Harrison Barnes or DeRozan?

Inspector Gadget · Retired Number Joined: 18 Apr 2016 Posts: 46674

Assuming KD is off the table, and Horford stays in ATL

Which player do you give the max 2?

marga86 · Star Player Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 3442

I'm from compton and i appreciate derozan, but i personally dont want him as "the guy" for the lakers. Would gladly take him as the second option, or as the guy that is going to land us a huge name.. but i feel like his price tag will be extremely high.

Also, harrison barnes, in my eyes, has been sort of a flop. He was touted to be future all star in the league and hasnt lived up to those expectations.

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I would go with whoever is the best defender

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Mike@LG · Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 2:00 pm Post subject:

DD. That way you actually have a 20ppg scorer that can pair up with another 20ppg scorer.
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I would go with whichever player was actually attainable.
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shnxx · Star Player Joined: 09 May 2013 Posts: 3402

Derozan sucks.

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Droz
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venturalakersfan · Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 2:02 pm Post subject:

DD, the one of the two that we can actually sign.
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Fastbreak32 · Star Player Joined: 11 Oct 2011 Posts: 4746

Derozan. I like Barnes a lot, but DeMar is a lot more attainable.
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Legacy · Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 2:12 pm Post subject:

Can nobody honestly envision the (bleep) fest here at LG when we're putting our faith in DD to win us games only to realize we maxed out a bum? Is it any wonder why he is "attainable" for the same amount of money as KD, but KD apparently isn't? I don't want the Lakers to max out or overpay a guy just because we can. It's not a smart decision, it's a panicky lack of options. I'm not looking forward to this.

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Legacy · Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 2:16 pm Post subject:

audioaxes · Franchise Player Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 12573

maxing out a low % shot jacker who wont get you any closer to winning championship is a move that a third rate team would do.
I rather have Barnes since he is a proven contributor to a championship team but I dont see him being more than a #3 option which doesnt warrant max

rajamatazz · Sixth Man Joined: 06 May 2016 Posts: 39

Barnes... easy

Looks like 2 of the 3 votes for DD are because he is attainable. Shouldn't we vote for who we would rather have?

How do we know Barnes isn't as realistic of an option... we don't

Lucky_Shot · Star Player Joined: 10 Jan 2016 Posts: 5159

Barnes the guy has better stats and is younger.

22 · Franchise Player Joined: 05 Apr 2013 Posts: 17063

Of course Barnes.

He is just much harder to get

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AFireInside619 · Franchise Player Joined: 11 Dec 2015 Posts: 11447

Man, I don't know about this one. They are both having a crappy post season

Even though he's the hometown guy,. DD's stock has got to be plummeting. He disappears worse than Lebron vs the Mavs in 2011. He also missed some clutch free throws. But I know his thumb is all messed up and he's pretty much instant offense in the regular season. Not a great 3 point shooter though.

As for Barnes, he hasn't done much this season and the previous season in the playoffs. He did hit the game tying, so that was something. Luke knows how good Barnes really is though, so if he wants him, then I say we should pursue him.

Barnes does fill a need at 3 though, where as if Clarkson improves a little bit, he can be comparable to DD offensively.

Just my opinion though.

Wino · Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 11:27 pm Post subject:

Harrison Barnes because it will allow someone to help Walton to help our team to learn the system. Same kind of move Phil would do, pull in a guy who is a team player that knows the system.
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nickuku · Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 2:20 am Post subject:

Signing Derozan reeks of NY signing Amare because they missed out on bigger FAs. Its pure desperation.
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kobeandgary · Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 2:45 am Post subject:

Neither of these guys are max players, I would take DeMar over Barnes, but neither of them for max money.

GoldenThroat · Moderator Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 37474

DeRozan. And both are no-brainer max guys.