As another leg of the Durant move, the Warriors renounced their rights to restricted free agent Barnes, who receives a four-year deal from the Mavericks worth more than $90 million. The Warriors, having landed Durant, will certainly not match that offer. He is a tremendous rebounder, even if his numbers don’t suggest that, as he is strong and athletic enough to grab tough rebounds in traffic.
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The Warriors had to allow their former starting small forward, Harrison Barnes, to leave via free agency.
So far, there’s not a lot of evidence that Barnes is capable of that.
The Australian-born center averaged 5.4 points, 7.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.63 blocks in 20.7 minutes over 70 games (66 starts) in the Warriors’ NBA-record 73-win campaign in 2015-16.
According to Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News, the Warriors’ Plan B after Kevin Durant is re-signing Harrison Barnes.
Jennings will finally join the Knicks after they passed on him in the 2009 NBA Draft, a source told The AP, confirming reports of the point guard’s one-year, $5 million deal.
With the Dallas Mavericks, Barnes will instantly become one of the top options on offense. In any case, Barnes’ usage rate will surely climb a fair amount next season. But Parsons is a more efficient scorer, creator and ball-handler. The three point shooting is almost identical, and Beal is considered a marksman from behind the arc.
The Warriors ended up losing the entire series despite leading 3-1 after the first four games. That equates almost to him missing an entire season, and it wasn’t just on one injury, it was on multiple.
Clippers, Mbah a Moute reach deal: The Los Angeles Clippers found a rare bargain amid the free agency spending frenzy, reportedly agreeing to a two-year, $4.5 million contract with veteran forward Luc Mbah a Moute.
Bogut will make $14.59 million in the coming season in what was the final year of his three-year contract.
Which Player Would You Want? He shot 47 percent from the field and 38 percent from behind the three-point line. Similar to Player A however, he does not have the upside to eventually be a star, like Player B does.
Bogut is more or less a rental, which is the path the Mavericks have taken over and over again since winning the 2011 championship. Barnes, for his part, should be a very interesting addition to a Dallas team that no longer will have Chandler Parsons.
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Both Barnes and Bogut will play alongside German standout Dirk Nowitzki, who agreed to a deal for his 19th season in Dallas.
