The Career of Barry Harris

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The 2016-2017 Philadelphia 76ers

PG: Grevis Vasquez: Returning to the starting PG position Vasquez is large for his position, he can guard SGs or PGs adequately. His shooting is sub-par but he makes up for this with his passing.

SG: Barry Harris: Spot-up shooter, who will work on puting the ball onto the floor and his passing as well as his defense. Harris is a hard worker with a high basketball IQ, the 76ers are counting on improvement from Harris.

SF: Clarence Wesby: The No. 1 pick Wesby is an natural athlete with many skills. Wesby will need to adjust to the NBA before his true abilities will show through, at the moment he seems to be a consistent jump shot away from superstardom.

PF: Amir Johnson: A career long role player the athletically and defensively gifted Johnson will get a chance to start for the first time at the age of 29. Johnson has been a positive contributor for years on competitive teams, now he will look to make his mark as a starter.

C: Tony Poole: Poole is the most experienced center on the roster and he adds much needed rebounding to the team, he boxes out well and does his best clogging the middle. Poole has improved every year as an NBA player.

6th Man: Reggie Williams: Occasionally Williams can take over a game scoring the basketball, Williams will be asked to come in off the bench and add scoring. Wesby will likely move up to PF while Reggie comes in, leaving the team with three potent scorers on the court at the same time.

7th Man: Brian Giles: Giles has been one of the more interesting players on the team, in stretched he plays very well, but at 7'3" his motor often runs out soon. Many beliee Giles should be the starting center for the team as he is a greater scoring threat than Poole.

8th Man: Nathan Miller: Miller will stetch the floor as a big and even has range out to the 3pt line, Miller does not add toughness or rebounding but he does offer a contrasting play style to Amir Johnson who he backs up.

9th Man: Corey Brewer: Brewer will be asked to come in for tough defensive assignments and might end up playing a lot of important minutes during cruch time.

10th Man: Jose Calderon: Calderon has lost a step through age, but he still passes and shoots excellently. The 76ers give up a lot on defense when puting Calderon in however.

11th Man: Dahntay Driggers: Driggers will come in on occasion especially if a 3pt shot is needed.

12th Man: Staphan Young: Young should learn a lot from Amir Johnson this year, as Young is a inferior replica of Johnson, Johnson should get playing time when the other power forwards need rest.

Rounding out the roster are Alexander Smith, Rodney Ivener and Lavar Carson who all should get time in the D-League to develop.

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note:Just so I will have the motivation to actually get through all of his Career I am going to go through the seasons faster.

Season 2:

Barry had a breakout season, taking advantage of a remarkably high usage rate, and scoring 23.5 points per game and being the teams lone all-star.

Barry was the sophmore vs. rookie game MVP scoring 43 points in the game, and played in his first all-star game scoring 9 points against the dominant west.

Barry's season was personified when he scored 54 in a win against Memphis.

The team performed remarkably better thanks to a career year from Amir Johnson, a very solid rookie of the year campain from Clarence Wesby and Harris' maturation as a player.

Half way through the season the team was two game above .500 but the team sputtered out by the end succumbing to a series of minor injuries to key players, they ending the season 34-48.

Nonetheless the season was a success, hopefully enough to attract a free agent or two over the next off-season.

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Stats... Stats... More... Stats

The 54 point game box score, then

Per 36 numbers for the whole team, then

Advanced stats for the whole team.

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Oh yeah since the East was so weak this year the 76ers actually made the playoffs with 34 wins!

As the 8th seed however they were immediately trounced by the reigning champions, the Charolette Hornets.

Eventually the Hornets would lose to the Nuggets in the finals.

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End of the Year Awards

LeBron's first year in Memphis netted him another MVP award, he scored over 30 PPG and led his team deep in the playoffs.

Anthony Davis won defensive player of the year as expected.

In an unexpected Twist Clarence Wesby did not win ROTY instead Memphis PF Irv Rychart won the award despite inferior statistics. He was widly praised by LeBron James for his defense and was given credit for his team's deep playoff run.

Mike Dunlap of the Hornets won COTY after leading his team to 69 wins.

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The Off-Season

Almost immediately after the season was over Barry's brother moved out to live with his Fiance. Barry was now a local celebrity and had done various interviews on ESPN, where he often came accross as boring and unemotional, yet informed about Basketball.

In Barry's spare time he did more than practice basketball, he like most 23 year olds enjoyed the night life of various major cities around the world. Barry in particular liked electronic dance music and did privately engage in illicit drug use over the off-season.

The 76ers were busy. Way back from when they traded Holiday they got an unprotected first round pick and this netted them the 5th pick in the draft along with the 15th.

The 76ers were in yet another good position coming into the off-season.

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Meeting with the front office

Before the season started Barry was told to meet with the front office along with Clarence Wesby. Both men were told that they were the core of the team and that they had approximately three years to prove that they were compatible and could work effectively together. They were told that once their rookie contracts were up one of them could be traded to get a big man or a point guard.

Both Wesby and Harris liked playing with each other and would put a concerted effort between the two of them to play well together, as they believed that they could be a very effective duo. Wesby in particular started working on his passing ability.

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The Draft

Duke Casper fell to Philadelphia as the 5th pick. Casper is a stretch PF, who is extremely highly regarded for his offense.

Nathan Miller and Rodney Ivener were proptly traded for the aging Tyson Chandler and a future first round draft pick.

Yet another raw center Phil Gurley was drafted at #15. Gurley was raw but again Philadelphia was hoping to develop him.

Jodie Meeks and Mario Chambers were signed as free-agents, Chambers for his defense and Meeks for his shooting.

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As training camp came together the team was solidified.

Grevis Vasquez would return as the starting PG. As a pass first point guard that didn't shoot too much Vasquez had good chemistry with Barry Harris.

Barry Harris of course would be the starting SG.

Clarence Wesby would be returning as the starting SF, a jack of all trades, a super athletic player with tremendous instincts, Wesby is poised to be a super star.

Amir Johnson would start at PF again. Johnson's defense at his position was utterly necessary for an otherwise weak team defensively. Also Johnson scored efficiently and in the post.

Tyson Chandler would start at center. Chandler is now what he used to be on defense, but he does still perform better than any other center on the team on that end of the court. Chandler is a solid rebounder and always posts an extremely high FG%.

Mario Chambers is a PG with the ability to shoot the long ball, he also plays good defense and in that respect he is better than Vasquez who starts over him.

Jodie Meeks will basically act as a 3pt specialist in the vein of Steve Kurr.

Dahntay Driggers will back up Clarence Wesby, Driggers does not have any one skill that stands out, but he also isn't bad at any aspect of basketball.

Duke Casper will get a lot of minutes off the bench. The team is very high on this player, he is the epitome of a new breed of stretch PFs that have entered the league in recent years. Casper's weakness is his defense, he may particularly struggle in his rookie year.

Brian Giles will back up Tyson Chandler. Giles has probably reached his peak as a player, he is a great locker room guy and can hit a jumpshot and block shots, but he never developed the strength, coorination or motor to be a truely productive NBA player.

Alexander Smith, Jason Harris, Virgil Gilchrest, Stephan Young and Phil Gurley round out the roster.

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Overall Barry Harris had a career year, scoring 24.5 PPG on very efficient shooting. .485 from the field .446 from 3pt range and .889 from the FT line, ending with a .605 TS%.

Wesby scored 23.2 PPG also on great shooting.

Despite two great seasons from Wesby and Harris and despite scoring slightly more points than they gave up the team ended with a 38-44 record. Which was disapointing considering they did not make the playoffs, by a very small margin.

Despite not making the playoffs Barry Harris was selected to the all-star team and was awarded All-NBA first team, which is quite an accomplishment.

The last team standing this year was the Brooklyn Nets, thanks to the steller defense of Larry Sanders and the stellar offense of Chandler Parsons and Dion Waiters.