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Why can't he "develop his body" (whatever that means) right now? Why does he have to wait until summer? He'll be ready sooner than you think. Mark my words.

Moreover, Budweiser_Boy brings up a good point: he should be playing more now. He should be playing with Bosh and with Nesterovic to have him play inside and outside. He should probably even play with both at the 3 to see how we he can run the floor with Ford and Jones or with Calderon and Jones.

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http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Basketball...17642-sun.html

Sam says 'Give him time'
By MIKE KOREEN

Whenever Sam Mitchell is asked about Andrea Bargnani and his rookie season struggles, he more or less says the same thing -- the big Italian is a rookie.
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"There is no pill you can give him," Mitchell said before the Raptors faced the Nuggets in Denver last night. "Sometimes you need to get your butt kicked. That's just part of growing up in the NBA or any professional sport. You get it handed to you some nights and you learn from it. You look forward to that day when you're going to be on the other end giving the butt whippings, instead of getting them. All rookies. I remember Kobe Bryant getting his butt whipped. I gave him a couple of (beatings) his first year and I wasn't no great player, but I just knew how to play."
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ok sam how much more time an exactly what does bargnana need to do to improve .. anser that !

rainman

i think as soon as Bargnani can figure out how to stay on the court without fouling too much you'll see him out there on a regular basis. Colangelo didnt draft him to sit on the bench.

Ballyhoo

You can't get minutes when you commit 5 fouls in 3 minutes.

Victor Page

Bargnani has been pretty conservative in his comments in English language media, but he's been going off in front of the Italian language reporters. I was watching the Italian equivalent of TSN on my dish after the Lakers game and this is a translation of what he said in response to a question about his practice habits in relation to his playing time:

"Practice? We talking about practice! Practice. Not a game. NOT A GAME.
Practice. We talkin' bout practice! Not the game where I give everything I have
but practice. Practice! I mean c'mon, man, what are we talking about here?....
Practice!."

billfindlay10

I say we should play him more.....it can't hurt our record!

Let him fould out of games....who cares, we will have solid 5 to end games with.

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Victor Page

I forgot to mention this one - Bargnani was asked whether he thought he should be in the starting lineup and he responded (translated from Italian) with the following:

"How many two-time Benetteon junior all-stars do you know come off the bench?
How many Italian league champions come off the bench?
How many winners of the Hellas Greek basketball tournament MVP come off the bench?
How many future Dirk Nowitzkis come off the bench?
Then why Andrea Bargnani?"

RebelSun

I'm thinking long-term and really wondering how he and Bosh will co-exist. That's a nice problem to have, but I'm getting the feeling that Bargnani will be most effective when he's the go-to guy.

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Dee-Zy

Did he really say that? Damn, he def deserves to be benched. No starters should have 5 fouls in 3 minutes. Sit the **** down!!! I think I understand why everybody is screaming at him then. You need to be extra hard with somebody with an ego like that.


something smells like it's fake though...

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Darman

Which Italian media? Name?

Toxicity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGDBR2L5kzI

Victor Page was joking, he's not even italian...

cv3bandwagon

LOL, did you honestly not get that?

Dee-Zy

No not at all




*shame

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KelvinUpshaw

Mi sembra che il giovine stia prendendo confidenza con la nuova realtà....

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