Leandro Barbosa

Leandro Barbosa

41-Year-Old GuardG
 Free Agent    
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$Signed a two-year, $8 million contract with the Suns in July of 2016. Contract includes a $4.08 million player option for the 2017-18 season.
Signs deal in Brazil
GFree Agent
November 18, 2017
Barbosa has signed a contract with Sesi Franca Basketball of Brazil.
ANALYSIS
The veteran was waived by the Suns in early July after playing 67 games with the team in 2016-17, posting 6.3 points across 14.4 minutes per game. He'll now join a team in Brazil, where he was born, to play professionally.
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How does Leandro Barbosa compare to other players?
This section compares his stats with all players from the previous three seasons (minimum 200 minutes played)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
  • True Shooting %
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  • Effective Field Goal %
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  • 3-Point Attempt Rate
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  • Free Throw Rate
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  • Total Rebound %
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True Shooting %
50.9%
 
Effective Field Goal %
48.3%
 
3-Point Attempt Rate
25.0%
 
Free Throw Rate
11.5%
 
Offensive Rebound %
1.6%
 
Defensive Rebound %
10.3%
 
Total Rebound %
5.9%
 
Assist %
13.0%
 
Steal %
1.4%
 
Block %
0.7%
 
Turnover %
8.8%
 
Usage %
19.9%
 
Fantasy Points Per Game
11.0
 
Fantasy Points Per Minute
0.8
 
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After back-to-back NBA Finals trips with the Warriors, Barbosa decided to forgo an opportunity to play for a contender and signed a contract this summer with Phoenix, where he spent the first seven years of his career. The 33-year-old averaged only 15.9 minutes per game over 68 appearances in 2015-16 while playing behind Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, and though the Suns’ backcourt duo of Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight aren’t quite on the same level as those All-Stars, both guards are talented enough to limit Barbosa’s workload. Barbosa, a career 38.8 percent three-point shooter is still capable of providing some instant offense on the bench at either guard spot, but he was brought in primarily to serve as a veteran mentor for the rebuilding Suns’ collection of young backcourt talent. With Bledsoe, Knight and second-round pick Tyler Ulis all capable of manning the point, it’s likely that Barbosa will primarily work off the ball whenever he’s on the court.
No team was willing to sign Barbosa following ACL surgery in 2013, so he had to prove himself healthy while playing in Brazil during the 2013-14 season. The Warriors took a chance on him last year and were pleased with the results. The 32-year-old guard has lost some of the hyper-kinetic explosiveness that marked his style of play earlier in his career, but Barbosa still has a shooter's mentality and gave the Warriors' second unit a scorer. He averaged 7.1 points, 1.4 rebounds, and 1.5 assists in 15 minutes per game, while shooting 47 percent from the field and 38 percent from three-point range. He also gave the Warriors a needed boost in the NBA Finals when he scored 13 points in 17 minutes in Game 5. The ability to produce efficiently in limited minutes is something of which Barbosa is capable. It's a small role to be sure, but the motivations of Barbosa in 2015 aren't the same motivations that fueled him earlier in his career. He's happy with Golden State, has himself a ring, and re-upped for another year at $2.5 million. We expect a similar role for Barbosa in 2015-16, though the Warriors have been looking to add more three-point shooting off the bench during the offseason.
The Warriors are taking a flyer on Barbosa, who wasn't in the NBA to start the 2013-14 season but finished up the season with Phoenix. He played 20 minutes and averaged 7.5 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 18 minutes per game. Barbosa is familiar with both head coach Steve Kerr and assistant coach Alvin Gentry when all three were in the Suns organization. He's played both point and shooting guard during his career, but head coach Steve Kerr calls him a "guard" -- not really a point guard but not big enough to play the two. The backcourt's mighty crowded so Barbosa will need to be productive in minimal playing time. The Warriors lacked a legitimate scoring threat off the bench last season, an area of need that Barbosa might be able to fill, though he's lost some of the speed he had earlier in his career.
The eight-year, 29-year-old out of Brazil spent the summer and elongated off-season playing in his home country. This was a plus for Toronto, as he remained in good shape. If he can stay healthy this year, something he hasn’t been able to do for the past three seasons (missing 62 games over the last two), he’ll be a solid contributor off the bench for the Raptors. Something to think about - he’s arguably the most talented player on the roster, yet between his fragile-body and the fact that he doesn’t really fit into the Raptors’ young developing core, he doesn’t really project to have much fantasy value. Barbosa did put up 13.3 ppg, 1.7 rpg and 2.1 apg last season, so his offence was helpful, but don’t be surprised if Colangelo trades Barbosa this season.
Barbosa has a rather similar profile to that of Ben Gordon. Both will turn 28 during this season. Both are undersized (6-3) shooting guards. Both are skilled outside shooters with three-point rates right about 40 percent. Both contribute minimally in rebounding, assists and elsewhere. And, finally, both might ultimately come up short as reasonable fantasy options, as neither is likely to play the requisite minutes. Or, at least, that's been the case with Barbosa. In mid-July, Barbosa was traded to the Raptors for Hedo Turkoglu, giving Barbosa a clear-ish shot at Toronto's starting lineup. But again, as with Gordon, coaches feel understandably uncomfortable about Barbosa's defense at the two, likely leaving the Brazilian with little room for error in terms of fantasy production. Couple these concerns with Barbosa's injury history, and it's probably best to consider him a wait-and-see option in all but deeper leagues.
Barbosa is another player that will flourish under coach Alvin Gentry’s newly implemented run-‘n’-gun system. Of all the players on the Suns roster, he was clearly the biggest beneficiary from the switch in offensive philosophies – In the 46 games under former head coach Terry Porter, Barbosa averaged 12.8 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.2 treys, and 1.0 steal. His numbers improved dramatically across the board when Gentry took over to the tune of 16.8 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.5 treys and 1.6 steals. That was good for top-25 production during that stretch, tied in per-game value with the likes of Jose Calderon and Chauncey Billups. Now it’s a bit farfetched to suggest Barbosa will be as good as those two this season, but it does show that he should produce under the current system. A glimpse at his season averages over the past three seasons may suggest he’s decline, but that could not be further from the truth. Barbosa has big-time upside this season.
Barbosa came into his own in ’06-’07, using his incredible quickness and aggressive scoring mentality to bring home the NBA Sixth Man of the Year award. Unfortunately, he took a step back in ’07-08. Barbosa is a combo guard who plays off the ball as a pure shooter/scorer when he plays next to Steve Nash, but when Nash goes to the bench Barbosa gets to run the offense. Barbosa flies down the court with the ball in his hands, and with his deadly long-range jumper he’s able to set up a shot whenever he wants. He’s not quite big enough to play shooting guard full time, however, which keeps him in the sixth man/scorer-off-the-bench role and limits his minutes.
Originally drafted as a point guard, Barbosa has become an important piece of the Suns’ recent teams at both guard spots. He is aggressive attacking the basket and can shoot from all ranges. Though he was primarily a bench player last season, Barbosa was among the league-leaders in 3-point attempts and percentage and averaged 18.1 points per game. The addition of Grant Hill could impact Barbosa some, but how can coach Mike D’Antoni keep him off the court? Hill could get most of his minutes at small forward as Boris Diaw and Shawn Marion help replace Kurt Thomas (Seattle) on the front line.
Barbosa came back slowly from an early injury, and probably lost some playing time as the Suns were flowing with the pieces they had in place. Still, he logged 27.9 minutes per game, and is one of the NBA's most dynamic, exciting scorers off the bench. He will be given plenty of opportunities this year, especially after his dazzling performance with the Brazilian National Team in the World Basketball Championship.
Barbosa enters the season second on the depth chart at point guard behind NBA MVP Steve Nash. While Barbosa struggled to lead the team to many victories during Nash's midseason absence due to injury, by year's end he played very well off the bench. While certainly not a star, Barbosa contributed a good field goal percentage (47.5%) and decent three-point shooting (36.7%) last season while scoring 7.9 points per game and adding two assists and 2.1 rebounds per game. The restructuring of the Suns' starters shouldn't weigh heavily on Barbosa's game, as he typically runs with second team players.
Barbosa finished last season as the starting point guard after the team unloaded Stephon Marbury. He grew into the position last season, but is not yet a Steve Nash. He averaged 26.9 minutes per game after the All-Star break last season, but with the deep guard rotation, he’ll be hard pressed to get 20 this year. That might be enough for him to have value as a 3-point guy (39.5%, 3.0 3PA/game, 21.4 mpg in 2003-04). He will continue to develop his game as the primary backup to Nash, but can you remember who backed up Nash in Dallas? Neither can we.
An excellent three-point shooter who also is adept at penetrating to the basket, Barbosa is known as a great competitor. In the Brazilian league, Barbosa averaged 28.2 points, seven assists, and four rebounds in about 37 minutes per game in 2002. The Suns would like Barbosa to evolve into their backup point guard behind Stephon Marbury.
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Waived by Suns
GFree Agent
July 3, 2017
Barbosa was waived by the Suns on Monday, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.com reports.
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Out Sunday vs. Mavericks
GPhoenix Suns
Hamstring
April 9, 2017
Barbosa (hamstring) has been ruled out of Sunday's game against the Mavericks, Craig Grialou of the Arizona Republic reports.
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Ruled out Friday vs. Thunder
GPhoenix Suns
Hamstring
April 7, 2017
Barbosa (hamstring) won't play in Friday's game against the Thunder.
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Out Wednesday vs. Warriors
GPhoenix Suns
Hamstring
April 4, 2017
Barbosa (hamstring) will sit out Wednesday's game against the Warriors, Craig Grialou of ArizonaSports.com reports.
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Out Sunday vs. Rockets
GPhoenix Suns
Hamstring
April 2, 2017
Barbosa will sit out Sunday's game against the Rockets.
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