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Harrison Bryce Jordan Barnes (born May 30, 1992) is an American professional
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player for the
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of the
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(NBA). He played
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for the
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before being selected by the
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in the first round of the
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with the seventh overall pick. Barnes won an
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with the Warriors in 2015.


High school career

Harrison Barnes was rated as the number 1 player in the class of 2010 by Scout.com and in the
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100. He was rated as the number 2 player by Rivals.com. In his junior year, Barnes and teammate
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led Ames High School to an Iowa 4A state championship where he had 24 points and 8 rebounds in the final, 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 ''
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'' 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
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, 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
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. He also played in the 2010 Jordan Brand Classic where he was named co-MVP with
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. 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
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credits before graduating high school.


AAU

Barnes played for All Iowa Attack and Howard Pulley Panthers (MN) on the AAU Circuit, along with football prospect
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.


College recruitment

Barnes considered offers from
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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. 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 lived only a mile from campus, he chose to unofficially visit instead. On November 13, 2009, Barnes
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d coach Roy Williams of North Carolina to announce his decision to join the Tar Heels.


College career

Barnes had 21 points in his North Carolina debut in an exhibition game in the
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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
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. 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
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. Barnes made the eventual game winning, three-point shot against
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to give the Tar Heels the lead with 6.6 seconds remaining in the game. Just weeks later in the Tar Heels game at
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, Barnes nailed a three-point shot to give the Tar Heels the victory. Barnes' second season with the Tar Heels was also successful. He led the team in scoring 16 of their 38 games, helping the team to the ACC regular season title, the final of the ACC tournament, and the elite 8 of the NCAA tournament. Barnes set a career high of 26 points against
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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
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. Barnes was seen as the potential first pick along with
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,
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and Derrick Williams . Barnes was the ninth player in school history 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. In the NCAA tournament, he scored 84 points, the most points of any UNC freshman in history.


Professional career


Golden State Warriors (2012–2016)


2012–13 season: All-Rookie honors

On March 29, 2012, Barnes announced that he was entering the
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along with
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,
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, and John Henson. He worked out with four teams:
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,
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,
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, and
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. He was selected 7th overall by the
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. Warriors coach
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said that Harrison Barnes was 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
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voting, in a tie with
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(8 points total).


2013–14 season: Sixth man

With the arrival of
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, 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 in the team's win. On April 16, 2014, Barnes scored a career-high 30 points against the
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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
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4–3 in the first round.


2014–15 season: Championship season

Under new head coach
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, 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
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. 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
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. In the 2015 NBA Playoffs, Barnes had a quiet breakout performance in the Warriors' series against the
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. 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
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for the first time in 40 years. Barnes won his first NBA championship with the Warriors after they defeated the
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in the
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in six games.


2015–16 season: NBA record for wins

Barnes helped the Warriors go 17–0 to start the season before a sprained left ankle ruled him out for 16 straight games. He returned to action on January 4 against the
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, scoring eight points off the bench in a 111–101 win. On April 7, Barnes scored 21 points against the
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, scoring in double figures for a ninth straight game, a career high. The win made the Warriors the second team in NBA history to win 70 games in a season. The Warriors went on to win an NBA record 73 games, eclipsing the 72–10 record set by the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls. Through the first two rounds of the playoffs, Barnes shot just 36% from the field. In the Western Conference Finals against the
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, Barnes shot 48% from the field while averaging 8.7 points per game to help the Warriors defeat the Thunder in seven games after overcoming a 3–1 deficit to advance to the 2016 NBA Finals. In Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the
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, Barnes had a 13-point performance to help the Warriors win 104–89. Despite the Warriors going up 3–1 in the series following a Game 4 win, they went on to lose the series in seven games to become the first team in NBA history to lose the championship series after being up 3–1. Barnes only shot 16% in the last three games.


Dallas Mavericks (2016–2019)


2016–17 season

On July 9, 2016, Barnes signed a four-year, $94 million contract with the
Dallas Mavericks The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference Southwest Division. Th ...
. He made his debut for the Mavericks in their season opener on October 26, recording 19 points and nine rebounds in a 130–121 overtime loss to the
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. Two days later, he scored a career-high 31 points in a 106–98 loss to the
Houston Rockets The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member team of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its ho ...
. He bested that mark on November 6, scoring 34 points in an 86–75 overtime win over the
Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 196 ...
. Barnes scored 30 points or more seven times during the 2016–17 season, including five 31-point games. After never finishing better than fourth in scoring in his four seasons with the Golden State Warriors, Barnes led the Mavericks with a career-best 19.2 points per game.


2017–18 season

Barnes would again lead the Mavericks in scoring in 2017–2018, though the team finished 24–58 and 13th of 15 teams in the Western Conference. On November 7, 2017, Barnes scored a season-high 31 points against the
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. He tied that mark on November 20 against the
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. Two days later, Barnes banked a 30-footer as the horn sounded to lift the Mavericks to a 95–94 victory over the
Memphis Grizzlies The Memphis Grizzlies (referred to locally as the Grizz) are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Grizzlies compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference ...
. Barnes led the Mavericks with 22 points, nine of them coming in the fourth quarter to help Dallas thwart a late Memphis comeback. On December 26, 2017, he tied his career high with his sixth double-double of the season after registering 16 points and 10 rebounds in a 98–93 win over the
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. He previously achieved it in Golden State's championship season of 2014–15. On January 10, 2018, he had 13 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter of the Mavericks' 115–111 win over the
Charlotte Hornets The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Hornets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division, and pla ...
. He made all five of his shots in the fourth quarter and added 11 rebounds. He finished the season with eight double-doubles, setting a new personal best.


2018–19 season

Barnes missed the first four games of the 2018–19 season because of a strained right hamstring. In his season debut on October 26, he shot 5 for 17 and scored 14 points in a 116–107 loss to the Raptors. On December 2, he scored a season-high 30 points in a 114–110 win over the
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. On December 31, he scored 25 points and matched his career high with seven 3-pointers in nine attempts in a 122–102 loss to the
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.


Sacramento Kings (2019–present)

On February 6, 2019, while in the middle of a game for Dallas against the
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, Barnes was traded to the
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in exchange for Zach Randolph and Justin Jackson. He made his debut for the Kings two days later, scoring 12 points in a 102–96 win over the
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. Barnes signed a four-year, $85 million contract extension with the
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following the 2019 season. On July 14, 2020, he tested positive for
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. On March 27, 2021, Barnes hit a game-winning fadeaway three-pointer at the buzzer to secure victory for the Kings over the
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, 100–98. On October 27, Barnes hit another game-winning fadeaway three pointer to secure victory for the Kings against the
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, 110–107.


Career statistics


NBA


Regular season

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Playoffs

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College

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National team career

In June 2016, Barnes was named in the United States national team for the
2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...
. He helped Team USA win the gold medal in Rio, and in four games, he averaged 4.3 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. In August 2019, Barnes was named as part of the United States national team for the
2019 FIBA World Cup The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams. The tournament was hosted in China and was rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, becoming the first since 1967 FIBA World Ch ...
. He helped team USA to a 6–2 record and a seventh-place finish in the tournament, losing in the quarter-final round to France and in the fifth place game to Serbia before rallying to win the seventh place game against Poland. Barnes averaged 11.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game.


Awards and honors


High school

*2010 Morgan Wootten Player of the Year Award winner *2010
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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 ( NABC) *2012 First Team All-ACC


Professional

*2015
NBA Champion The National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals is the championship series for the NBA held at the conclusion of its postseason. All Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and are contested between the winners of the Eastern Co ...
*2013
NBA All-Rookie First Team The NBA All-Rookie Team is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) honor given since the 1962–63 NBA season to the top rookies during the regular season. Voting is conducted by the NBA head coaches who are not allowed to vote for player ...


Personal life

Barnes is a
Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι� ...
. He is also a
teetotaler Teetotalism is the practice or promotion of total personal abstinence from the psychoactive drug alcohol, specifically in alcoholic drinks. A person who practices (and possibly advocates) teetotalism is called a teetotaler or teetotaller, or is ...
; he had his first sip of alcohol after winning the
2015 NBA Finals The 2015 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2014–15 season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors defeated the Eastern Confer ...
. On July 29, 2017, at Rosecliff in Newport, Rhode Island, he married Brittany Johnson. On September 15, 2022 his high school alma mater honored Barnes for his career and community support by naming the gymnasium and basketball court at the new high school after him and electing him to the school’s Hall of Fame.


See also

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References


External links


North Carolina Tar Heels bio
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