Scottie Barnes Selection to USA’s 2024 Player Pool | Raptors Today

Scottie Barnes Selection to USA’s 2024 Player Pool | Raptors Today

Welcome back to Raptors today fans and I’m still here so the show’s got to go on unfortunately obviously Paul Jones is still here Javon Shepard is still here by choice all right let’s talk about Scotty Barnes guys Scottie Barnes has he’s had a great season I feel but now

Another addition to his resumes he’s selected for one of the 41 players that are selected for the US training team you know you think about what that’s done for players that we’ve been aware of Demar de rozan who we’ve seen that happen with but just players in general

Who speak to being a part of that system the US Olympic system it changes things so how can it change things for Scotty I I mean for me and I I’m gonna immediately jump over to our view in Canada how we’re looking ahead 24 the Olympics are already here we’re already

Looking at 28 and some of the kids that haven’t been part of the big pool in 24 like a shade and sharp or you’re looking at them down the road the USA is doing the same thing and as you said Sher the way it benefits guys it’s going to

Benefit the Raptors too because Scotty’s going to be hanging out with LeBron and Steph and and the best of the best Kevin Durant right it’s like all the CEOs getting together and he’s going to see best practices he’s going to see wow this is what makes LeBron able to play

Until he’s 5,000 years old like this is why Steph is good I’ve heard people going to the gym to do Steph’s workout and they can’t complete it so he’s going to get a closeup look at that and be kind of welcomed into that club and it

It elevates so many things for him his play his confidence uh his his knowledge about the league it it’s it’s all going to be pushed forward you’re alongside the best of the best right so right away your your habits your routines your practices like you mentioned they shift because you’re you’re you’re alongside

LeBron you’re and there’s a pride in there too I can’t let him think that that I’m that I’m a slacker like I got to get up at 4:00 in the morning and lift weights with you and you know Sher you may be able to attest to this as

Well like for for us I know for myself when I played for the national team whether you you made you know the team or not and or you were you know invited to Camp that did something for your your confidence because right then and there

You knew you were one of the the best in the world you know forget just your country but you are identified as one of the best players in the world so I think for Scotty and we’ve seen the the leap that he’s taken um this year but also

You know if you’re Grant Hill and putting that the team together for years to come who are the players that have had the the most success on the international um on the international stage it’s those tweeners those three four players and you think about Carmelo Anthony because of the the way that game

Play the way that game is played right they’re going to have the size to contest with with bigger and smaller opponents they can shoot the basketball they can get out into the Open Court Scotty can make decisions and the international game feba game is a lot more reads and that’s what Scotty does

Really well in his ability to pass over defenses so I think it’s going to bold well for the Raptors it’s going to bold well for for Scotty and himself just from a confidence standpoint you leave training camp and you step back out into you know the world the basketball world

And you’re you’re one of one like I’m I’m a guy at that point yeah yeah and I I think there’s the idea of institutional knowledge that you get in those situations where everybody doesn’t get it and you not only get to hear it you get to see it and you get to play

Against it and practice against it and then it’s the homework are you going to take it back and put it into your stuff and put make it a part of what you do and I think this is a great situation for Scotty to be able to take his game

To the next level that flip from being good to great it’s not easy you you get a blueprint and and you know I think about I think about LeBron James how having trouble winning a championship then he goes to Miami and he’s around Bosch Wade riy as you said Sher institutional knowledge

Culture he took the blueprint back to Cleveland gave it to Kyrie gave it to Kevin Love and they won and they won there’s also the the competitive side right so as much as I’m learning from those guys while I’m in training camp I’m also looking at the side of my eye

Okay this is what this is what LeBron does this is what Kevin Durant does well I’m going to take it in apply and I’m going to add a little bit more to it because the ne next season I want to exceed what they do right so I think for

Scotty this the perfect time he should be chopping at the bit Yeah copycat be a copycat and add more absolutely and add to it all right let’s talk about Scotty this season you know he’s I mean I’m I’m really impressed with the young man and we saw this in his rookie season the

Ability to be in the fight when the fight mattered at the end of the game he’s always had that in him and I think if you’re trying to build a star I think they’ve got to want to be in those moments they’ve got a relish having the spotlight on them fail or succeed

Wanting to be there and he has that so when you look at this season even though the wins aren’t there what would you say about Scotty’s season to this point in terms of him taking that step and now being given the keys to the card Javon

Well for one you know there’s there’s a component that’s not on the court and that’s the emotional intelligence and emotional education that he’s gaining along the way right losing some of your your veterans losing some of your your closest guys um OG Pascal in going through this this whole transition um of

The Raptor organization he’s never been here before right he’s never had to deal with this experience but what I what I do like about him you can fine-tune you know the ball handling you can you know work at playing more consistent for 48 minutes of a game but the things you

Can’t teach are you know when the bright lights are on when you need him he steps up there’s this whole fourth quarter Scotty thing that’s something that’s innate right you can’t teach that and the fact that he’s been able to come out and exude confidence in those moments

Says a lot to me you know his shooting the the the leap he’s taken with his shot and understanding it’s not just he’s making a higher percentage or you know the shots are falling it is the quality of the shots that he’s taking that tells me a lot about his maturity I

I think there’s something to be said about performing when the lights are on when it’s important uh and you know we can think of greats in other sports you know like a a Tiger Woods when the pressure’s on you just know he’s going to make that putt you just know he’s

Going to make that shot in baseball when it’s when it’s uh you know when a guy is 0 for three and he comes up in the ninth inning with a man on Third and two out is that the guy you want at the plate is that the guy that’s going to make the

Big play and I think Scotty’s developing some of that and Javon you talked about the off the court stuff with him losing people like Pascal and precious and and you know guys that you know OG guys that were his guys that he’s known for three years here it just brings into play for

Me a something that our guy Dwayne Casey used to say the dogs will bark but the wagon rolls on like it’s going to be all kinds of noise can you put it behind you and just just keep rolling get to the next spot and get to where you have to

Be and do what you have to do the the other side as well um me one other thing I’ve noticed and again that’s some of the leadership qualities that you can start to see Pierce through yeah is when Scotty’s on the court right now he’s directing the traffic right and he’s

He’s the vocal guy and just something as simple as that tells me okay and the guys listen right when he speaks when he gives Direction you can see they’re all attentive they have he has all their eyes he has all their ears now that that in itself again is something you can’t

Teach right right absolutely and I remember a young Kobe Bryant in the playoffs against Utah throwing up air balls and saying he had to go through that so like you said the moment is never too big for players like that that are in developed for the moment and I think

Scotty’s one of those guys all right let’s hear from Scotty today after practice that 41 man long rush for USA Basketball uh what would it mean to you to get further along in the process you know it’s honor to be selected with those group of guys um you know

Hopefully I’m able to participate with them this Summer um but if not you know you know I got I just hope for it in the future you played for obviously your country at at the under keep my mys um how different is it than the NBA and what do you like about

It I would just say well I was younger so um I played with the u5 U6 U u19 uh you know it was it was incredible um being able to go overseas just see what the basketball is like see what the T like is like uh just seeing all the

Different brands of basketball how other teams play and how they you know how fundamental they are uh it was fun it was physical you know uh it was it was a great experience you know it’s something that I look forward to goinging in the future

Scottie Barnes is among a 41-athlete player pool for the 2024 USA Basketball Men’s National Team, which will represent the United States at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris. Sherm, Jonesy, and Jevohn talk about the player Scottie has become so far in his young career.

0:00 Introduction
0:17 Scottie Barnes USA Team
0:42 How this can change Scottie?
1:58 Routine with the National Team
4:00 Getting a blueprint
4:46 Scottie with the Raptors
8:05 Scottie Barnes from Practice
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