2021-2022 AROUND the NBA: GSW Champs [ARCHIVED]

[SleepingHero]

Barnes is NOT a top defender. He's been ranked at near the WORST defender, on every team he's played on, every season

I find it curious that people are repeating the national consensus on Barnes as if it's an accurate depiction. We should know better than any franchise what Barnes brings after watching him lead the tank for 3 years. 

Middling defense paired with solid offensive production that has to be relegated to a 4th option or he's too inefficient for the team. 

He accepted that role when he went to SAC, something we were mulling over if he'd ever do while he was here. The fact the team quickly shipped him out made me think that Barnes never really had an interest in ceding his spot on the totem pole to a then 19 year old Luka which means I don't really think he'd be too thrilled to come back anyways.