From Coach Thibodeau to Zebo the NBA is flooded with greats that the Knicks let get away. Well, add another to that long list - Andrea Bargnani.
Report from Nets camp yesterday is that during their five on five scrimmage the ex-Knick was highly productive in the offense department including going baseline for a dunk.
What the hell is wrong with our organization? JR, Shump, Amare, Chandler, Bargnani....we have these great pieces and we just let them get away.
But we still hold on to Pete Sampras as our point guard! Hooray!
Bargnani already playing great and making us look like the joke of all NBA organizations. This is messed up.
one practice and your gonna indict the team for letting him go? SHump? Hurt already. Amare? How'd that work out? Dude had some nice moments but in the 5 years he was here but not come close to his contract.
JR? Dude is a clown? Bargnani? Phil decided he wants guys with better health history.
Thibs? Good coach. Seems to burn his guys out come playoff time.
Knicks maybe a joke of a franchise but its not because of those guys. I hope they do well, but lets not get too excited about a baseline dunk! He's 7 feet tall for goodness sake!!
holfresh wrote:
+1
FireWoodson wrote:From Coach Thibodeau to Zebo the NBA is flooded with greats that the Knicks let get away. Well, add another to that long list - Andrea Bargnani.
Report from Nets camp yesterday is that during their five on five scrimmage the ex-Knick was highly productive in the offense department including going baseline for a dunk. What the hell is wrong with our organization? JR, Shump, Amare, Chandler, Bargnani....we have these great pieces and we just let them get away.
But we still hold on to Pete Sampras as our point guard! Hooray!
Bargnani already playing great and making us look like the joke of all NBA organizations. This is messed up.
He may do another one or two before getting hurt and sit another 20ish games.
If I had to describe Bargniani in one word it would be vapid. Derek Zoolander vapid. Another waste of talent. No shame in letting teammates down.
holfresh wrote:
I actually had to look at my calendar to check if it is April 1st. 
FireWoodson wrote:From Coach Thibodeau to Zebo the NBA is flooded with greats that the Knicks let get away. Well, add another to that long list - Andrea Bargnani.
Report from Nets camp yesterday is that during their five on five scrimmage the ex-Knick was highly productive in the offense department including going baseline for a dunk. What the hell is wrong with our organization? JR, Shump, Amare, Chandler, Bargnani....we have these great pieces and we just let them get away.
But we still hold on to Pete Sampras as our point guard! Hooray!
Bargnani already playing great and making us look like the joke of all NBA organizations. This is messed up.
That did it. You're off ignore!
Classic! The irony, the inclusion of "great pieces" and "Bargnani" in the same sentence...
He went baseline for a dunk! At 7 foot! Imagine that! I wonder if they mentioned that it was during a timeout?
Pure comedic gold. You, my friend, are a genius!
He's shown flashes of caring throughout his career maybe 10% of the time. The problem is the other 90% he could care less about basketball. So keep a guy who doesn't have the heart and drive to play the game at a high level every night when there are guys with 1/16thnhis talent but are willing to lay everything on the line for a chance to play in the NBA and fill a role?
I was actually at that Knicks/Sixers game in which Bargnani went down like a Malaysian airliner and I have to tell you that every fan in the Garden was hushed and worried sick when we saw it. Believe me, us Knick fans at the Garden that night all turned to each other and said, "Man, with no Bargnani we're only going to win 17 games next year." We were right. Exactly right.
You can laugh, but the loss of a big man is always dreadful consequences for a team. How'd the Lakers do without Gasol last year? How are the Magic doing without Dwight Howard? Bargs already is killing it in Nets training camp. Baseline dunk! Bargnani is now another name on a long list of "the ones that got away."
Come one man you can't mention Bargnani in the same breathe as Pau Gasol. Besides where was Bargnani playing on this team when we have KP, Lopez, O'Quinn, Serafin, DW & Hernangomez coming next year
gunsnewing wrote:Come one man you can't mention Bargnani in the same breath as Pau Gasol.
No, we shouldn't. Bargnani was a first pick in the draft, Gasol was nothing but a lowly third pick. My God, even Kwame Brown was picked ahead of Gasol!
Better than Andrea's awesome dunking ability (evidenced by that video up top) is his stellar team D. Can't teach that ability and awareness.
Just pure grit and determination by Bargs here. Maybe the most gifted defense I've ever seen in my life.
Personally IM on the record for wanting to keep Bargnani and see if he could turn it around.
I think Phil explained it enough and while he might have stayed for the vet Min it was also about playing time.
The thing is more about the next few years and building a chemistry with certain guys. Im not going to blast him for his few bad moments as at a certain price he is a good value.
Its not his, or Phils fault we gave up a draft pick so Im not on him.
But even if successful as a Net im not gonna lament on him being a "Great one that got away".
I lament trading the pick that became Pippen.
I lament Knicks took cash from Nets instead of Dr. J.
I lament trading Mark Jax
I lament for not getting Phil in the system before he was a Bull coach!!!
Not trading Ewing earlier, and for Freddie Weis. Bargnani won't take us to the top.
I hope he does well in Brooklyn. I personally don't know him to be a bad guy.
Bargnani is just the latest punching bag for frustrated Knick fans. He's one of many talented players that couldn't handle the stress of playing under the bright lights of MSG. Just like most ex knick players, they always play better when they leave.
Nalod wrote:even if successful as a Net im not gonna lament on him being a "Great one that got away".
Then what kind of fan are you? I'm a true Knick fan. I want every single Knick that we let go to go on and have an Andy Rautins career.
blkexec wrote:Bargnani is just the latest punching bag for frustrated Knick fans. He's one of many talented players that couldn't handle the stress of playing under the bright lights of MSG. Just like most ex knick players, they always play better when they leave.
We should take pride in building them up 
bargiani can ball, thats never been the issue, he cant stay fckng healthy more the a few wks
ChuckBuck wrote:Better than Andrea's awesome dunking ability (evidenced by that video up top) is his stellar team D. Can't teach that ability and awareness.
Just pure grit and determination by Bargs here. Maybe the most gifted defense I've ever seen in my life.
Kind of day im having, i needed this laugh..thanks chuck
