Harrison Bryce Jordan Barnes is an American professional basketball player
for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association. He
played two seasons at North Carolina and was one of the top-rated basketball
players in the recruiting class of 2010. High school career
Harrison Barnes was rated as the number 1 player in the class of 2010 by
Scout.com and in the ESPNU 100. He was rated as the number 2 player by
Rivals.com. In his junior year, Barnes and teammate Doug McDermott led Ames
High School to an Iowa 4A state championship where he had 24 points and
8 rebounds, capping off a 26-0 season. In his senior year, Barnes and McDermott
led Ames to a 27-0 season and a second straight Iowa 4A state championship
becoming Iowa's big-school class's first team to go undefeated in consecutive
seasons. In the finals he scored 19 points against Southeast Polk. He
averaged 27.1 points, 10.4 rebounds, 4.0 steals and 4.0 assists during his senior
year and was selected to the USA Today All-USA First Team. Barnes capped off
his Ames High School career as their all-time leading scorer with 1,787
points. Barnes played in the 4th annual Boost Mobile Elite 24 Hoops Classic
where he scored 18 points for Skip To My Lou.
On January 20, 2010, it was announced that Barnes was selected to the 2010
Junior National Select Team. The team played at the 2010 Nike Hoop Summit at
the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon on April 10. He was also selected to play
in the 2010 McDonald's All-American Game where he led the West team to a 107-104
victory. He scored a team high 18 points and was named co-MVP with Jared
Sullinger. He also played in the 2010 Jordan Brand Classic where he was named
co-MVP with Kyrie Irving. On March 10, 2010, Barnes won the Morgan Wootten
Player of the Year Award, which goes to the nation's top player.
Barnes completed nine advanced placement credits before graduating high school.
AAU Barnes played for All Iowa Attack and
Howard Pulley Panthers on the AAU Circuit, along with football prospect
Seantrel Henderson. = College recruitment =
Barnes considered offers from Duke, Iowa State, Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma,
and UCLA. Barnes unofficially visited Kansas twice, for Late Night in the Phog
in October 2008 and a spring game against Tennessee. Barnes took official
visits to North Carolina, Duke, Kansas, UCLA, and Oklahoma, but he did not take
an official visit to Iowa State; since he only lives a mile from campus, he
chose to unofficially visit instead. On November 13, 2009, Barnes Skyped coach
Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels, making UNC his future alma mater.
College career Barnes had 21 points in his North
Carolina debut in an exhibition game in the Bahamas against the Commonwealth
Bank Giants. UNC won the game 130-87. Overall, Barnes averaged 22 points and
6.5 rebounds per game for UNC in the Bahamas. On November 1, 2010, Barnes was
named a preseason All-American by the AP. Barnes had 14 points and 4 rebounds
in his North Carolina debut vs. Lipscomb. He recorded his first career
double double on December 11, 2010, scoring 19 points and snatching 10
rebounds in a 96-91 victory over Long Beach State University. Barnes developed
a knack for coming up clutch in the later portion of his freshman season,
like when he scored eight of his twelve points in the closing minutes to help
the Tar Heels beat Virginia Tech. Barnes made the eventual game winning,
three-point shot against Miami to give the Tar Heels the lead with 6.6 seconds
remaining in the game. Just weeks later in the Tar Heels game at Florida State,
Barnes nailed a three-point shot to give the Tar Heels the victory.
Barnes's previous career high of 26 points came against Boston College on
February 1, 2011. He surpassed this mark on March 12, 2011, in an ACC tournament
game against Clemson, scoring 40 points while also grabbing 8 rebounds.
Additionally, Barnes's 40 point performance set the record for points by
a Freshman in an ACC Tournament game. On April 18, 2011, Barnes announced that he
would return to North Carolina for his sophomore season despite being projected
as a lottery pick for the 2011 NBA draft.
Barnes was the ninth UNC Tar Heel to earn ACC Rookie of Year recognition, and
the fourth to do so under Coach Roy Williams. Barnes scored the most points
as a freshman in the ACC tournament since Phil Ford scored 78 points in
1975. He then went on to the NCAA tournament where he scored 84 points,
the most points of any UNC freshman in history.
= College statistics = NBA career
= Golden State Warriors = 2012–13 season
On March 29, 2012, Barnes announced that he was entering the 2012 NBA draft along
with Tyler Zeller, Kendall Marshall and John Henson. He worked out with 4 teams:
Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Bobcats, Washington Wizards, and Toronto Raptors.
He was selected 7th overall by the Golden State Warriors.
Warriors coach Mark Jackson said that Harrison Barnes is able to defend all
five positions on the floor. In game four of the second round of the
2013 NBA Playoffs on May 12, Barnes scored 26 points and added 10 rebounds.
On May 14, the NBA named Barnes to the 2012–13 All-Rookie first team. Barnes
also placed sixth in NBA Rookie of the Year voting, in a tie with Chris
Copeland. 2013–14 season
With the arrival of Andre Iguodala, Barnes became a reserve player. Barnes
again participated in BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge. He was chosen as
a starter for Team Hill. Barnes finished the game with 16 points, 3 rebounds, 3
assists and 2 steals in 23 minutes effort for the team's win. On April 16,
2014, Barnes scored a career-high 30 points against the Denver Nuggets in the
final regular season game for the Warriors. The Warriors finished the
regular season with a 51-31 record, going into the playoffs as the sixth
seed in the West, but went on to lose to the Los Angeles Clippers 4-3 in the
first round. 2014–15 season: Championship season
Under new head coach Steve Kerr, Barnes moved back into the starting lineup and
had an immediate impact. On March 18, 2015, he scored a season-high 25 points
in a 114-95 win over the Atlanta Hawks. On April 2, he hit a running shot in the
lane with less than a second remaining, lifting the Warriors to a 107-106 win
over the Phoenix Suns. In the 2015 NBA Playoffs, Barnes had a
quiet breakout performance in the Warriors' series against the Memphis
Grizzlies. He averaged 12.8 points per game, while shooting 54.4% from the
field, a performance lauded by many basketball insiders due to the
reputation of the Grizzlies' defense. In Games 4, 5, and 6, Barnes made several
key plays in clutch situations. When the Warriors were losing by double digits in
the first quarter of Game 5, Barnes got the comeback started with several key
shots, which turned into a rout once teammate Stephen Curry was able to
shoulder much of the load. On May 27, in the Warriors' Western Conference Finals
clinching Game 5 win, Barnes scored 24 points to help lead his team to the NBA
Finals for the first time in 40 years. Barnes won his first NBA championship
with the Warriors after they defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2015 NBA
Finals in six games. 2015–16 season
Barnes helped the Warriors' go 17–0 to start the season before a sprained left
ankle ruled him out for seven straight games.
NBA career statistics = Regular season =
= Playoffs = Awards/Honors
= High school = 2010 Morgan Wootten Player of the Year
Award winner 2010 McDonald's All-American team
selection 2010 Jordan Brand High School
All-American team selection 2010 First-team Parade All-American
2010 Iowa Mr. Basketball 2009 Second-team Parade All-American
= College = 2010, 2011 Preseason All-American
2011 Second Team All-ACC 2011 All-ACC Freshman Team
2011 ACC Rookie of the Year 2012 Second Team All-American
2012 First Team All-ACC See also
National Basketball Association portal References
External links Career statistics and player information
from NBA.com, or Basketball-Reference.com
North Carolina bio NBADraft.net Profile
Scout.com Profile Rivals.com Profile
DraftHype.com Profile