When Scottie Barnes and the University School basketball team were preparing to play Memphis East in the 2017 City of Palms Classic, then-assistant coach Jim Carr was antsy. He needed a trainer to apply tape quickly to an injured Sharks player before U-School’s game started a few minutes later, but a member of another team was getting a neck massage.
“He put his hand on my shoulder and leaned over and whispered, ‘Yo, don’t do that. He’s important, too,’” Carr said. “It stopped me in my tracks. But that’s the Scottie Barnes example. He has such great awareness.