Scottie Barnes’ incredible 27-point, 8 rebound night in Washington on Friday showed how dominant he can be.
In single coverage against fellow lottery pick Corey Kispert, Barnes took him to school with an array of hooks and post spins. Despite the collective outrage from the Toronto Raptors faithful of Barnes being noted as a “screener” from ESPN, he made some great plays in that position. In the second quarter, he set a couple of brush screens for both Gary Trent Jr and Fred VanVleet which led to easy buckets for Barnes. Again in the third, another screen for VanVleet led to another 2 points for Barnes.