Scottie Barnes is gonna be fine, probably | How the Toronto Raptors can better optimize their franchise player

Scottie Barnes scored just a single point in the Toronto Raptors preseason opener, but it is by no means time to panic. In Episode 1957, Sean Woodley goes solo to talk about the fan base's vitriolic response to Barnes' quiet preseason opener, and gets into all the reasons why it's extremely stupid to use one preseason game as confirmation that he stinks or isn't going to live up to his new max contract. Off the top, Sean gets into what didn't work in the first preseason game for him on offense, why it was very much a different brand of struggle from what we saw Barnes endure last season, and why it was pretty predictable for a guy adapting to a new role in a team with a new lead offensive option. Next, Sean looks back at Barnes' career and all the different iterations of his offensive package that we've seen that can be picked from to build out his new offensive role. Lastly, Sean get a little mad! This fan base loves to dump on dudes for not being a no-doubt leading man superstar and misses a whole lot of good and enjoyable stuff as a result! We can simply not do this, you know! GAH. 

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