MO' BETTER BEARD: Bearded Bargnani vs. Beardless Bargnani

Ever since the New Year, Andrea Bargnani has really stepped it up. The production from the former #1 draft pick has increased dramatically. He has moved from a Darko comparison to a Dirk comparison. In this same time frame, Andrea looks to have stopped shaving and has grown a ridiculous beard that only the Gasol brothers could be jealous of.

Here is the statistical analysis of the bearded Bargnani vs. beardless Bargnani.


Beardless Bargnani (15 games before New Years Eve)
Averaged: 7.5 ppg, 31% FG pctg , 23% 3PT pctg, 3.2 rebounds
(picture from 12/29 game vs. Golden State)

Notable games:
Dec 5th @ Utah: 7 pts on 3-12 shooting, 6 rebounds
Dec 10th vs Ind: 0 pts on 0-4 shooting, 4 rebounds
Dec 17th vs Dal: 3 pts on 1-5 shooting, 3 rebounds
Dec 20th @ SA: 2 pts on 1-5 shooting, 2 rebounds
Dec 22nd @ LAC: 3 pts on 1-5 shooting, 1 rebound
Dec 29th @ GSW: 7 pts on 3-8 shooting, 6 rebounds

Words to describe Beard-less Bargs' play:
No confidence, hesitant, soft, no defense, can't rebound, sucks, Darko, Kwame, Bust-nani, inconstistent, defensive liability






"There is no chin behind Andrea Bargnani's beard. There is only another fist."


Bearded Bargs (15 games after New Years Eve)
Averages: 21 ppg, 52% FG pctg , 49% 3PT pctg, 6.7 rebounds

Notable games:
Dec 31st vs Den: 26 pts, 6 rebounds
Jan 4th @Mil: 21 pts, 5 threes, 8 rebounds
Jan 7th @ Was: 25 pts, 4 threes, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks
Jan 12th @ Bos: 23 pts, 8 rebounds
Jan 14th vs Chi: 31 pts on 10-14 shooting, 10 rebounds
Jan 19th @ Atl: 20 pts, 10 rebounds
Jan 25th vs Sac: 24 pts, 7 rebounds

Words to describe Bearded Bargs' play:
Confident, Tough, talented scorer, swagger, consistent, gritty, Rebel Without A Cause

Other Notable Beards:
Chuck Norris, Sean Connery, Clint Eastwood, Abe Lincoln, Mr.T



Ever since the growth of the beard, here are the percentage improvements on Bargnani's stats:

Scoring is up 184%
Assists are up 110%
Rebounds up 108%
3 pt percentage up 62%
FG percentage up 113%

Toughness is up 400% (just watch below)

When all else fails in life, grow a freaking beard.

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24 points, 6 reb, 7 assists & 1 big a** beard

With Iverson in town, who knew where that left Rip Hamilton in the offense. Rip had a great line against the Warriors last night, 24 pts 6 reb & 7 assists and the Pistons pulled out the win. Rip's line was so good, he was top performer on the Yahoo! boxscore. Check the line.....and the amish beard.

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Raptors, Bulls, and Beards, oh my!

It's shortly after the Raptors have sent their fan faithful home happy with a win in the season home opener over the Golden State Warriors, so I felt it was only right to drop my first post here on HoopHeadsNorth. How about Bargnani off the bench tonight?!! That's the production the Raptors organization has been waiting for. His off-season work out regimen and working with J.O. down in Vegas may pay dividends.

I'm thinking the Raps may need to stick with the new Black third jerseys all season if they keep playing like this. 2-0 on the season, 2-0 in the Blacks unis.

Meanwhile my Bulls are getting destroyed by the Celtics - at the time of my typing they are down 66-43. The Bulls are devoid of ANY low post game right now - Deng, Gray, and Gooden have to make a concerted effort to work more down in the block...I was REALLY hoping last year was an aberration...but now I'm not so sure...and it's only the 2nd game of the season, and the Bulls won the first one!

In the last post, Romes linked to a pic showing the 'Freeway-esque' look that Rip Hamilton is sporting these days - well, you NEED to peep what Drew Gooden has going on this year! You may remember the beard growing competition between DeShawn Stevenson & Drew last year, well I guess Drew wanted to do something new this time around! I mean, I'm all about personal expression - but dawg - it's a good thing you're a professional athlete to be able to pull that off...or not...

The season is just getting started...and you can bet that means I'm just getting started here @ HoopHeadsNorth. See y'all back here quicker than an A.I. crossover...

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