With the departure of Chris Bosh, all eyes are now on Andrea Bargnani and his game.  Bargnani hasn’t really reached his full potential in the NBA, but this year could probably be his best chance to do so.  Looking at Bargnani’s preseason performance, there has been some good and some bad, but maybe most importantly, there has been progress on the defensive end of the court.

Offense

With a young roster, Bargnani will probably one of the main options on the offensive end.  Despite the struggles on the offensive end this preseason, I think that Bargnani will step up on that side of the basketball.  Bargnani’s big problem this offseason is that his three point shot hasn’t been falling.  I wouldn’t worry too much about his struggles so far, because Bargnani is an above average three point shooter (last year, he shot 37.2% from behind the three point line – league average was 35.6%) and there is really no change in his form from last year to this year:

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