Last season, the Sacramento Kings held onto Harrison Barnes past the trade deadline with the hope that he’d be a stabilizing veteran presence for the team the following season, when they’d have another opportunity to make a playoff push.
While Barnes has had a productive 2021-22 campaign, the Kings are 6.5 games out of the final play-in spot in the Western Conference. For that reason, Barnes and the rest of the Kings’ veteran players are expected to be traded at the deadline, and according to Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report, the New Orleans Pelicans are keeping tabs on Barnes:
The Pelicans are also said to be revisiting a trade package for Sacramento’s Harrison Barnes that was discussed as a potential sign-and-trade for Josh Hart this past offseason.