The Kings are not involved in any trade talks regarding Harrison Barnes, James Ham of The Kings Beat tweets.
Barnes is averaging 11.6 points, his lowest output since the 2014/15 season, when he produced 10.1 points per game for Golden State. Barnes has started all 14 games this season, averaging 30.9 minutes, 5.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists.
A report this week stated the Suns, who are looking to deal Jae Crowder, were interested in Barnes. He’ll be an unrestricted free agent after the season.
We have more from the Pacific Division:
- Clippers forward Paul George exited the team’s game against San Antonio early due to knee soreness but it shouldn’t cause him to miss any games, Andrew Greif of the Los Angeles Times reports. George told owner Steve Ballmer he was “OK” on his way to the locker room after Saturday’s win. George is listed as questionable to play Monday against Utah.
- Chris Paul sat out again on Sunday and the Suns point guard will be reevaluated during the coming week, Gerald Bourguet of PHNX Sports tweets. Paul hasn’t played since November 7 due to a heel injury.
- The Suns’ final offer to Cameron Johnson in preseason rookie scale extension negotiations was for four years in the range of $66MM, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Phoenix refused to go higher to sign Johnson, who is currently sidelined for one or two months after undergoing surgery to remove part of his right meniscus. A previous report stated the Suns’ offer was in the range of $66-72MM. He’ll be a restricted free agent after the season.
Barnes had 27 as the Kings win 6 in a row. Light the beam
Beam Beam!
Was in the arena
Kangs got the vibez!
Pacific Notes:
RE: The Fab Four
John-son, Paul, George and Barnes-O
Kings are playing well. Why would they want to mess with that.
Harrison is whom I thought was part of the three team trade between the Nets and Warriors last week. This article confirms it.
Patty and Sharpe were headed to G.S. Barnes and Johnson were switching.
This also confirms that Cam Thomas is set to take over the point for the Nets as well.