Former two-year UNC basketball star ahead Harrison Barnes, now the oldest lively Tar Heel within the NBA, is in his first season with the San Antonio Spurs after being traded from the Sacramento Kings this summer season. Right this moment, after six video games of his thirteenth skilled marketing campaign, every thing signifies that the 32-year-old is beginning to flourish in what’s his fourth cease within the league.
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On Saturday night time, the longtime NBA starter earned his sixth beginning nod as a Spur and helped San Antonio (3-3), with the No. 1 choose within the 2023 draft in 7-foot-4 Victor Wembanyama inches, to enhance to 0.500. for the primary time this season by way of a 113-103 house victory in opposition to the Minnesota Timberwolves (3-3).
Barnes logged a game-high 38 minutes because the 2024-25 Spurs capped their first back-to-back victories. He poured in an environment friendly 14 factors, taking pictures 6 of 10 from the sphere and a couple of of 5 from past the arc whereas including three rebounds, three assists and a steal. And he did it with out committing a single turnover for the second straight contest.
.@hbarnes THROW IT OUT‼️ pic.twitter.com/6vohZ5zkKF
– San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) November 3, 2024
The constant producer from Iowa is now averaging 11.7 factors and three.2 rebounds, taking pictures 55.3 % from the sphere, 40.0 % from downtown and 90.9 % from the charity floor.
As for the San Antonio Spurs’ different UNC basketball product, rookie ahead Harrison Ingram is underneath a two-way contract and presently with the staff’s G League affiliate. The 21-year-old didn’t make his NBA common season debut.
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