Stagione 2011/2012 di Andrea "Il Mago" Bargnani: cap. VI

[Dark Knight]

Articolo ridicolo su nba.com.
Ancora una volta si "dubita" di Bargnani. Si rimangiano il concetto di bust, ma sempre quel tono di "si, bravo ma...".
Insopportabile.

[Viktor]

Sarà una macchia che si porterà dietro per tutta la carriera imho.

[CARTMAN]

1. I hope the Raptors win the Lottery and get Anthony Davis.

Toronto is like that ex-girlfriend you haven't seen in 15 years. You lost touch with her, and then you heard she got fat and you were secretly happy about it, but then you heard a year ago that she had a lousy boyfriend who treated her bad, and you felt sorry for her and hoped she was doing okay. (If you're a woman reading this, just substitute "boyfriend" for "girlfriend" where appropriate, "him" for "her" and "he" for "she.")

The point is that that the Raptors are positioned to be relevant again in the Eastern Conference. First and foremost, they have a really good coach in Dwane Casey, who has already put his stamp on the team. The Raptors improved significantly on defense this season, rising from dead-bleeping-last in the league in defensive efficiency a year ago (110 points allowed per 100 possessions) to 12th (101.5 points allowed).

DeMar DeRozan is a capable guard. Andrea Bargnani will never live up to being the first pick in the 2006 Draft, but he isn't a bust by any means; I don't recall Kwame Brown ever averaging 19.5 per game, as Bargnani did this season. (I would be concerned about Bargnani's field goal percentage trend line the last three seasons, however.)

Toronto has pieces, but it doesn't have that centerpiece around which you can build a real contender. Imagine a frontcourt of the 7-foot Bargnani, the 6-foot-11 Davis and 7-foot-2 center Video Jonas Valenciunas, whom the Raptors took in the first round last season and expect will come over to the NBA next season after spending the year playing in Europe. Imagine what Jose Calderon and DeRozan could do with Davis swatting shots and igniting the fast break.

And imagine what a defensive guy like Casey could do with one of the best defensive prospects in a generation. Casey was new to the NBA when he was on Seattle's bench in the early 1990s, and George Karl unleashed the ferocious Gary Payton on unsuspecting point guards. Another Sonics assistant, Bob Kloppenburg, designed diabolical halfcourt defenses. With Payton attacking, the Sonics became a lethal unit that harassed opponents all the way to the 1996 Finals. If Casey got his hands on Davis, watch out.

Most importantly, Toronto's a great city, with great basketball fans. I miss going there for meaningful games.

(David Aldrige)--> non uno qualsiasi purtroppo

(penso sia questo l'articolo cui faceva riferimento Dark)

Non c'è niente da fare...deve fare un anno sontuoso...
o l'anno prossimo spacca il Mondo...season high punti rimbalzi e banane piu team ai playoffs...o non si toglierà mai piu' st'etichetta...
sarà per sempre relegato nella posizione di "...non è proprio una busta di fave, però nemmeno uno buono"...che tristezza...

[mago romano]

In 5 anni NBA il Mago ha avuto 0 pivot e 0 allenatori in squadra.
Quest'anno Aaron Gray e Casey !
Il prossimo arriva Val , un ragazzino, ma sembra uno vero, gli prenderanno persino un'ala che sa tirare , magari con un minimo di esperienza, di capacità difensive e di cervello e, soprattutto, ci sarà ancora Casey .

Se il polpaccino lo assiste il prossimo anno playoff e Allstar game, altro che storie, ci scommetto le balle del Crucco e di Shaq, anzi no, quelle di The Huge !

[IlCrucco]

[CARTMAN]

[mago romano]

[The Huge]

[max]

[CARTMAN]

The star of the Phoenix Suns will guide the men's team, which will try to qualify for the London Olympics. The men's and women's team haven't played in the Olympics since the 2000 Sydney Games.

They'll play in the final qualifying tournament next month in Turkey. Nash led Canada to a seventh-place finish in Sydney.

Also hired Tuesday was Rowan Barrett as assistant general manager.

The men's team has been without a head coach since Leo Rautins resigned in September after Canada's disappointing performance at the Olympic qualifying tournament.

puo' essere un segnale di primo passo verso la terra canadese???
sono io che mi faccio film??

[Stefanone]

"DeMar DeRozan is a capable guard. Andrea Bargnani will never live up to being the first pick in the 2006 Draft".

Per fortuna la seconda frase arriva subito dopo la prima, e considerando il contenuto della prima, si può fortemente dubitare anche di quello della seconda.

[crazycry10]

ma se provassero a prendere lin che è free agent? mi pare che spazio salariale ce ne sia in abbondanza!

[CARTMAN]

a meno che non sia una mossa economica, si intende...

...prima di lui ci sono free agent piu appetibili e funzionali...Nash, Dragic, deron williams, nelson, allen, brown.

Lyn ha giocato (molto molto bene si intende) solo una manciata di partite...

[crazycry10]

[CARTMAN]