Scottie is still young 20 and has alot of potential. He's been asked to play PG more this yr and whether it's better for him or as a wing or center then let him play and figure out.
Leave the kid alone he will be ok. Growing pains, every player of good caliber goes through this. I don't understand the focus and criticism of players, they are human, not robots. Armchair coaches are exactly that. No one does a job where every day they are able to give 100%. I can see why some players stray away from media, you can get seriously depressed from the focus and criticism. I can't remember a former player giving props to the media for their success. Maybe a writer here and there, but none on mass. Sometimes I wonder if some of the wishy-washy fans actually enjoy the game. You cannot have success every time out. As long as you work on your weakness, and accept that you will fail or not be able to give it your all, you keep plugging away. Character is being built, unfortunately, most weak fans have no patience to save their life. Good podcast none the less, you two do a good job.
Honestly he's fine, if he's not allowed to make mistakes and go through rough patches how is he going to grow. If we can turn a 27th pick in Pascal into what he is now I don't see why Scottie won't come into his own
Let's face facts. Scottie won rookie of the year in a year with no standout rookies. He still hasn't shown anything that makes me think he is anything more than just an average player. On a good team he may be the 6th or 7th man as it stands right now but the work ethic really needs to get better before I give him any more credit.
He's 20 years old, give him a break, if anything i think the way media and people online gave too much pressure on him, when i was 20 i party, dance, get drunk and have fun. That aside, it's his 2nd year into the league, since he was the ROY, the teams will study and have plans for him, sophomore year is a challenge for him that he has to figure it out and i'm sure he will.
Gonna be honest I think the way our usual starting lineup is constructed, there’s always gonna be a couple guys slumping. Yes vanvleet, Siakam, Scottie, OG, Gary, all amazing players, but it seems like 2 of them are always having a bad stretch
He is clearly playing while injured, his knees and his ankles are NOT 100% right now unfortunately it is clearly visible by the way he moves while on the court.
Maybe you Canadian fans need to stop with this nonsense stupid conversations about Scotty Barnes the guys a young man he's going to have good days and bad days. stop bringing negative energy to him, he's not Ben Simmons relax. Haters.. you guys all act nice but they're all undercover haters. Just having this conversation is nonsense.
I think it's mostly mental with Scottie. After reinjuring his ankle early in the season and recovering, he's playing like a player who doesn't trust his body to make certain moves in the paint so he settles for jumpers.
I said it in the summer time and was met with hate comments from "real" raptors fan. Scottie is a GREAT talent but we should have traded him for KD when we had the chance. Scottie, OG, Pascal are all great forwards who have similar styles of play and sometimes you need your own team to really excel , which Scottie would have done in Brooklyn. Raptors need to focus on winning a chip and that means trading for a star player. Our current team ain't it – just being honest. And if you disagree with this post, you're delusional.
Scottie put up 28/11/9 and 19/6/6 before he took 2 games off due to injuries. He's played 2 games since then with the last obviously being a struggle but we're not gonna give him an opportunity to play through it? Fred can shoot 1/10 in a game and Nurse will let him play 40 mins get his shot going. Barnes only played 20 mins last game so who knows what he would've done if they gave him another 10-15 mins. We've seen him literally with 2 pts and it'll balloon to 16pts in a matter of minutes.
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Scottie needs to grow up tbh. I really think he will be fine but his attitude is unacceptable.
It is hard for Barnes to make an impact when he is essentially being asked to play in the wings.
Maybe it's because opposing defenses are focusing on a ROY that's playing hurt
Scottie is still young 20 and has alot of potential. He's been asked to play PG more this yr and whether it's better for him or as a wing or center then let him play and figure out.
Leave the kid alone he will be ok. Growing pains, every player of good caliber goes through this. I don't understand the focus and criticism of players, they are human, not robots. Armchair coaches are exactly that. No one does a job where every day they are able to give 100%.
I can see why some players stray away from media, you can get seriously depressed from the focus and criticism. I can't remember a former player giving props to the media for their success. Maybe a writer here and there, but none on mass. Sometimes I wonder if some of the wishy-washy fans actually enjoy the game. You cannot have success every time out. As long as you work on your weakness, and accept that you will fail or not be able to give it your all, you keep plugging away. Character is being built, unfortunately, most weak fans have no patience to save their life. Good podcast none the less, you two do a good job.
Honestly he's fine, if he's not allowed to make mistakes and go through rough patches how is he going to grow. If we can turn a 27th pick in Pascal into what he is now I don't see why Scottie won't come into his own
He's going to be fine lol
Let's face facts. Scottie won rookie of the year in a year with no standout rookies. He still hasn't shown anything that makes me think he is anything more than just an average player. On a good team he may be the 6th or 7th man as it stands right now but the work ethic really needs to get better before I give him any more credit.
He's 20 years old, give him a break, if anything i think the way media and people online gave too much pressure on him, when i was 20 i party, dance, get drunk and have fun. That aside, it's his 2nd year into the league, since he was the ROY, the teams will study and have plans for him, sophomore year is a challenge for him that he has to figure it out and i'm sure he will.
Sophomore slump. Nothing new
Gonna be honest I think the way our usual starting lineup is constructed, there’s always gonna be a couple guys slumping. Yes vanvleet, Siakam, Scottie, OG, Gary, all amazing players, but it seems like 2 of them are always having a bad stretch
Sooooooooommeeething up with Scottie been testy with the media, attitude been poor, sophomore slump is real.
He is clearly playing while injured, his knees and his ankles are NOT 100% right now unfortunately it is clearly visible by the way he moves while on the court.
Maybe you Canadian fans need to stop with this nonsense stupid conversations about Scotty Barnes the guys a young man he's going to have good days and bad days. stop bringing negative energy to him, he's not Ben Simmons relax. Haters.. you guys all act nice but they're all undercover haters. Just having this conversation is nonsense.
I think it's mostly mental with Scottie. After reinjuring his ankle early in the season and recovering, he's playing like a player who doesn't trust his body to make certain moves in the paint so he settles for jumpers.
I said it in the summer time and was met with hate comments from "real" raptors fan. Scottie is a GREAT talent but we should have traded him for KD when we had the chance. Scottie, OG, Pascal are all great forwards who have similar styles of play and sometimes you need your own team to really excel , which Scottie would have done in Brooklyn. Raptors need to focus on winning a chip and that means trading for a star player. Our current team ain't it – just being honest. And if you disagree with this post, you're delusional.
Scottie's growth will be hindered playing behind Pascal
Scottie put up 28/11/9 and 19/6/6 before he took 2 games off due to injuries. He's played 2 games since then with the last obviously being a struggle but we're not gonna give him an opportunity to play through it? Fred can shoot 1/10 in a game and Nurse will let him play 40 mins get his shot going. Barnes only played 20 mins last game so who knows what he would've done if they gave him another 10-15 mins. We've seen him literally with 2 pts and it'll balloon to 16pts in a matter of minutes.