You don't need to worry about Scottie's sophomore slump
Of course, it hasn’t all been good for Barnes this season. And some of those numbers are buoyed by the fact he was playing most of his minutes beside Siakam before the injury, when nobody was complaining about Barnes’ production. But that’s the other part of this — that’s where role and expectations come into play.
The problem for Barnes in a primary role is twofold: one is that he doesn’t have a reliable go-to scoring move at this point in his career. You think of Siakam’s spin move and all of the counters that come from that depending on how the defence plays it , but Barnes doesn’t have a go-to move to start from. The closest thing is probably when he drives at a smaller defender, shooting 50.9 percent on 6.
The other issue with demanding that Barnes take more shots and score more is that’s simply not who he is. After all, we are talking about a guy who gets more joy from no-look passes than he does from dunks; a guy who has “PG” in his Instagram bio.
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