Unlocking Scottie Barnes' Full Potential: Key Areas of Improvement

The weight of the world was on Scottie Barnes’ shoulder when he headed into his second NBA season, but the player fell short of expectations. After winning the 2022 NBA Rookie of the Year award people were expecting a leap from Barnes in the sophomore you but it never came. That is not to say it was a bad season for Scottie Barnes. In many respects, it was fine and even good to great in others but success breeds expectation. The player now heads into his third season in the league and once again there is a growing feeling about the player but what exactly needs to change for Barnes to begin the leap towards becoming a certified star for the Toronto Raptors.

Jacob Gramegna fives into Scottie Barnes’ game to break down the three key areas of improvement to help unlock the true potential of one of the most exciting prospects the Raptors have ever had in their history as an NBA franchise. How far can Scottie really go in his career? That is up to him to decide.

0:00 – Overview
0:47 – Toronto’s expectations of Scottie Barnes
1:27 – Barnes’ sophomore season: Room for improvement
2:21 – Number 1: Becoming the workhorse on the court
4:21 – Number 2: Spacing the game for himself and for teammates
7:03 – Dominating on both ends of the floor
8:31 – The sky is the limit for Scottie Barnes’ game

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[JBRitchie]

Yep I agree, Jacob. Especially with the 3. Seems basic, but his shooting has always been his swing skill. It will open up so much and also improve his strengths and give him more space to attack defenders and bully them on the low block.

[matthewmacdonald]

This is his season. He's looking so much better, even though its just a pre season game.

[robertbarnes]

Agree with the need to improve his shooting and probably conditioning (although Fred is the guy to point this out). I think Darko's defensive schemes will help him on D as Scottie is not going to be scrambling to catch up to much smaller point guards.
The other big problem has already been resolved. Fred is not there to keep the ball away from Scottie. I know you made a video saying Fred is not selfish. Once you see the Sacramento game you might want to retract that video. The whole team and especially Scottie looked more alive than at any time Fred was on the floor

[systems]

With Volume Van Vleet gone Scottie will get more touches and more of his potential will shine and eventually become consistent and if Barnes starts attacking the rim consistently like Giannis WoW we r in 4 a treat!!

[robbiwan]

On his year 3, he starts to look like Lebron. If he keeps that up he would be really hard to stop, every team would be like stop Scottie which a huge break for Pascal. He was boxing out bigger people under the rim like a Freight Train. He also improved his handle with the guard position which is a big plus and shooting. It's like awesome. If this continues the entire year the Raps will be playoff team.

[fillgaps]

Agree on desire and 3s at 33%. Defense will be good for 2-4 maybe even small 5s.
I think with more depth all the players end of game conditioning will be better.

[davidblair]

There is a better point C than Barnes obviously: Poetl. There is a much better PF than Barnes: Siakam. There is a better SF than Barnes: Anunoby. There is a better SHOOTING GUARD than Barnes: Trent. There is a better PG than Barnes: Shroder. The 2 highlight shots shown from that Sacramnto game were off balance inside somewhat lucky shots. Until he improves his shooting (28% from 3 last year), the league will simply take away his driving lanes to force him into tougher inside shots or outside shots until he improves his outside shots. At least Lebron shoots 34.5% from 3 making the other team respect his outside shot. Barnes is not and will never be a Lebron James type player. Right now he is on a trjectory to be a weaker Ben Simmons type player and we all know where he is now in his career. Statistical facts not speculation as his groupies preach.