Official 2016 Free Agency Thread

Agree, his play was underwhelming. Just couldn't make those shots that were given to him especially tonight.

 

Barnes was given plenty of chances to step up for his team and failed to deliver. His performance was tough to watch.

 

Never wanted him, never will. Same with Ezeli. You can check my post history too .

 

I wanted Barnes but it was dependent on keeping the pick.

 

I would still take both, but not for anywhere close to Max money.

 

basically this

barnes really unimpressed me with his play

 

i'll still take barnes, even at a pretty high price. he may have played himself out of a max in the playoffs, though. ezeli's not really starter material for me, so his price goes down to 10-12 per for me.

but the playoffs actually didn't influence me very much. i wasn't super high on ezeli before, and i don't think barnes's playoff performance was as horrifying as it looks on a stat sheet.

 

he has more physical gifts and basketball talent than trevor ariza (who has been oddly deified on laker forums, imo). he's also about 8 years younger.

and players of his stature don't cost their teams titles. curry and thompson's subpar play cost their team a title. green's inability to control his emotions cost his team a title. nobody has gotten on iguodala for his various failings and screwups (of which there were many in the finals, btw), and that's ok: he's not supposed to win or lose the finals for you.

btw, you know who really crapped the bed at about 23 years of age in the nba finals? james harden. he turned out ok.

 

Yeah ..... kinda

 

ive been neutral on barnes and now have decided i dont want him.

ezeli on the other hand i have never liked, and this finals further cemented that opinion. dude just cant finish

 

Was there a more disappointing player in the playoffs heading into free agency than Barnes? I see there's been plenty of discussion about the two GSW guys above, but had to throw my $.02 in.

Barnes - did he have to check into WITSEC during the playoffs? Because I haven't seen a disappearing act to that level in awhile. Here's a guy ranked 3rd in most SF FA rankings. For the price, that's a ski mask job. I can't put him ahead of a Batum, Deng, Parsons, Joe Johnson. Honestly, for the price I may very well opt for Baze or Marvin Williams over him too. That puts him in the 7-9 range for me. I was never high on him or saw the reasoning for the level of interest towards him. He's a solid starting SF who is nothing more than a role player in a system that inflates his value 10 fold. He has two of the best shooters in the NBA in the best spaced offense in the league, Gump would look good in that system too. Fools gold. For the price tag, I'd take Ariza over him because Trevor has grit, toughness, heart, leaves it all on the court, and has not shriveled up like Costanza in the pool when it counts. As far as the discussion that he's just waiting to get his own team to explode like Harden, I don't see it. Even when he was playing 3rd fiddle, you saw flashes and the "IT" factor with Harden. All I see with Barnes is the Casper factor. I don't hate the kid or his game, he's very young and can be a very valuable ROLE player on a team, BUT he'd have to take half of what he's going to get offered for me to want him on my team.

Ezeli - what the f*** was that? Sideshow Bob stole your role and cost you a payday. Mahinmi and Zaza leapfrog him after this embarrassment. Like Real said above, I'll gladly keep Black over him. Yeah, you're giving up a little size, but he makes up for it with heart, effort, hard work, familiarity with the team and with Luke.

 

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