If his name was Harrison Barnes and he wore blue every expert journalist out there would be on their knees. Warren gets a lot of love – don’t get me wrong.
Warren’s sophomore numbers are better than Barnes’ in every single statistic I cared to look at. Points, PP40, rebounds, O&D rebounding percentages, assists, steals, etc.
It’s pretty incredible.
I have a theory that the reason TJ doesn’t get as much recognition, is because he doesn’t LOOK like a superstar. Nothing he does in a game is dramatic. I almost think that when people watch him, it doesn’t look like he’s working hard to score, and therefore they assume he’s not phenomenal.
It’s kinda like we notice every game. One second he as 4 points, and the next he was 24, but you really don’t remember how he did it. He gets his points freakishly quietly. So, I think when people tune in to a game for 10 minutes, they may not see something amazing and acrobatic, it’ll just be a boring 10 minute stretch where TJ scores 15 and grabs four rebounds.
