The Emancipation Of Bargnani
The Italian is ! The Italian is here ! Andrea Bargnani arrived a day before the draft and wa
s met with press people so many he felt like he is a soccer star back in Italy rather than in New York where the NBA draft was held. As expected , the half breed Italian , Brian Colangelo , chose him as the no.1 pick in this year's draft , the 1st European to hold that honor. ' Bargnani is the right choice for the marketplace ' said Colangelo . Indeed . Colangelo expects to sell a lot of season tickets to the larg
e Italian community in TO .
I know the Raptors management tried that marketing ploy before by tapping the equally large Chinese community by getting the man mountain Chinese center Menk Bateer . Unfortunately , Bateer in no Yao so after a season of having a Peking Duck , the coaches cut the ' sitting duck '.
So Bargnani should keep that in mind.
I'm a little bothered by what I saw in the press con introducing Andrea Bargnani to Toronto yesterday. He seems like too much in awe of the 2 Italians - one to his left and the other
to his right of the table. Bargnani was sometimes like a ' deer caught in a headlight ' . The camera caught him looking at Colangelo in a prolonged manner while the GM was speaking. Make that staring . Same thing , Bargnani looked at, make that stared at his former Treviso boss now Raptors Ass't GM Maurizio Gherardini.( right photo ) . ' He will not be another Tsykavili ' assured Gherardini. ' What Gherardini said was that unlike T , Bargnani benefited from 3 years of pro life . Bargnani is more seasoned than the former Treviso player who was drafted by Denver more for the potential after a short stint with the same Italian team. In other 
words , the Raptor experience will see ' the emancipation of Nani ' . That better be right .
Otherwise , we Raptors fans will see ' the constipation of Colangelo '.
I need Mariah now !
s met with press people so many he felt like he is a soccer star back in Italy rather than in New York where the NBA draft was held. As expected , the half breed Italian , Brian Colangelo , chose him as the no.1 pick in this year's draft , the 1st European to hold that honor. ' Bargnani is the right choice for the marketplace ' said Colangelo . Indeed . Colangelo expects to sell a lot of season tickets to the large Italian community in TO .I know the Raptors management tried that marketing ploy before by tapping the equally large Chinese community by getting the man mountain Chinese center Menk Bateer . Unfortunately , Bateer in no Yao so after a season of having a Peking Duck , the coaches cut the ' sitting duck '.
So Bargnani should keep that in mind.
I'm a little bothered by what I saw in the press con introducing Andrea Bargnani to Toronto yesterday. He seems like too much in awe of the 2 Italians - one to his left and the other
to his right of the table. Bargnani was sometimes like a ' deer caught in a headlight ' . The camera caught him looking at Colangelo in a prolonged manner while the GM was speaking. Make that staring . Same thing , Bargnani looked at, make that stared at his former Treviso boss now Raptors Ass't GM Maurizio Gherardini.( right photo ) . ' He will not be another Tsykavili ' assured Gherardini. ' What Gherardini said was that unlike T , Bargnani benefited from 3 years of pro life . Bargnani is more seasoned than the former Treviso player who was drafted by Denver more for the potential after a short stint with the same Italian team. In other words , the Raptor experience will see ' the emancipation of Nani ' . That better be right .Otherwise , we Raptors fans will see ' the constipation of Colangelo '.
I need Mariah now !
posted by coach at
Friday, June 30, 2006
5 Comments:
Colangelo is doing a great job. A great Italian job. Let's wait for Bargnani to show his wares before we judged him .
B.C. must pray that he is right with Andrea. A lot are expected of them -Bryan, Bargnani and Mauricio.
I'm not too sure abt. BC's choice but the other moves he made were fantastic . He is definite the best GM the Raptors ever had .
Have faith in B.C.. I predict that Barganani will be a hit !
I don't like this move by B.C. .Bargnani is a poor rebounder in the Italian league what more`in the tougher NBA .He's no Nowitzki in offense and no Gasol in rebound. He's but an Italian picked by a half Italian to please`the Italian community
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