It’s true that we sometimes tend to draw far too hasty conclusions about a young player. Do you remember when France was already posing Killian Hayes in bust in the eyes of the whole world? Just 21, a little early to throw a rock at him that he’s already kicked back into the lake. This is today the case of Scottie Barnes. Sophomore in the hard. Easy reviews. Ja Morant to the rescue.
Lots of little points to raise.
Scottie Barnes is a modern post 4 who moves, shoots from afar, closer, under the hoop, covers quite a few kilometers in transition and defends well. You should never expect a 21-year-old to master all areas of the game in which he is involved. You should never expect it, but when the player in question gets used to it… Scottie Barnes has been named 2022 Rookie of the Year. The Raptors reportedly even refused to include him in a trade for Kevin Durant this summer. A year after stepping onto the stage at Barclays Center, the pressure on the strong winger’s shoulders is gargantuan. He must take the future of the franchise into his own hands. Dismantle one by one the fraudulent notices that send him into the marshmallow. His averages on this beginning (more so beginning than that) of exercise? 14.6 points at 45% shooting, 7 rebounds and 4.7 assists. A scoring a tad below its standards last season. We would rather have expected a good confirmation at 18 or 19 points on average. Not necessarily an All-Star level, but at least the maintenance of what we thought acquired. There in isolation, Scottie Barnes looks like an obese man running in the sand. False rhythm, it skids on the left, it hesitates on the right. We really don’t know.
This help defense from Ja ???????????? pic.twitter.com/X2S8Zlpca6
— NBA TV (@NBATV) December 30, 2022
Suddenly Ja Morant taped him but Ja Morant also helped him. A small assist at a press conference in Toronto, after the Grizzlies’ 106-119 victory and the 7/18 shooting by Scottie Barnes. Comments relayed by Josh Lewenberg the TSN.
“You just have to have patience. I feel like most people don’t know what an NBA player goes through. I’m sure he’ll be fine. Do not worry. Everyone has a different time. He will be special. »
– Ja Morant, on Scottie Barnes
Funny that it’s a 23-year-old player who sets the record straight. But where are the old people who drank sky and broke the glass bottles on the heads of journalists? A good joke and you’ll see that he’ll speak more like the binoculars who read books. Everything is lost.