ORLANDO, Fla. -- When the Toronto Raptors made Andrea Bargnani the No. 1 pick of the 2006 NBA Draft, they were hoping for another hard-driving Dirk Nowitzki, a 7-foot European with great shooting and ball-handling skills.They didn't even get Peja Stojakovic.
If Bargnani was playing for a good team now -- and wasn't that No. 1 pick -- he'd be seen as a nice, complimentary player, a big man with some impressive offensive skills.
He certainly looked that way -- at least in the first half -- Friday night, scoring a game-high 27 points in a 110-106 victory over the Magic.
For the Raptors this season, he might be in over his head.
While Bargnani has spent the first four years of his career mostly in the shadows of Toronto, he has been pushed front-and-center this season, suddenly finding the weight of a franchise on his shoulders.
The Raptors really have no choice. And he no longer has All-Star Chris Bosh to protect him.
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Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/11/12/andrea-bargnani-gets-call-as-raptors-load-offense-ready-or-not/
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