Warriors forward Harrison Barnes missed most of the preseason with a foot injury and now it appears it will impact the regular season as well.
Mark Jackson said Barnes is out first two games
— Marcus Thompson (@gswscribe) October 29, 2013
The Warriors were expecting to move Barnes to the bench anyway with the addition of Andre Iguodala, but the injury is going to hurt what is already a depleted bench unit offensively. It also limits the ability of the Warriors to run a small-ball lineup with Barnes at power forward that worked so well in the playoffs (against very specific lineups by very specific teams).
Barnes showed a lot in that playoff run last spring, but the Warriors shopped all last season or a small forward upgrade which could have hurt his confidence. This foot injury won't help matters.
