With ten days left until the NBA trade deadline, much of the focus on the Celtics’ TPE front has been on the Kings’ Harrison Barnes. The 28-year-old is having another solid season in Sacramento, but Kings are 15-23 and losers of seven of their last ten games. Shedding Barnes could make sense for the rebuilding team and bringing in younger pieces to fit De’Aaron Fox’s timeline makes sense, but The Athletic’s Sam Amick is reporting that internally, the Kings may not be as motivated to move Barnes as most of the league believes:
While this is most assuredly a “gap year,” as we wrote about recently, the combination of Barnes’ play, his professionalism and his declining pay ($20.