PG: The Scottie Barnes Experience

[everdiso]

Per 36:

Scottie: 18.9pts (60.0%), 13.1rb (5.8off), 8.7ast (5.8to), 2.9st, 2.9bk, +27.6
Suggs: 15.4pts (27.3%), 6.8rb (0.0off), 5.1ast (3.4to), 0.0st, 3.4bk, -8.5

[Chandan]

Barnes played well, i liked that pass especially to precious for the jam. (although i liked that bonga to champaigne corner three more) Barnes does lack a bit of explosiveness though. Would be nice to see him build up those legs more.
At a lot of times he looked a bit slow.

[Los_29]

Mobley looks good, he's a heck of a shooter...way too skinny right now though. Very skilled.

Too good for the Cavs tbh.

I'm a big fan of Mobley. Like him more than Green long-term. Mobley has huge upside. I think ultimately Cade will be the best player in the draft given his skillset but I can see Mobley and Barnes up there if they can develop. Green's potential is sky high if he can figure it out on the defensive end. It really was a stacked draft.

[720]

Suggs 3-11 tonight.

But all of media will talk about his deep 3 and act like Scottie doesn’t exist

They’ll learn soon enough

ESPN uploaded Scottie highlights like the video and watch. So they upload more raptors content.

Watch on YouTube

Edit: They just blocked the video in Canada. Lol

[Brinbe]

Fred/Barnes/OG/Pascal/Precious is gonna be ridiculous defensively.

It was good to be back in the building. I missed going to games and the whole routine. It was a bit different with the masks and the vibe wasn't 100% there with the reduced crowd but the energy was there at the right times and everyone was supportive.

Everyone already loves Scottie and that guy is gonna be a hell of a player. He already is, but his potential is off-the-scale. He was moving at 1000% the entire time and never let up. You win with guys like that. He contributed everywhere and that's despite playing in his first realish game and still a bit raw offensively.

Otherwise, OG is taking another step. 20ppg with ease with a killer long ball and shutdown defense? Invaluable asset. He's getting there. Fred was cold shooting but he's clearly a leader on the team and he'll find his footing. He's added some things to his game. Really working on that floater.

Yuta was great. He's a rotation level player. Precious was super versatile and was a great addition for Lowry. Dragic was a vet. Half speed and still got his. Svi/Dalano/Champagne were all solid. Freddie is gone. Malachi might get lost in the shuffle. But he also looked like he polished up his game over the summer. He's hungry to succeed. Even Bonga showed something.

This is gonna be a fun team to root for. Get on the ground floor now while you can.

[alienchild]

I'm not sure what you guys watched but I was not impressed by Scottie. He couldn't even score 40 points. Trash wasteman!

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Fail. Trash wasteman is a double negative.

[Bruin]

Suggs 3-11 tonight.

But all of media will talk about his deep 3 and act like Scottie doesn’t exist

They’ll learn soon enough

ESPN uploaded Scottie highlights like the video and watch. So they upload more raptors content.

Watch on YouTube

Thats a start. Hopefully BleacherReport and others do the same. Give Scottie his respect

[bozothepope]

Fun game. Just wanted to add that I like Banton's potential. His handle is decent, but if he can shore it up even more, watch out. I like seeing him and Scottie out there together.

[anotherhomer]

Mobley looks good, he's a heck of a shooter...way too skinny right now though. Very skilled.

Too good for the Cavs tbh.

evan mobley's a lot more skilled, better shooter, and have perimeter like defense

evan definitely the better prospect then scottie...

still happy to have scottie, but be realistic to know evan is probably the better player

[bon]

Still don't really care for this debate (unfortunately it's going to go on all season).

I'm focused on Scottie and I'm going to have a lot of fun watching him develop into a star

[Johnny Bball]

"Going to have problems scoring"

Well... that doesn't look to good so far.

Good game. Very entertaining for pre-season.

Bubble so far has to be Johnson, Dekker, Gillespie?

[LJKO]

So what have we learned?

the offense sucks
OG cannot be a 20 ppg guy
Scottie will be lucky to average 8 points a game
Precious is an offensive liability beyond 5 ft from the rim
Scottie can't guard PGs
Dragic is washed up
we are lottery bound

oh wait. i'm not a hater... we killed it.

[Harcore Fenton Mun]

I'm a big fan of Mobley. Like him more than Green long-term. Mobley has huge upside. I think ultimately Cade will be the best player in the draft given his skillset but I can see Mobley and Barnes up there if they can develop. Green's potential is sky high if he can figure it out on the defensive end. It really was a stacked draft.

All of the top four look solid so far imo, it'll be nice to see how it all plays out.

It's still too early to tell who's the best of the lot. Lots of up-side though.

[pingpongrac]

It feels like our depth is way better this year, even though a lot of that depth is unproven. We were relying on journeymen and 10th/11th men in Baynes+Bembry+Hood+Johnson to be key contributors last year while this year there is a far greater opportunity for a few players to have career years (I really liked what I saw from both Yuta and Svi tonight) and our younger players are very intriguing.

I think we looked pretty damn good after that little drought in Q1...and that was with us missing two (or three) starters and another key bench piece. Should be a fun year at least. I really like how hard everyone on the roster plays.

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[HumbleRen]

Once Scottie tightens up his handles and actually learns how to pass the ball properly, he'll be a walking psuedo triple double

[NBA48mins]

Suggs 3-11 tonight.

But all of media will talk about his deep 3 and act like Scottie doesn’t exist

They’ll learn soon enough

Watch on YouTube

I mean they already put out his highlights on ESPN LOL that's already impressive for Scottie.

[Harcore Fenton Mun]

evan mobley's a lot more skilled, better shooter, and have perimeter like defense

evan definitely the better prospect then scottie...

still happy to have scottie, but be realistic to know evan is probably the better player

He's a blue chipper, he's as skilled as any big I've seen in ages.

[720]

Hey lobos the real postgame thread is literally stickied up top bro.

[Johnny Bball]

OG showed me a little of that Kawhi step back middy - he's going to be huge for us in the half court this year.

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You're going to see it all pre-season. He's working on it all summer and has time now to keep working.

[KawhiSoSerious]

Fun game. Just wanted to add that I like Banton's potential. His handle is decent, but if he can sure it up even more, watch out. I like seeing him and Scottie out there together.

*Shore it up