{"id":609694,"date":"2026-04-17T06:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/609694\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T06:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:43:08","slug":"scottie-barnes-all-nba-case-likely-just-ended-thanks-to-something-out-of-his-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/609694\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Barnes’ All-NBA case likely just ended thanks to something out of his control"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scottie Barnes was probably already a longshot to make an All-NBA team, but after Cade Cunningham and Luka Doncic both won their cases against the NBA and are shoo-ins to get tabbed for either first or second-team, Barnes now feels like an ultra-longshot. <\/p>\n

The NBA’s 65-game threshold lasted exactly zero years before players found a way around it. I’m not saying that Cunningham (who dealt with a collapsed lung) and Doncic (who missed games for the birth of his child) don’t deserve to be All-NBA players, as they both obviously are good enough to be on those teams. <\/p>\n

I also don’t like the 65-game rule, for the record! But to put that rule in place, see the carnage it caused, and then say Eh, never mind before ever actually applying it feels a little crazy. Plenty of guys forced themselves to play 65, only to be told, in short, that it doesn’t actually matter as much as the league claimed it did. <\/p>\n

Scottie Barnes playing 80 games is a legitimate accomplishment that the league wanted you to believe meant something… Until they decided it kind of didn’t. Games played alone shouldn’t get a player on an All-NBA team, but the league can’t even decide how much it actually cares about guys being on the floor every night.<\/p>\n

Scottie Barnes likely doesn’t have an All-NBA case anymore<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for Raptors fans, they won’t be too shocked by this. Barnes almost looked like a lock for All-NBA in the first few months of the season, but after the All-Star break, his production dipped. it didn’t nosedive, and he still had a sublime season overall<\/a>, but finishing out the year playing more like a good player than a superstar didn’t help his case for any end-of-season awards.<\/p>\n

All-Defense is still a near guarantee, obviously, and first-team should be in the cards. That, paired with an All-Star berth and the most wins in five years makes this season still feel like a huge success for the franchise cornerstone. <\/p>\n

A playoff series win would only make things sweeter, but the basketball world doesn’t seem to be giving the Raps much of a chance against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Great teams find motivation any way they can, and maybe the lack of respect the Raptors are getting will be the catalyst for a surprise run. If that does happen, it’s safe to assume Barnes is back playing at an All-NBA level, whether he ends up with the official designation or not.<\/p>\n

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