by Frank Isola

Andrea Bargnani never became Toronto's answer to Dirk Nowitzki or Pau Gasol. Not even close. Instead, by the end of his disappointing seven-year run in Canada, Bargnani was starting to draw favorable comparisons to Kwame Brown, this generation's poster child for busts drafted with the top overall pick.

When the Knicks last saw Bargnani in February, the Toronto Raptors home crowd booed the Italian when he entered the game and when he exited. It was brutal and not entirely unfair. But clearly, the relationship between team, city and player was irreparably damaged.

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