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Harrison Barnes Rumors
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Position: F
Born: 05/30/92
Height: 6-8 / 2.03
Weight:214 lbs. / 97.5 kg.
Salary: $24,107,258
Born: 05/30/92
Height: 6-8 / 2.03
Weight:214 lbs. / 97.5 kg.
Salary: $24,107,258
Just because that’s the way things are these days doesn’t mean Barnes has to accept it. “I got to keep the midrange game alive,” he said with a grin. “Everyone wants threes and layups, but some of us are antiques. I try to take whatever shots come in the system. It’s not like I’m making a conscious effort to shoot more threes.”
Coach Rick Carlisle said that he’s not so concerned about where Barnes’ points come from. But he’s a big advocate of the layups-and-3-pointers strategy — just like the rest of the NBA. “The aggressive attacks, the angles — he’s put the reps in on a lot of the plays he made at the end of the game, which is great to see,” Carlisle said.
When did you first start thinking about what you’d do when you stopped playing? When did you start really taking this seriously? R.J.: In Golden State, I think my 12th year in the league, I started thinking about it. Once you get to double digits, you kind of start looking around. I was the oldest guy on that team and that was Year 12. And I had a really bad back that year, didn’t play much, but I found joy in mentoring the young core: Steph [Curry] and Klay [Thompson] and Draymond [Green] and Harrison [Barnes] and Kent Bazemore. I found joy in it.
Harrison Barnes hopeful to return Friday
Marc J. Spears: Mavericks forward Harrison Barnes (hamstring) hopes to make his season-debut on Friday at Toronto, a source said.
