Few NBA players have gone from star in the making to potential roster filler faster than the Golden State Warriors’ Harrison Barnes.
Following a promising rookie campaign, the former North Carolina standout flat-lined in his sophomore year—the product, in no small part, of Andre Iguodala’s stranglehold on the team’s starting small-forward position.
With just two years remaining on his contract (the second being a team option), Barnes, at just 22 years old, is already at a career crossroads: Rebound and regain his phenomenal promise, or risk sliding forever to the NBA fringes.
So what does Barnes have to do to make this a successful season?
As with anything, Barnes’ prospects are as much about tapping into his otherworldly ability as they are another, more unpredictable factor: opportunity.
Between Iguodala, Barnes, veteran Leandro Barbosa and ascendant third-year forward Draymond Green, Golden State’s wing depth doesn’t leave much in the way of wiggle room. And while Barnes’ minutes actually increased from 25.4 to 28.3, his starts dropped ...
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