LeBron James: So let me guess this is cool cause they had to do what was best for the franchise right??? Traded this man while he was literally playing in the game and had ZERO idea. I’m not knocking who traded him because it’s a business and you have to do what you feel what’s best but I just want this narrative to start to get REAL/CHANGE and not when a player wants to be traded or leaves a Franchise that he’s a selfish/ungrateful player but when they trade you, release , waive, cut etc etc it’s best for them! I’m ok with both honestly, truly am. Just call a ♠️ a ♠️!!
More on Harrison Barnes Trade?
Rick Bonnell: Watching Harrison Barnes on Mavs bench second half, as fans shouted at him trade details they were reading on their phones, was incredibly awkward. A couple Hornets were talking about it post-game, just stunned how weird this stuff can get at the NBA trade deadline.
There is a new leader in the clubhouse with cap space. The trade to acquire Zach Randolph and Justin Jackson now has the Mavericks with $13.1M in room to either use at the deadline or up until June 30. Dallas now projects to have $30M in room for 2019-20. That number could increase to $40M if Dwight Powell opts-out of his contract.
Tim MacMahon: Harrison Barnes remains on the Mavs’ bench at the moment.
Sam Amick: Confirming Justin Jackson and Zach Randolph to Dallas and Harrison Barnes to Sacramento. Wow. No picks involved.
But the NBA world is preparing a response: By Feb. 7, leagues sources tell me, there will be at least two NBA teams that will contact the Mavs about trying to acquire Barnes and/or Powell.
Or maybe the trade calls come sooner. Predicts one team executive: "(Dallas) will start getting calls on Wednesday.'' Wednesday is the day before the deadline. Wednesday is the day that Dallas, accepting of having to live with another year of Barnes and Powell (and I don't mean to have that sound more negative than it is), will be provided an escape hatch or two. Do the Kings or the Cavs or Jazz want Barnes because of his talent? Does another team like Orlando see Powell as a solid piece? Can Dallas get involved in a three-way if the Pacers, Wizards or Pels need help? And ultimately, is there a way to move Barnes and Powell without taking a cap clog in return?
Dallas will now have reinforcements to look forward to upon their return home to Dallas to take on the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday, as the rest of the trade package sans Kristaps Porzingis should be ready for action in that game. Wednesday will also not only be a chance for the Mavs to string together their third win in four games but also, as our Mike Fisher teased on Saturday, serve as the last chance for a showcase for both Harrison Barnes and Dwight Powell, the pair of whom might have a chance to be moved Thursday's trade deadline. On the one hand, sources have made it clear to DBcom that the Mavs are prepared to be without cap room as a result of the KP trade and Barnes and Powell not opting out this summer, as we wrote in our scoop here. On the other hand ... Fish is reporting that there could be movement in this regard before the Feb. 7 deadline. ...
Brian Windhorst: "To me, I just know the Kings would love to have Harrison Barnes. Whether or not that can work out, I don't know."
Mike Fisher: Source: #Mavs 'not willing' to include Harrison Barnes in #Grizzlies 'Parsons + pick No. 4' trade idea (vip)
Eric Pincus: Added Harrison Barnes' actual to Dallas Mavericks - 8% trade bonus, PO, standard raises $94.4 mil @BBallInsiders http://bit.ly/29u9obr
So we started this episode talking about the usual good Warriors things–I asked Barnes about his recent shooting slump, about his season, about his pending restricted free agency and yes, about the speculation (by me, among others) that the Warriors want to replace him with Kevin Durant, if possible, this summer.
Harrison Barnes on trade rumors: It was after my first year... When Dwight was thinking about leaving? It's funny. Bogut texted me and asked me 'Are we going to L.A.?' We joked about that. Last summer was the Kevin Love thing. 'Is he gonna come here?' Me and David Lee were joking about the fact that we might have to buy a lot of winter clothes. (...) We're in a great, great team and this is a place where people want to play now. You don't really get too personal about it. That's how the business goes.
Harrison Barnes has fans within the Timberwolves organization, as Darren Wolfson of 1500 ESPN Twin Cities says in a podcast, though it’s not entirely certain that Minnesota will pursue the soon-to-be restricted free agent. Barnes engendered an “undercurrent of disenchantment” within the Warriors when he stayed for as long as he did with a sprained ankle that prompted him to miss 16 games this season, as Monte Poole of CSNBayArea.com reported earlier. Wolves GM Milt Newton has no guarantee of running the team’s front office beyond this season after inheriting the authority from the late Flip Saunders.
Q: This team always seems to be involved pursuing big name players and your name has been involved as a trade chip and next year there might be more of that, with your name involved. How much of this is that you have more control of your future as a restricted free agent? Harrison Barnes: It’s been a roller coaster in terms of that since I got here–you know, Dwight Howard, Kevin Love… So now we’ve won a championship. The Warriors, it’s a desirable destination. So it would be nothing new, come to this next season with more big names and the Warriors are potentially trying to sign those guys.
