This season 31 mpg 14 ppg 5 RPG .490% fg .362%3pfg 868% ft
He's still only 23 years old. We would have him for his prime and he hasn't peaked yet. It's possible he could be a 18ppg 6rpg player on efficient shooting.
Barnes and Crowder could play together in small ball lineups. Thomas and Barnes can both get there own shot.
18/6 is not a max player at SF.
The guy is playing behind Steph Curry and Klay Thompson...what do you expect him to average!??!?!
Chris Bosh and Kevin Love both had their scoring drop from around 24-25 PPG to about 18 PPG when they left their previous teams (Toronto and Minnesota) to from "big 3" teams with Lebron. In both cases they were the third offensive option.
The fact that he's shooting such high percentages for the past two seasons is a clear indicator that he is capable of putting up more points if he was give more shots. I put him at maybe 18 PPG if he was a #1 or #2 scoring option on a not-so-stacked team.
um. re-read the post I responded to and then let me know if you think your response is still appropriate.
Sorry, I'm not following you?
I've read the post before yours (and yours) each about 4 times. I stick by my response.
Perhaps I'm missing something?!?!
If someday on a different team he averages 18/6 he still is not a max contract player. Not sure why that is hard to follow and your post has nothing to do with mine.
Tell that to somebody like Iggy, Kawhi Leonard and Draymond Green. I'm pretty sure Iggy has gotten max contracts before (if not, he;d have gotten very close to it), I'm pretty sure Draymond Green will get one somewhere when his current contract expires, and Kawhi Leonard already has one.
I think you underestimate the price tag that this league places on young, long, athletic wings who can play multiple positions and contribute on both end of the floor.
I get what you are saying now regarding my post, but regardless I'm not really in agreement that and 18/6 guy isn't worth a max contract in today's NBA. Tobias Harris, Chandler Parsons and Gordon Hayward all got max contracts - neither one of those guys was really putting up any better than 18/6 and neither one of them could be considered two-way players at the time they signed their deals.
Young, long and athletic wing defenders are highly valued in this league. Three point shooters are highly valued in this league. Efficient wing scorers are highly valued in this league. Barnes is all three. Throw in the fact that he's been "held back" by playing behind Curry/Thompson and that alone is going to leave at least a handful of teams eager to see what he's capable of with a bigger role in the offense.
Paul George averaged very similar Per-36 numbers to Barnes in his first three seasons, but on nowhere near as efficient shooting. Then in his 4th season he took a huge leap. It's not hard to see Barnes potentially making a similar leap if he were to move to a team where he has a bigger role in the offense.
Put all that together and it's almost certain he will get a max deal - especially in this highly competitive buyers market where every team has cap space. His potential as a highly athletic two-way wing is just too high.