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The deal removes Barnes from unrestricted free agency and secures one of the organization’s most reliable and popular performers.
The 31-year-old Barnes averaged 15 points during the Kings’ run to the Western Conference playoffs and had the second-highest 2-point shooting percentage of his career at 55%, according to ESPN Stats. bottom.
Barnes, along with Brooklyn’s Michal Bridges and Chicago’s Nikola Vucevic, was one of three players to start all 82 regular-season games one season ago.
Barnes, the 2015 NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors, has averaged 15.4 points since arriving in Sacramento at the February 2019 trade deadline. The Kings ended a 16-year playoff slump and advanced to the Western Conference playoffs. 3rd seed.