargs so called "improvements" are more a product of increased minutes than actual improvement, especially when you consider it's taken him 4 years to get to where he is
- Empirical evidence suggests he's terrible on defense and his learning curve is that of a mentally challenged brick (statistical evidence backs this as well)
This is complete bull now. Bargnani’s improvements stemmed from his desire to improve, not because of increased minutes. How do you say Bargnani improved due to minutes when he’s getting the almost same amount of minutes as last season. Bargnani didn’t know what to do last season where he was involved in a switch. This season, he gasp the concept much better using his length and height to his advantage sealing off the driving and passing lanes. How about Bargnani exposing mismatches much more by posting them up? Bargnani getting doubled team more often had nothing to do with his minutes rather the fact that he improved himself.
This guy is barely a starting calibre player so I don't get why some of you are being goaded into giving him props for some really pathetic achievments. Even on offense, you expect big men to shoot a high percentage and he's not even top 3 on THIS team. He doesn't draw fouls and can barely create his own shot.
Why the hell are you blaming Bargnani? Everything has to be put on Bargnani eh? Yes, Bargnani is supposed to get in the post and score, but that’s not his role in the offensive system. His role on offense is to play off the ball by design, so don’t start spewing crap on Bargnani that he can’t draw fouls or create his own shot. You give Bargnani the opportunity to create himself, he has done just fine job with his pump fake, drive towards the foul-line and pull up for a jump shot. His ability to change directions on the fly while shaking off his defender is another example of creating his own offense.
So he can take smaller guys in the post now, big **** whoop, 4 years for that and we're supposed to be jumping for joy? Honestly, on any other team Bargnani would be relegated to Ryan Anderson status. Small contract / small role off the bench to come in and give the defense a different look.
No, Bargnani has the skill to attract the double team too which creates space down the lane for a dunk or lay-up.
Bargnani is barely a starter in this league, nobody should feel bad for stating this. He'll have to improve at a rate that not only has he never displayed himself, but a rate that very few players ever improve at after age 24/25. You can bend / twist / outright lie, but the facts speak for themselves.
What facts? You mean your opinion? Surely enough, Bargnani would still find a role as a starter for other teams in the league. A team that lacks offense with great offense would surely need Bargnani because they'll find a way to mask his defensive deficiencies. At this point, the Raptors SHOULDN'T be building around Bargnani, rather put pieces together that fit together and Amir, Sonny, DeMar and Jarrett seem to fit with Bargnani.
Anyways, I’m done with this. Bargnani deserves way too much hate on this board such as Reignman who can’t even see his improvements. We’ll see next season whether Bargnani will pan out or flop. No need to argue anymore.
