Harrison Barnes turns down $64 million extension

A lot of mediocre players are about to get max money this offseason and next.

 

Solely because everyone is going to squander their caproom, like dollars burning a hole in a teenager's pocket.

Better to be the team that waits out the storm and goes into the next offseason with leverage... even though it pains me to say that. I'd rather wait a year and get top quality players at acceptable deals than to overpay a bunch of journeymen players now and be stuck in a bind for the next few seasons.

 

http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/news/nba-finals-free-agency-harrison-barnes-steve-kerr-joe-lacob-lakers-celtics/1wskapt7hsjb1j8quv6q4g4ap

 

Bigtime.

Now, there is that 200 million dollar contract...but, as to our books...golden.

 

Wow, s&t with Batum makes sense...i guess...the only thing i'm not sure is that Batum can easily play the 2, Barnes not imo, and with Kidd Ghilchrist in the starting 5 i'm not sure if they can play together...in a small ball lineup yes but...

 

So he can get his 20+ Million and still stay . . . .
Sounds like his gamble paid off well

Rocket River

 

Can this guy really improve when he already takes one of the highest number of wide open shots in the league?

OTOH, he would look good as the 4 in a D'Antoni offense.

 

He wouldn't look good enough to justify a max contract. We already have one max player that disappears in big games.

 

Is this guy any better than Jeff Green?

 

Imo it's hard to tell how good of a scorer he can be right now, in that team he's basically the 4th option on offense, so it's possible he has more to offer as a scorer, not sure how much though, certainly not 25x game, i'd say in this Rockets he would probably score 15/17 points per game like Parsons.

 

Better shooter and defender i'd say.

 

That's a pretty solid and fair comparison, but I think Barnes is mentally tougher. However, that may be due to the team he's on.

 

http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/teams/Golden-State-Warriors/9/Free_Agency/Future

So for next season, the Warriors may just lose Barnes, and can retain all the other FAs?

Doesn't seem like anyone else on that list is primed to get a lot of money.

 

Harrison Barnes is way more clutch than Jeff Green. But Barnes def needs to be more consistent.

 

I think they could keep everyone, if they wanted, including Barnes. Barnes and Ezeli have capholds based on their current contracts, so they can re-sign players like Barbosa if they want or outside free agents first and then re-sign Barnes and Ezeli to go (way) over the cap.

I don't know if they'll want to invest a max deal in Barnes, but they could.

 

Playing with Curry/Thompson gives you pleeenty of open shots. You should be able to knock them down.

That being said, fair comparison but I still think Barnes is better.

 

Barnes is gonna be near max or max

 

Yeah but Dwight will be gone if we are going to have the money to max someone.

 

Barnes is gonna get max or close to it. He's not worth it on the open market to another team. But to gs? Why not....