This is the "OFFICIAL" Will Barton thread. We should talk about him more...

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  1. Rastapopoulos

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    Will is my new Robert Pack. Plays at 100mph for good or ill. When we're bad, he's a reason to watch.
     
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    He's 8 months older than CJ. He's over a year younger than Damian. Jesus Ed, as you get older you like 'em younger.
     
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    "Couple years away" is inconsistent with "Outlaw 2.0" unless what he's "away" from is getting worse.

    Some players make you mad because they don't put in the effort, or they just fade into the background. At least you can't say that of Will. I think making him play point in Summer League is an attempt to FORCE him to pay attention to other players. If he's being given the ball by someone else, he can always think "he wants me to shoot it!!!" and just be a ball stopper. But if he's being told "you have to run an offense, it's supposed to make him think twice. Now, it remains to be seen if this will have any effect, but I applaud the effort. I also think it's an acknowledgement that he's more of a PG than CJ is. Which is a little depressing. But also an acknowledgement of Willz Skillz, which he has plenty of, even if he looks like a hog on ice sometimes.

    (In fact, I struggle to describe Will. People keep saying he's crazy athletic, but he actually isn't. It's like Darius Miles said when people said that of him - he's just long. And he seems to have elastic in his joints - everything's a little too springy and not quite properly attached to his core.)

    HCP's avatar reminds me that I actually have this on a 7" single:

    [video=youtube;95gP3m-uBHA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95gP3m-uBHA[/video]

    At the time I didn't get it, because it wasn't "Paid in Full". But now I acknowledge its genius.
     
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    For an unskilled player, he's quite old.

    Both CJ and Damian are polished products, especially on the offensive end. They can (and hopefully will) improve defensively, but they can score.

    If Barton were 19 and raw offensively, it would be excusable. As it is, he's 22 and I don't think it's likely he's suddenly going to be anything approaching average in NBA offensive skills.

    Ed O.
     
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    I think this deserves a bump.
     
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    So do you.

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    Still feel this way?
     
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    I like Will Barton but he can't shoot for shit on NBA2K14.
     
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