Found October 22, 2009 on khandor's sports blog: Yardbarker Blogger Network
When certain Raptors fans cannot accept legitimate criticism of the former No. 1 [overall] Draft Pick/2006, they should be pointed toward this specific assessment of his individual game, which includes Offense, Defense and Rebounding: SI.com’s NBA Enemy Lines: An opposing team’s scout sizes up the Raptors Andrea Bargnani has to become more “NBA-ized.” By that I mean [...]
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