How Harrison Barnes has gone from over- to under-rated.
Posted Nov 1, 2011
Harrison Barnes does follow in a line of Roy Williams era Tar Heel swingmen like Rashad McCants and Wayne Ellington who needed a great point to set them up (Raymond Felton and Ty Lawson). But Barnes is different. He does not possess the character questions that hindered McCants and he holds a leadership quality that Ellington never needed with Lawson and Hansbrough as teammates.
(SLAM Online)
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