Scottie Barnes Is On Fire!
The Raptors’ young wing is finally playing like how we all envisioned.
I’ll be the first to say that I was disappointed with Scottie Barnes last season.
When he won Rookie of the Year in 2022, I expected him to have an outstanding sophomore year.
But instead of improving on his numbers, he performed exactly the same -actually, a little worse- as his first year in the NBA.
The sophomore slump hit him as good as that one girl who elbowed me in the jaw in my co-ed rec league (I couldn’t chew for 3 days!).
But any doubt that I had has now completely vanished; all of it has zapped to dust because Mr. Barnes has been phenomenal to start this season.
Take for example his performance in the Toronto Raptors’ recent game against the San Antonio Spurs.
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