Unlike many teams “shutting down” their star players after falling out of playoff contention, the Dallas Mavericks have no plans of holding back their offseason signing Harrison Barnes, claiming that if he wants to play, he will play.
Rick Carlisle says it's "unlikely" the @dallasmavs would rest Harrison Barnes if he desires to play all 82 games. Barnes will play.
— Earl K. Sneed (@EarlKSneed) April 5, 2017
The 6-foot-8 North Carolina product is riding high off his alma mater's NCAA championship and has put up an unexpectedly stellar season for the Mavs. Barnes holds averages of 19.4 points on 46.8 percent shooting from the field, along with 5.1 rebounds per game.
Harrison Barnes plans to play all 82 games: "I don't think there's anything that's going to stop me from playing all 82, barring injury."
— Earl K. Sneed (@EarlKSneed) April 5, 2017
Teams often tend to err on the side of caution, but Barnes has a relatively good bill of health during his five-year career, missing only 21 of 405 total games in the regular season to date.
The 24-year-old will look to make big strides in the offseason as the reins will be handed to him very soon, asking him to lead this morphing team into a winner.
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