PG: The Scottie Barnes Show

[HumbleRen]

Does state have any bigs? Scottie has a field Day

Their highest rebounds per game guy is Draymond with only 6.0 a game lol.

They got basically 0 bigs.

[MiamiSPX]

BI with the quietest 26/4/6 night ever lol. He kept making key buckets when we needed them.

Shead +34.

He was pretty loud in the 4th - big buckets down the stretch!
Alvin put it best: BI’s presence is a present.

I feel as confident in his middie as I did with Kawhi.

[Westside Gunn]

Annnd i miss from what looks like the best game of the season, plus RJ comes back....and they win.

coincidence? let the winning streak commence boys, RJ is back

[LoveMyRaps]

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Plz don’t put up 16-5-4 tomorrow

[Indeed]

Wouldn't it be funny after all this time, center is where he breaks out.

Scottie is like what 6'9 245 lbs? He can absolutely play small ball C ala Giannis and thrive in that position.

He’s been doing that the last 3 weeks. It looked horrible lol.

And that leads to the "Unemployed Centers Thread: Raptors opening", claiming Barnes needs a C to play with him.
As I said there, this is already designed for Barnes, either he plays C, or he needs 3 point shooting to play PF.

[Tripod]

lol, it is a problem when that's the only thing keeping you in the league. he's also getting paid 35 million. it's okay to have standards and expectations for these guys.

I'm pretty sure most high volume 3p guys are this streaky.

Not to mention the guy is still shooting 37% on ~7 3FGA/game on the season while sporting a 57 TS%. He has had some brutal nights over the past few weeks (namely against the Celtics), but he has been pretty solid overall. Some of the IQ hate is a bit over the top, as it always has been on this board when it comes to the play of PGs.

Can we at least be honest?

IQ was getting ripped because for 6 CONSECUTIVE GAMES from 3 shot:

0-4
3-9
0-4
1-7
3-10
1-8

8 for 42....19% from your best shooter. Nd he averaged 12 pts in these games. That deserves criticism.

[Clutch0z24]

Does state have any bigs? Scottie has a field Day

No...They have Draymond Green and the corpse of Al Horford....They are in a very simular situation as us when it comes to big men...The one team in the league i feel confident we can out rebound and beat up on in the paint with their lack of rim protection would be the GSW.

[Duffman100]

I'm pretty sure most high volume 3p guys are this streaky.

Not to mention the guy is still shooting 37% on ~7 3FGA/game on the season while sporting a 57 TS%. He has had some brutal nights over the past few weeks (namely against the Celtics), but he has been pretty solid overall. Some of the IQ hate is a bit over the top, as it always has been on this board when it comes to the play of PGs.

Can we at least be honest?

IQ was getting ripped because for 6 CONSECUTIVE GAMES from 3 shot:

0-4
3-9
0-4
1-7
3-10
1-8

8 for 42....19% from your best shooter. Nd he averaged 12 pts in these games. That deserves criticism.

Yeah for sure. I'd just be curious to see other good shooters and how stretches like this line up.

My guess is it's a fairly regular occurrence.

[Indeed]

Does state have any bigs? Scottie has a field Day

Their highest rebounds per game guy is Draymond with only 6.0 a game lol.

They got basically 0 bigs.

This is why the Warriors is just around the .500

[HumbleRen]

Does state have any bigs? Scottie has a field Day

Their highest rebounds per game guy is Draymond with only 6.0 a game lol.

They got basically 0 bigs.

This is why the Warriors is just around the .500

It’s a miracle they’re even .500 as a western conference team.

[Reeko]

Missed the game but I just saw the box score. How the hell did Scottie grab 25 rebounds??! When I first looked I thought that was his point total, then I saw the pts column and it said 23. If you can grab 25 boards in a game then you can average 10 boards per game. Cat's outta the bag now Scott, go out there and grab those rebounds. Board man gets paid.

[pingpongrac]

shooters have slumps..get over it.

lol, it is a problem when that's the only thing keeping you in the league. he's also getting paid 35 million. it's okay to have standards and expectations for these guys.

This.

He's not a point guard. He's an undersized 2. Those types are utilized best as 6th men/ bench scorers. Maybe they find a starting PG & he goes back to that role.

Just because he's not the ideal playmaking PG doesn't mean he is best utilized as a 6th man/bench scorer lol. He is perfectly fine as the PG in a lineup alongside Scottie, Ingram and RJ where all 4 of those guys are capable of creating their own offence and finding the open man to varying degrees.

[Tripod]

Does state have any bigs? Scottie has a field Day

No...They have Draymond Green and the corpse of Al Horford....They are in a very simular situation as us when it comes to big men...The one team in the league i feel confident we can out rebound and beat up on in the paint with their lack of rim protection would be the GSW.

GS is looking for a C too. They know they can use an upgrade.

The WHOLE point of the Raps having another "big C", is for roster balance...AND OPTIONS VS SPECIFIC TEAMS.

Some teams like GS you are not going to get killed on rebounds. But we have seen that vs others, we 100% will.

Options. Nice to have options. Oh, and to help cover injuries.

[Zeno]

Their highest rebounds per game guy is Draymond with only 6.0 a game lol.

They got basically 0 bigs.

This is why the Warriors is just around the .500

It’s a miracle they’re even .500 as a western conference team.

It is basically time for them to trade for AD or just give up. Likely they trade for AD because the only team that grasps at straws more than them are the Bucks.

[pingpongrac]

I'm pretty sure most high volume 3p guys are this streaky.

Not to mention the guy is still shooting 37% on ~7 3FGA/game on the season while sporting a 57 TS%. He has had some brutal nights over the past few weeks (namely against the Celtics), but he has been pretty solid overall. Some of the IQ hate is a bit over the top, as it always has been on this board when it comes to the play of PGs.

Can we at least be honest?

IQ was getting ripped because for 6 CONSECUTIVE GAMES from 3 shot:

0-4
3-9
0-4
1-7
3-10
1-8

8 for 42....19% from your best shooter. Nd he averaged 12 pts in these games. That deserves criticism.

Can YOU be honest? Two of those games were low-volume shooting nights (4 attempts against the Celtics and 4 attempts against the Bucks) and two were pretty average (3/9 against the Heat and 3/10 against the Nets) while the 1/7 and 1/8 games were rough.

It is absolutely wild to me that in 2025 we still have people losing their minds over a two-week stretch where a three-point shooter goes cold. It happens multiple times every single year to just about every single shooter in the league and it is always balanced out by a separate stretch where the guy shoots ~50% over 5ish games.

[Zeno]

Does state have any bigs? Scottie has a field Day

No...They have Draymond Green and the corpse of Al Horford....They are in a very simular situation as us when it comes to big men...The one team in the league i feel confident we can out rebound and beat up on in the paint with their lack of rim protection would be the GSW.

GS is looking for a C too. They know they can use an upgrade.

The WHOLE point of the Raps having another "big C", is for roster balance...AND OPTIONS VS SPECIFIC TEAMS.

Some teams like GS you are not going to get killed on rebounds. But we have seen that vs others, we 100% will.

Options. Nice to have options. Oh, and to help cover injuries.

Just for the record, the Raps gave up 14! offensive rebounds this game and the teams combined for 32 offensive rebounds.

[bape_lovers]

naw, we are "mid team"

I'm assuming we'll see all the same posters who posted after the Wizards loss?

[Tripod]

Not to mention the guy is still shooting 37% on ~7 3FGA/game on the season while sporting a 57 TS%. He has had some brutal nights over the past few weeks (namely against the Celtics), but he has been pretty solid overall. Some of the IQ hate is a bit over the top, as it always has been on this board when it comes to the play of PGs.

Can we at least be honest?

IQ was getting ripped because for 6 CONSECUTIVE GAMES from 3 shot:

0-4
3-9
0-4
1-7
3-10
1-8

8 for 42....19% from your best shooter. Nd he averaged 12 pts in these games. That deserves criticism.

Yeah for sure. I'd just be curious to see other good shooters and how stretches like this line up.

My guess is it's a fairly regular occurrence.

Oh for sure. They get hot. They go cold.

That's why it's funny when people complain about Barnes having bad shooting nights when he isn't a natural scorer in the least.

Oh, Curry's last 5 games...shooting 24% from 3!

When the best can go cold, of course others can too.

[Son Goku 25]

Barnes needs to keep this type of energy. No way he should not be averaging 10 Rebs on this team. Hopefully this game builds his confidence more

I'm not sure if it's mental or conditioning with him, but the inconsistent effort between games is maddening.

I personally think it's always been conditioning. This Barnes is All NBA and best in his class though.

[Clutch0z24]

Missed the game but I just saw the box score. How the hell did Scottie grab 25 rebounds??! When I first looked I thought that was his point total, then I saw the pts column and it said 23. If you can grab 25 boards in a game then you can average 10 boards per game. Cat's outta the bag now Scott, go out there and grab those rebounds. Board man gets paid.

Thats easy to say when he doesn't have a proper big man boxing him out and its a very undersized team.....You can't have Barnes playing Per Defense, Expect to score over 20, And also be the team rebounder with not much help with the lack of bigs....Most teams in the league are not built like the GSW and have multiple bigs that are equally as strong as Barnes is ....Don't expect to see him doing this against the Magic or Nuggets in the next 2 games...