Kings keeping Barnes (Knock on wood)

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1491792401089773568

just posting this in its own thread so it doesn’t get lost among the trade deadline deluge.

 

[dude12]

After last night, seeing how it all worked, it would be difficult to trade him unless an absolute “can’t say no deal” materializes. Teams have had their chance to get him, but might be too late. Teams can go settle for Randle and hope he plays hard

 

[The_Jamal]

yeah there's none chance you can deal Barnes after what we saw last night, you look to add to it. Sabonis absolutely looks like he can unlock another tier of Barnes with the off-ball game.

Holmes/Bagley/Len and the FRP (in the right deal) are the assets you shop.

 

[Larry89]

Barnes no longer has to shoulder just a large defensive load anymore which should help tremendously with what was a waning offensive output. He can play a more natural position as well. Now Moe can back him up at 3 or 4 too.

 

[Woot!]

HB is as non-complaining as pro ballers get, but he must have been more low-key frustrated than anyone this season. He's certainly not gonna shoot 4-5 from distance every night, even on open shots, but the hi-BBIQ, off-ball game has been there forever. He just hasn't had the teammates to make it work. Last night he got more in-rhythm open looks off passes - at the rim and above the 3-pt line - than I can remember him ever getting in Sacramento. I CAN remember him - many times! - flashing open and not even getting a look from a teammate, much less actually getting the ball. (That teammate has often been Fox, btw.)

And it wasn't just Sabonis, by any means. Holiday and Lamb had 9 assists between them.

 

[Entity]

well i mean it depends on the offer i guess. he looked great last night when the shots were falling. if Holidays shots fall last night we are talking about him today.

 

[Woot!]

well i mean it depends on the offer i guess. he looked great last night when the shots were falling. if Holidays shots fall last night we are talking about him today.

Guy's shooting 42% on 3's on the year on volume. That's 16th-best in the league - 5th among guys classified as 3's; would be 3rd among guys classified as 4's. And it ain't like he hasn't been among the league's most efficient shooters for years. He also added 8 boards, 3 assists, played good D, and helped get guys in foul trouble.

It always depends on the offer, but really hard to imagine a feasible trade that would bring back a better player than HB for this team.

 

[Kingster]

What? The Kings aren't going to trade Barnes for a lower1st rounder? What's the world coming to?

 

[Kingster]

Please, McNair, don't do anymore. I don't know if my old body can deal with all this excitement!