whitehops wrote:OakleyDokely wrote:On Lowe's recent podcast, his guest had a great story about Barnes during the pre draft process. A coach told each player to visualize themselves scoring 25 points and then to go out on the practice court and score those 25 points you visualized. Scottie had a difficult time doing this and actually asked if assists would count towards his 25 points. His default mentality is to defer and create for others. It's a positive sign that he's taking as many shots as he has for, but it's also no surprise that Nurse is telling him to shoot more because it's not in his nature to look for his own.
not surprising, considering his college high was 21 points.
right now barnes is like perfectly suited in the short roll role, or really be used in any actions where he gets the ball near the nail and can use his vision to hit the open man whilst having the drive still be a threat since he's like one step away from the rim (for him). personally i think that 's the best way to get him involved in a lot of plays and still lets him develop his decision making until he improves his ability to create on-ball, which will happen in the offseason.
We've been spoiled with his instant success that we forget he's still a project, it'll take some time to fully unlock Barnes. But he's flashy potential like a mother foooker.
