Johnny Bball wrote:OakleyDokely wrote:Barnes is just a raw player just trying to find his game. He's trying to find out what he's good at, what he's not so good at, when to attack, when not to attack. His offense is going to take time to develop consistency.
The positive thing is, he can pretty much sleepwalk to 15/7/5/1/1, which is a pretty high floor.
I think he's trying to emulate Magic (and Jordan etc.) a bit too much trying to invole everyone at first and then turning it up in the 4th. Its not a bad way to go but you need to be a star first. I would just take the ball out of his hands quarter 1-3 until he stops and turns the aggression up some. Should get his attention quick.
That would actually open the floor more for everyone and get him seeing more double teams, which arguably is better.
I do think he's having trouble finding the right time to attack. It's very clear he wants to do his thing on offense without hijacking the offense and he always picks and chooses a spot. That's why you see him play more of a role player role sitting on the perimeter or setting screens and not forcing it early in games on drives unless he's sure he'll score.
Once it gets later into games you can see him spring to life more and kind of take over the offense. Once he figures out the right balance and also gets that stamina right, he's going to dominate on offense the way we see him in smaller spurts. At this stage he also knows the team isn't winning games playing the way they currently are so letting others do their thing may not be it.
