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Explain One Play: Andrew Wiggins Tries Out The Harrison Barnes Playbook

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Explain One Play: Andrew Wiggins Tries Out The Harrison Barnes Playbook

Video analysis from my heart to yours.

Eric Apricot
Feb 22, 2020
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A list of all Explain One Play articles and videos is at The new Explain One Play index.

When the Warriors acquired Andrew Wiggins, it was natural to compare him to Harrison Barnes as a complement to the core of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.  

My first thought in the shocking early moments of the trade news:

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This is the bright side. In related news, I bet I can dig up some of my old writing about Harrison Barnes and sub in Wiggins’s name. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! https://t.co/RxrVLdFUrf
7:29 PM ∙ Feb 6, 2020

They are approximately the same size, though Harrison Barnes is stronger and sturdier.

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Current listings at BBRef are Wigg 6-7 194 lb Barnes 6-8 225 lb KD 6-10 240 lb So yes, as measured by weight, Wigg is less capable of guarding bigs, ignoring issues of body build
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@Aftermath8 @fnf2017 @EricApricot What kd did weigh when he was there.
3:30 PM ∙ Feb 8, 2020
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Watching H Barnes video for reasons you can probably guess... 1. “wow, this guy is actually really fun to watch, I forgot that” 2. “this is a lot of fadeaways from the right block” 3. “Yeah, tiring of these iso drives into tough fadeaways” all 2013-2016 emotions in 30 min
3:08 AM ∙ Feb 12, 2020

We can see in Wiggins's first four games that the Warriors have been trying him out in Harrison Barnes's old role in the weakside corner. This is a quick video study of how Wiggins has run actions from Barnes's old playbook with some early promise. Though it's very early, he seems comfortable serving as a weakside spot-up shooter, attacking close-outs, running off pindowns and countering top-locking with baseline backdoor cuts. 

Here is a key slide of stats from the video:

Stats from the wonderful Basketball Reference.


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DraymondWantsItMore
Feb 25, 2020

I feel like for this team to really contend next year, Wiggins will have to be better/do more than Barnes did. He's already a better offensive player and he's shown flashes of defensive skill with his quick hands but jury's still out. I'm certainly feeling much better about the potential than I was day of the trade though...

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Danny
Feb 24, 2020

Let’s not forget the max contract! What did they pay Harrison Barnes to stand in the corner

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