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Originally Posted by fleury
I can't believe anyone would amnesty a player like Bargnani. He definitely has trade value, and as I've said before, the NBA is loaded with GM's looking for reclaimation projects. Bargnani is that classic player who's not injury prone, has a very managable contract for the points he has traditionally put up, and if he's put in a position off the bench with the right coach, he'll definitely be a 20 point player again. Save the amnesty for a player like Fields in a year if he doesn't improve. A potential 20 PPG player with a $10M contract is not unmovable. No disrespect, but some of you guys are nuts. He's an asset to be traded and get considerable value for. I'm going to guess he's packaged with DeRozan in the offseason for a player who's been more of a headcase that also needs a change of scenery.
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Reclamation projects are highly valued, but you're not going to want a reclamation project at high price. Thats why guys like Boozer and Gordon were offered. Boozer is another crappy paid PF (but a lot better) and Gordon flat out sucks, so I don't think the Raps want either.
Bargs was a 20 point a game player at one point, but he's for sure not a first option and I don't know if he's a second option with his low shooting percentages. He literally contributes less than Lowry in terms of rebounds (2 rebounds in the last 2 games). On a good team I doubt he'll even average 12 points. Off the bench he's lost all his confidence and bench players rarely average 20, hardly even 15.
So now we're talking about a big man with low shooting percentages and no rebounding skills. Very little value IMO.