Versatile Florida State point forward Scottie Barnes possesses some of the same qualities that make Warriors veteran Draymond Green such a valuable teammate, writes Kendra Andrews of NBC Sports Bay Area. Barnes also is an unselfish player who prioritizes defense and winning over personal statistics, and could be an intriguing successor to Green if he falls to Golden State’s No. 7 pick in the upcoming 2021 draft.
Though Barnes was a below-average jump shooter in college, Andrews notes that his Green-esque impact could offset his modest scoring contributions. In his lone season for FSU, the 6’9″ Barnes averaged 10.3 PPG, 4.1 APG and 4.0 RPG, with a shooting line of .503/.275/.621.
There’s more out of the Pacific Division:
- LSU guard Cameron Thomas is scheduled to work out for the Warriors this Wednesday, tweets Nick Friedell of ESPN. The 6’4″ guard averaged 23.0 PPG, 3.4 RPG and 1.4 APG during the 2020/21 NCAA season. He posted a shooting line of .406/.325/.882.
- Kings shooting guard Buddy Hield faces a potentially tenuous future with the club, as he touched on in a podcast interview with Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes. “I see my name in trade rumors, but I can’t control all that,” Hield said. “My job is to go out there and play basketball and everybody’s goal is to get to the playoffs and win a championship.” The Kings have not made the playoffs since 2006. Hield has two years left on the four-year, $86MM contract extension he signed with Sacramento during the 2019 offseason.
- Suns head coach Monty Williams notes that Nets head coach Steve Nash, a former two-time MVP while a point guard for Phoenix, reached out to him over text during the playoffs, tweets Mark Medina of USA Today. “It spoke to me about how those guys feel about the Suns and the fanbase,” Williams said.
Role players like Dray and Ben S. are important, but they’re not going higher than #7 in this draft.
Uhm, no on the W’s drafting a guy who can’t shoot.And Draymond is not what we usually refer to as a “role player”, he’s an extremely versatile player on defense and also a great passer/playmaker who can fill in at different positions on offense as well. Though he assumed a non scoring role when KD joined the team, he was a consistent double digit scorer before that and at Michigan State.
Barnes & GSW would be a duplication, and he will be taken by #7 anyway.
I did find this bit on twitter… I cannot claim the metaphor:
Oubre goes on about how he was improving every year, then: “” … as the year goes on I’m put into this category of trying to shape out the future of the organization when I haven’t been given a fair opportunity to show what I can do on a large scale – yeah, it is unfair.”
That’s not quite slamming the door on his time as a Warrior, but Oubre is standing in the doorway wearing a displeased expression with his hand on the knob.” (NBC link)
Oubre thinks he is a allstar player. He wants $20 million plus long term. Oubre is a streaky player one game he is motivated next game he is on the sideline watching.
He is not resigning back with warriors because he wants to start and on warriors he is a bench player. He needs to sign with a bad team so he can start. My bet is he signs with NY if they don’t get a top player in the off season.
Maybe I F Hield was Consistent on a nightly basis and Bagley stayed healthy for more than 3 games, then no one would be talking s**t. B U T, that said, Hield is way, way, way too inconsistent and doesn’t play defense and his numbers have been dropping off; Bagley on the other hand besides being too Injury Prone, does NOT play Defense at all.