Trans. May 20 9:32 ET (May 20 9:32 ET ) COMMENTARY | The Toronto Raptors have yet to use their amnesty provision and the obvious target is Andrea Bargnani.
It’s fair to wonder if we’ve seen Andrea Bargnani’s last game in a Toronto Raptors uniform, which is kind of weird considering that we’re talking about a 27-year old about to enter his ostensible prime that was also selected as the top overall pick in the NBA draft seven years ago. Bargnani, who the Toronto Raptors announced on Wednesday will miss the rest of the season with a right elbow injury not related to the one that kept him out of most of the middle part of the 2012-13 season, is a prime candidate to be waived under the NBA’s amnesty provision.
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The lanky scorer is due over $22 million over the next two seasons , and though the Raptors aren’t in danger of hitting the luxury tax with Bargnani on board next year all signs seem to be pointing to the team waiving their hoped-for star and moving on after a disappointing season. Signs that would be able to be signed off upon if GM Bryan Colangelo weren’t still in charge of the team, we should submit, because Bryan has been reluctant in the past to admit personnel mistakes and cut the cord.
Like, that one time when he signed Andrea Bargnani to a five-year, $50 million contract extension after three underwhelming years as a pro. A bad move that almost felt like Colangelo was attempting to talk himself into Bargnani’s stardom, using his bosses’ chequebook. The Raps have been paying for it, literally and figuratively, ever since.
TORONTO (AP) -- Raptors forward Rudy Gay was held out of Sunday's game against Cleveland with a stiff back, while center Andrea Bargnani was scratched with a strained right elbow.
TORONTO (Reuters) - Italian forward Andrea Bargnani has seldom experienced La Dolce Vita during seven enigmatic seasons with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Toronto Raptors. Despite being the first European taken with the number one pick in an NBA draft and a five-year $50 million extension in 2009, the sweet life has eluded the seven-foot Roman who is losing fan support with play that is often as bewildering as a Federico Fellini film. ...
TORONTO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Italian forward Andrea Bargnani has seldom experienced La Dolce Vita during seven enigmatic seasons with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Toronto Raptors. Despite being the first European taken with the number one pick in an NBA draft and a five-year $50 million extension in 2009, the sweet life has eluded the seven-foot Roman who is losing fan support with play that is often as bewildering as a Federico Fellini film. ...
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