he was a great hustle player before he went down with injury. he seemed to have lost some explosiveness after that, and seemed more timid in general. i think hes a great role player. he knows his role, doesnt take stupid shots, crashes the boards, D's up well, and just in general is a great spark off the bench. i think he is easily our 2nd best bench player when healthy.
ThreeYearPlan wrote:I live in So. Cal so I get to watch the Lakers a lot but why do you guys like him? Not trying troll but he's freakin horrible in my opinion. Barnes has like no skills at all, his defense really isn't that good and certainly not good enough to overlook his horrible shooting stroke and how he always misses wide open layups/dunks.
lol. he has no skills at all? he was our 2nd most efficient bench player this year, and the best defender. he had a TS% of 57 compared to brown with 52TS% and blake with a horrendous 50TS%. pretty much all of his stats (PER, shooting%, Drtg, Ortg, etc..) are best off the bench, next to odom of course. he's not the greatest role player, but he's well worth his salary, and deserving of a spot on this team. he's A LOT better than that chucker brown, and more valuable than blake, thats for sure.
LovetheNBA1 wrote:Like Jason terry says, FAKE Laker. As Laker fans we not use to guys talking and not backing it up. He called out Terry and he Mavs, and got punked his Frankenstein looking mouth.
I had a bad feeling about him when i remember what he did with the Kobe and ball to his face thing. He seemed like a fake tough guy. Almost like that guy who grew up in a good household , but became a punk for no reason.
sorry, but this is a stupid criticism. the entire lakers team got punked. hard. and it had nothing to do with matt barnes.
