Andrea Bargnani RUMORS & NEWS

Sports World Report "The Toronto Raptors made a big move this season while acquiring Rudy Gay from the Memphis Grizzlies and now that the team has hired new GM Masai Ujiri, they are ready for more, as Andrea Bargnani has been put on the trading block. According to CBS Sports and Pro Basketball Talk, Bargnani is the..." June 07

Toronto Star "Andrea Bargnani’s blighted season — and likely his career as a Raptor — ended Wednesday as the team shut him down for the season. Bargnani missed 26 games earlier in the year with wrist and elbow injuries. He’s now suffered a new injury in the same elbow — an “avulsion sprain” — that will..." March 14

Toronto Star "The worst season of Andrea Bargnani’s NBA career keeps getting worse. The enigmatic Raptors big man is hurt again, and did not travel with the team for their game in Boston on Wednesday night amid concerns his season could very well be over. While waiting for doctors to fully assess his..." March 13

Toronto Star "Andrea Bargnani’s worst season of his NBA career is over. The Toronto Raptors announced Wednesday that forward Bargnani is expected to be sidelined for the remainder of season with an “avulsion sprain” of the right elbow. This injury isn’t related to his previous right elbow injury which..." March 13

Toronto Star "Andrea Bargnani’s elbow injury could sideline him for another significant chunk of time. The Raptors centre will undergo diagnostic testing on his elbow Monday after he aggravated it during Friday night’s 118-116 overtime loss to the Lakers in Los Angeles. Bargnani missed 26 games earlier this..." March 11

Toronto Sun "For a guy who spent the day in his hotel room battling an upset stomach, Andrea Bargnani looked much better than just all right when it came around to game time. Word at the morning shootaround was Bargnani had a reaction to some medication that kept him away from the team get together earlier..." March 05

Toronto Star "Yes, I thought Andrea Bargnani was playing scared, as I mentioned the other day, and I thought — and at some level still think — there is a role for him. But after the dog of a game last night, he’s got to be running out of chances with everyone concerned. And that’s teammates and coaches, some..." February 28

Toronto Star "It’s a rather matter-of-fact Andrea Bargnani who stands and answers questions about his treatment by Raptors fans at the Air Canada Centre. The longest-serving member of the team has heard the boos in games the past couple of weeks. The derision is not overwhelming, but it’s difficult to ignore...." February 25

Toronto Star "Those close to the Raptors have spoken all year about the cohesion on the team, the chemistry that exists, the ease with which they assimilated a new, significant player into the fold these past three weeks. And now with one of their own under fire at home, the players are sticking up for..." February 24

Toronto Sun "The Raptors did what they had to do to shore up a loose point guard rotation this week, but the other shoe that could have dropped never really had a chance. Looking back on the NBA trade deadline, Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo said the team really got its work done three weeks earlier with the..." February 23

Toronto Star "Bryan Colangelo may have wanted to deal Andrea Bargnani but time was not on his side. Bargnani missed 26 games in the middle of the season with a torn elbow ligament and had only been back for six before Thursday’s trade deadline arrived, leaving precious little time to get something done. “His..." February 22

Toronto Sun "Bryan Colangelo was provided with one final opportunity to judge the team he’s assembled, one last shot before Thursday’s NBA trade deadline expires. In a perfect world, the Raptors GM would like to address Toronto’s toughness, which got exposed Wednesday night by the visiting Memphis..." February 21

TheScore.com "With the plethora of rumours and reports linking him to various teams, everyone just assumed that by Thursday’s trade deadline, Andrea Bargnani’s tumultuous time in Toronto would have mercifully come to an end, also bringing about the end of the Primo Pasta and Sauce commercials we’ve been subject..." February 18

Fox Sports Ohio "Chicago and Philadelphia are two under-the-radar teams sources suspect will become more aggressive on the day before the deadline. The Bulls and 76ers have started being more active just this past week. It’s also been reported the Bulls have a standing offer from Toronto for Carlos Boozer and John..." February 16

The Globe and Mail "The Toronto Raptors are not certain if Andrea Bargnani will be available to play Tuesday night when they face the Denver Nuggets at the Air Canada Centre. The 7-foot forward missed Sunday's contest against the New Orleans Hornets after coming down with flu-like symptoms just prior to the..." February 12

Sportsnet.ca "The Raptors continue to shop Andrea Bargnani with the latest name being linked in return being Bucks forward Ersan Ilyasova. This report from Hoopsworld also says the Bucks are looking to move Samuel Dalembert and Drew Gooden. Word out of Utah is that the Jazz are deciding whether or not to..." February 11

Toronto Sun "Andrea Bargnani is living on borrowed time in Toronto, the victim of circumstance and complete ignorance. For those inclined to boo this stretch four, relish Sunday’s moment when the New Orleans Hornets pay their first and only visit to Hogtown. Following Sunday’s tip, the Raptors next play..." February 10

Chicago Tribune "The Bulls and Raptors engaged in trade talks centered on Carlos Boozer and Andrea Bargnani over a week ago, according to two league sources. ESPN.com's Marc Stein first reported the talks, which a source told the Tribune were initiated by the Bulls and initially dismissed because of the..." February 08

Toronto Star "A plethora of options are now open for Raptors coach Dwane Casey with the impending return of Andrea Bargnani. After missing 26 games with elbow and wrist woes, Bargnani should be back for Wednesday’s home game with the Boston Celtics, presenting his coach with another interesting piece to plug..." February 05

Toronto Sun "The Raptors have no major injuries heading into the season, but there is one health issue that could have a large impact on the opener. Andrea Bargnani was still suffering flu-like symptoms when he arrived at practice on Tuesday and was sent straight home to keep whatever is ailing him from the..." October 31

Toronto Star "It is a relative embarrassment of riches for the Raptors, two seven footers with disparate but complementary skills, a Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside, a rookie and a veteran, a couple of cornerstones upon whom so much of the future rides. They will likely line up beside each other Wednesday night..." October 31

Toronto Star "Kyle Lowry is about to be unleashed and he cannot wait. Having watched the first three Raptors pre-season games thanks to a balky groin, the point guard in his first year with the franchise is expected to play Wednesday night at home against Washington. That courtside seat has given him a good..." October 16

Toronto Sun "Andrea Bargnani has not looked right in Toronto's first two pre-season contests. The team's leading scorer has a pretty reasonable explanation as to why: "I'm still not 100%," Bargnani told the media on Thursday, ahead of Friday's game against Detroit. "Everybody is a little fatigued..." October 12

Toronto Star "It's hard to think of Andrea Bargnani as a grizzled old professional as much worried about preserving his mind and body than he is thinking about the next time he'd get on the court. But after the most disastrous season of his career ended last spring, and frustrated by his inability to..." October 04

Toronto Sun "The cornerstone's eyes were open wide, his expression no longer blank, distant or uncomfortable. Andrea Bargnani stood where he has been at the end of almost every season, trying to explain what went wrong. But this time it felt and he looked entirely different. "I came here six years ago and I..." April 27

Toronto Sun "The Raptors have not won two games in a row since Jan. 25 in Utah. Coincidentally, that's the last time Andrea Bargnani was in the lineup. The Raptors beat Houston on Wednesday and might get Bargnani back for Saturday's tilt against Detroit. Or maybe not. Head coach Dwane Casey was..." March 10

Toronto Sun "Andrea Bargnani's long, torturous wait is nearly over. Toronto's best player and leading scorer is expected to return to the lineup either on Saturday in Detroit or Sunday at the ACC after missing the past 20 games because of a strained calf. Bargnani re-injured the muscle back on Jan. 25 in..." March 09

Toronto Sun "Despite the best attempts of Raptors head coach Dwane Casey, Andrea Bargnani was not named to his first all-star game on Thursday evening. Bargnani has only played in 13 games this season, missing 14 and Casey is convinced that is all that prevented Bargnani from making it as a reserve. "I..." February 10

Toronto Star "Sprawled across an oversize couch in a rumpus room tucked behind the Raptors' ACC training facility, Andrea Bargnani is doing something weird. He's laughing. On the court, in front of cameras and anywhere there's a crowd, Bargnani wears an expressionless mask that his critics have spent six..." February 04

Toronto Sun "The spoon feeding of Andrea Bargnani has come to an end. The career coddling has stopped and Bargnani, when healthy, is suddenly a different player in Year Six of the great experiment, with a newfound body language that speaks confidence and dominance. You can see him taking control when he..." January 27

Toronto Sun "Two weeks without Andrea Bargnani earlier this month crippled the Raptors offensively. The team went 0-6 without him in the lineup, scored an average of 81 points and lost by an average of 12 points a night in those games. Outside of the Indiana Pacers game — a five-point loss on Jan. 13 and..." January 27

Toronto Star "Andrea Bargnani's latest calf injury — one he termed much worse than the original one he suffered — is going to put the Raptors in an eerily familiar position for the foreseeable future. Robbed again of their leading scorer, the Raptors are going to have to figure out again how to manufacture..." January 27

Toronto Sun "Short of leaving the dead of winter in Toronto for spring time-like temperatures here in Los Angeles, nothing can lift the spirit of a team more than the return of its leading scorer. So when Andrea Bargnani took the floor for a late afternoon practice at the Student Activities Center gym on..." January 22

Toronto Star "Andrea Bargnani tested the Peyton Manning Rule Friday night — proving his team MVP credentials by taking the night off. With the injured Italian sitting on the bench in street clothes, Raptor coach Dwane Casey called on the workers in his world to unite and provide a "collective effort" against..." January 14

Toronto Star "The big wonder is how Andrea Bargnani has been able to do so much so far in this NBA season while running around the court with that lightbulb finally shining over his head. Yes, after six seasons of little more than maddening inconsistency — flashes of excellence followed long stretches of..." January 13

Toronto Star "Everything is compressed in this odd NBA season, including the voting for all-star starting lineups. Less than two weeks after the regular season began, and less than eight weeks before the actually game, the league unveiled the ballot Wednesday afternoon and there were no Toronto..." January 05

Toronto Star "There were a couple of DeMar DeRozan baskets and a couple of Andrea Bargnani baskets and a DeRozan free throw and any questions about who gets the ball and who takes the shots when Raptors games are hanging in the balance have been answered. From this day forward it will be the DeRozan and..." December 27

Toronto Sun "Centre Kevin Garnett has previously barked at Raptors' Jose Calderon — as well as Jerryd Bayless when the latter was on Portland. But on Sunday at the ACC, he decided to pick on someone closer to his own size. The focus of the Celtic's attention was Andrea Bargnani who tangled with the lanky..." December 19

Toronto Star "It's never easy to tell what Andrea Bargnani is thinking, or if he's thinking at all. Celtic Kevin Garnett tried to get a rise out of him midway through Sunday's pre-season debut by stretching out his arms and clapping his hands three times, hard, a couple of inches from Bargnani's nose. The..." December 19

Toronto Sun "More than wins and losses, Dwane Casey's first season as head coach of the Toronto Raptors will be about developing the talent at hand. One of Casey's biggest challenges will be getting more out of the enigmatic Andrea Bargnani. To that end, Bryan Colangelo, the general manager who has..." December 13

Toronto Sun "Andrea Bargnani didn't really mind the added down time. He was just coming off two intense months with the Italian national team and while the results weren't necessarily what the country had hoped, it provided Bargnani with a place to play and get better. Once the Eurobasket championship..." December 03

Toronto Sun "Andrea Bargnani answered his critics and led Italy to its first win of the 2011 EuroBasket on Friday, setting a new personal scoring high while wearing the Italian colours. Bargnani, who let Germany's Chris Kaman go off for 17 points and 17 rebounds while missing most of his shots in a..." September 03