4th quarter Wunderkid - Jack of All Trades

[Statistician MK]

I find this statistic very interesting... And enjoyable to watch and analyze...
Total PTS, REB, AST, STL & BLK in the 4th quarters this season!

Some facts...
Scottie B. is the only player in the Top-8 that appears in ALL five categories...
On the Top-8 list for the points, all players are older than Barnes... Some of them are much older (Lebron, DeRozan, Curry, Giannis...)

I am really surprised with all these Barnes' numbers, and I don't have an idea what's the reason for him to be so strong in the 4th quarters... In other quarters, most of the time, he is just staying at the corner and 'watching' the game!:)!

Here it is:

PTS
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL ... 294
Trae Young ATL ................... 274
Tyrese Maxey PHI ................ 249
LeBron James LAL ............... 237
DeMar DeRozan CHI ............. 236
Scottie Barnes TOR ............. 235
Stephen Curry GSW ............. 235
De'Aaron Fox SAC ................ 227

REB
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL ... 102
Scottie Barnes TOR .............. 98
Rudy Gobert MIN .................. 98
Domantas Sabonis SAC ........... 84
Andre Drummond CHI ............ 82
Victor Wembanyama SAS ........ 80
Bam Adebayo MIA ................. 79
Josh Hart NYK ..................... 79

AST
Trae Young ATL .................... 84
Tyrese Haliburton IND ........... 70
LeBron James LAL ................ 65
Cade Cunningham DET ........... 64
Scottie Barnes TOR .............. 62
Mike Conley MIN .................. 62
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL .... 60
Luka Doncic DAL .................. 59

STL
Scottie Barnes TOR .............. 18
Aaron Nesmith IND ............... 18
Bogdan Bogdanovic ATL .......... 15
Andre Drummond CHI ............ 14
Cam Reddish LAL .................. 14
Bilal Coulibaly WAS ............... 14
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC ... 13
Kawhi Leonard LAC ............... 13

BLK
Victor Wembanyama SAS ........ 30
Brook Lopez MIL .................. 27
Chet Holmgren OKC .............. 22
Rudy Gobert MIN ................. 19
Anthony Davis LAL ............... 18
Myles Turner IND ................. 18
Scottie Barnes TOR ............. 14
Nic Claxton BKN .................. 14

[KrazyP]

Barnes has what they call "IT".....the natural physical ability and mental makeup to elevate his game when it matters.

His offensive game is still raw in a lot of areas....once he shores up his ball handling and footwork, he'll end up being a top 15 player.

[WuTang_CMB]

His performances in the 4th last year told me he was on the come up for this type of season and being that type of star player

[ItsDanger]

Yet too often his teammates don't look to him or set him up properly to take advantage in the 4th. Would be even better if they had more offensive cohesion.

[Thaddy]

Best player in the league. Give it a few years. Find a defensive stretch big for Pascal and develop Barrett and IQ as secondary guys.

[tecumseh18]

Best player in the league. Give it a few years. Find a defensive stretch big for Pascal and develop Barrett and IQ as secondary guys.

I keep saying this, but Jarace Walker is shooting >50% from 3 in the G-League. (roughly 3x Gradey Dick's percentage).

Yes, I'd love to get Mathurin and/or Rembhard as well. But let's just do this thing. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

[Thaddy]

Best player in the league. Give it a few years. Find a defensive stretch big for Pascal and develop Barrett and IQ as secondary guys.

I keep saying this, but Jarace Walker is shooting >50% from 3 in the G-League. (roughly 3x Gradey Dick's percentage).

Yes, I'd love to get Mathurin and/or Rembhard as well. But let's just do this thing. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Can he protect the rim well? He's only about 6'8? Can he match up against Embiid, Gobert, Porzingis, etc?

[vini_vidi_vici]

I mean Scottie Barnes is 2nd in 4th Q mins, JJJ in MIA is in 1st.

Giannis as an example has played 20 less mins.

SGA has played 135th most mins, 145 less than Scottie, but putting up 69 TS%, 18.6 ASTr. Scottie is 62.4 TS% (amazing still), with a higher ASTr (23.1) on less USG. Hes been great (to your point), but counting stats dont mean much IMO for a guy whos playing more with less USG load.

[Statistician MK]

Giannis as an example has played 20 less mins.

Right... Giannis has played 19.6 minutes less... And it's not too much for 36 or 37 games played... It's about a half minute difference!

I'm not saying that Barnes is more productive than Giannis, Lebron, or Curry, but he is only 22 years old and the time is in his favour... Those numbers above are more than impressive!

[Young Moosehead]

Where does he rank in 4th quarter FTA?

It is crazy for a guy to play that much, be all over the court, and feel like he is never at the line.

[Statistician MK]

Where does he rank in 4th quarter FTA?

It is crazy for a guy to play that much, be all over the court, and feel like he is never at the line.

Yeah, he has only 1.43 FTA per one 4th quarter...

But he can't have more with refs like last night.

[___Rand___]

He is clearly one of the most impactful players in the league.

[HiJiNX]

Barnes has what they call "IT".....the natural physical ability and mental makeup to elevate his game when it matters.

His offensive game is still raw in a lot of areas....once he shores up his ball handling and footwork, he'll end up being a top 15 player.

Top 5.

[XTC]

How many minutes has Barnes played in the 4th?

[Statistician MK]

How many minutes has Barnes played in the 4th?

334.4 minutes total

9.29 min. per a '4th quarter'!