Writer: Brandon Apter
Report: Sixers plan to be ‘serious suitors’ for Warriors Harrison Barnes
Published28 Jun 2016
By: Brandon Apter, managing editor 
The draft has come and gone. A new era of Philadelphia 76ers basketball is just over the horizon.
What's next? The beginning of free agency on July 1.
With the Sixers unable to acquire a guard in the NBA Draft back on June 23, they could very well be one of the more active teams in free agency and Golden State's Harrison Barnes could be at the top of their list.
The Sixers plan to be serious suitors for Golden State restricted free agent Harrison Barnes at the start of free agency, league sources say
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) June 28, 2016
Since Barnes is a restricted free agency, he can sign an offer sheet with any team, but the the Warriors can retain him by matching the terms of that offer.
Barnes, 24, was the seventh overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft by the Warriors. This past season, he averaged 11.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game while shooting 46.6 percent from the floor and 38.3 percent from beyond the arc. He averaged nine points and 4.7 rebounds per game during the Warriors postseason run.
