SALT LAKE CITY—There can be no doubting where Scottie Barnes fits in the hype machine of the NBA and those who cover the game from a casual angle.
There’s a much-larger-than-life picture of the young Raptors star wrapped around a pillar in the cavernous baggage hall of the Salt Lake City airport this all-star weekend.
One questioner in the media that flocked him to during an obligatory availability session Frirday wanted to know how great young stars like him and Ja Morant and Zion Williamson are going to handle being “passed the rock” as the next wave of NBA icon.