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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...gnanis-poor-play-is-product-of-raptors-system
Really interesting article on how the coaches are using Poon on offense. Here are the highlights:
In the last two seasons, it would seem Bargnani has struggled under head coach Dwane Casey's system. He converted on 43.2 percent last season, and his aforementioned 40.6 percent is his lowest since the 2007-08 season.
It has much to do with Casey deploying the big man as a shooter in order to focus on clearing the paint for the drives of DeMar DeRozan and Rudy Gay, and the big man is suffering.
While the aforementioned shooting percentages for his last two seasons serve as evidence enough, we can take a closer look at this season.
Courtesy of Synergy Sports, we can see Bargnani shooting 38 percent as a spot-up shooter. His 30.1 percent from deep in this type of play is solid, but it should not discredit his performance inside the arc.
The Raptors run their big man on spot-ups 35.1 percent of the time, so it's slightly redundant to continue to play him where he is unable to make shots.
Bargnani is much more effective in post-ups and pick-and-rolls. He is hitting 44.2 and 44.9 percent on those plays, respectively. To put it simply, Bargnani has been deployed in 152 spot-ups over 64 post-ups and 54 pick-and-rolls.
While his injury remains an indication of his poor shooting, the fact that the coaching staff have Bargnani in spots where he is less efficient must change.
Just as LeBron James posts up with the Heat, so can Bargnani.
Before you react at such a comparison, it is more to do with the surrounding players than individual talent.
LeBron will put his back to the basket and hit open shooters or cutters for easy layups. Toronto has the perimeter shooters in Gay, Kyle Lowry and Alan Anderson in addition to slashers like DeRozan, Terrence Ross and new Raptors pick-up Sebastian Telfair.
Bargnani may not have the best passing skills in the league, but having learned basketball in Europe, he most likely has the fundamentals to be effective. It's just up to the coaching staff to put him in the right spots.
Really interesting article on how the coaches are using Poon on offense. Here are the highlights:
In the last two seasons, it would seem Bargnani has struggled under head coach Dwane Casey's system. He converted on 43.2 percent last season, and his aforementioned 40.6 percent is his lowest since the 2007-08 season.
It has much to do with Casey deploying the big man as a shooter in order to focus on clearing the paint for the drives of DeMar DeRozan and Rudy Gay, and the big man is suffering.
While the aforementioned shooting percentages for his last two seasons serve as evidence enough, we can take a closer look at this season.
Courtesy of Synergy Sports, we can see Bargnani shooting 38 percent as a spot-up shooter. His 30.1 percent from deep in this type of play is solid, but it should not discredit his performance inside the arc.
The Raptors run their big man on spot-ups 35.1 percent of the time, so it's slightly redundant to continue to play him where he is unable to make shots.
Bargnani is much more effective in post-ups and pick-and-rolls. He is hitting 44.2 and 44.9 percent on those plays, respectively. To put it simply, Bargnani has been deployed in 152 spot-ups over 64 post-ups and 54 pick-and-rolls.
While his injury remains an indication of his poor shooting, the fact that the coaching staff have Bargnani in spots where he is less efficient must change.
Just as LeBron James posts up with the Heat, so can Bargnani.
Before you react at such a comparison, it is more to do with the surrounding players than individual talent.
LeBron will put his back to the basket and hit open shooters or cutters for easy layups. Toronto has the perimeter shooters in Gay, Kyle Lowry and Alan Anderson in addition to slashers like DeRozan, Terrence Ross and new Raptors pick-up Sebastian Telfair.
Bargnani may not have the best passing skills in the league, but having learned basketball in Europe, he most likely has the fundamentals to be effective. It's just up to the coaching staff to put him in the right spots.
