If Bryan Colangelo was smart, he would turn the Atlanta Hawks signing Al Horford to a contract extension into a win for the Toronto Raptors.
The Raptors are an interesting team. It features a centre that prefers to stand on the outside and shoot threes, rather then bang with the big boys in the paint.
While it is true Andrea Bargnani has worked hard to develop a post game, and his man-to-man defence against opposing centres isn’t terrible anymore, he will never be among the game's most dominant interior players.
This puts Colangelo in an interesting position, as he is forced to acquire players to make up for Bargnani’s deficiencies.
Reggie Evans is doing a fantastic job over the first few games of the season, averaging 15 rebounds per game. I don’t expect his rebounding rate to remain quite so high, but it has been impressive so far.
Despite the addition of Linas Kleiza, Toronto’s biggest area of weakness is still small forward. Kleiza is solid and will likely have a good statistical season, but that really has more to do with the Raptors' overall lack of talent.
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