“I fully expect Will Barton to become the Nuggets’ main scoring threat to end the season, averaging between 15 and 20 a game.”
-DownToBuck, February the 25th, the year of our lord 2015
Just call me Nostrabuckus. Will Barton is actually only averaging 14 a game since I wrote those illuminating words, but still, close enough. Prophecizing is hard work, hard enough that I can’t be expected to get all the little details correct.
The thing with Willie G Buckets is that he doesn’t have what is known as a “filter”. Other players on his team, they worry about the quality of the shots they are shooting, a fatal flaw that shows their lack of confidence in their own abilities. Barton has no such flaw; he knows he can score anywhere and anyhow he wants.
After hitting the game-tying three in tonight’s game, maybe he’s even earned the right to do what he does.