Andrea Bargnani

Toronto's no. 1 Pick is still introducing himself around the league. But on first impression, he sure looks like La Realtà POSITION: FORWARD HEIGHT: 7' WEIGHT: 250 POUNDS BIRTHPLACE: ROME BIRTH DATE: OCT. 26, 1985 NICKNAME: BIG ROOK FAVORITE FOOD: LASAGNA FAVORITE MUSICIAN: VASCO ROSSI FAVORITE MOVIE: GLADIATOR FAVORITE PLAYER: MANU GINOBILI HOBBIES: CHATTING WITH FRIENDS ON THE INTERNET, PLAYSTATION 3 ] Years from now—when it's routine to see him dropping three-pointers over the outstretched arms of clumsy, lumbering big men and SportsCenter regularly features him spinning on the block and posterizing clawing defenders, when his uncanny passes draw comparisons to those of Bill Walton and Chris Webber—we'll point to a cold November morning in Denver as the NBA birth of Andrea Bargnani. It was a Sunday, and the Raptors were... [read full story]