Just saw Paul Pierce II on TV...Mo Harkless....6-8 freshman from St Johns....smoooooooth!!
Imo Paul Pierce II plays for Unc, his name is harrison barnes.
Barnes gets the Pierce comparison a lot, in addition to Sean Elliott, Danny Granger and Glen Rice but while he has Pierce's mid-range game and three point stroke, he lacks the great first step Pierce had. That's a huge difference. Without that, Barnes is going to struggle to get to the line at a healthy clip and he's not going to have a lot of tricks in his bag to counter strong defenders every night. I don't think Barnes has the passing ability to ever average more than 3 assists at his peak either, another thing that differentiates him from Pierce.
Don't get wrong, I like Barnes. I think he has a very solid floor but his floor isn't much different from his ceiling. He has too many holes in his game from his lack of quickness, subpar handle and bland passing for me to think he's going to be special.
Besides Granger, Elliott and Rice comparisons, he also reminds me of a taller Caron Butler with a better long range shot. That's a very good player who many teams would love to have.
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