With Chris Bosh out of TO, the Raptors expected/needed Andrea Bargnani to step up his game significantly.
Analysis: Andrea has increased productivity in a few areas, but has overwhelmingly been a disappointment. His team is losing and his stats have declined in a few categories that kill any benefit that his increased scoring brings. For example Andrea is averaging half the blocks he produced last season (down from 1.4 to .7 this season), and his FG% is down to 45% too. I’ve actually watched a number of Raptors games this season and I think they are becoming more comfortable with one another. While it is blatantly obvious by now that Andrea can’t rebound to save his life, I think as he grows in comfort with these new look Raptors he will continue to improve. He is a good player on a terrible team and his stats will be noticeably inflated because of this. Not necessarily a bad thing for fantasy owners of Andrea.
Projection: Andrea will improve slightly over the remainder of the season and is a good fantasy option for 3s, points, and FT%. For a former number 1 pick it is fair to have expected more from him, but he provides enough big scoring games to keep fantasy owners, at the very least, satisfied. He’s scored 30+ points seven times this season, even putting up 41 points versus the Knicks.