Is RJ Barrett a beast?

[TheGreenArrow]

Boy oh boy a lot of folks were wrong!!!!

A LOT!!!!!

[DickGrayson]

Check the NBA Draft forum. Even worse takes on RJ in the RJ Barrett.

People comparing Barrett to Evan Turner.

Sad how much realgm hates RJ.

[br7knicks]

it's nice to see him get better and better each month. so far, it looks like the knicks have found a guy who wants to get better.

randle and rj will help lead this team. hopefully mitch will follow in their footsteps.

[Nbabrothers]

it's nice to see him get better and better each month. so far, it looks like the knicks have found a guy who wants to get better.

randle and rj will help lead this team. hopefully mitch will follow in their footsteps.

When will Mitch come back? Randle/RJ/Quickley are all keepers! And we shouldn’t trade any of them because they fit holes in our team including three point shooting, defense, efficiency, plus minus,post play and more.
RJ has proven he’s not a bust! I voted no but I did have me trepidation’s considering how inconsistent he was, but RJ was smart enough to know, or be told by coach, that he was being inconsistent and to work on that.
I love his desire to improve himself including Randle as well. Quickley will become a better point guard as long as he gets those 30plus mpg.

[br7knicks]

it's nice to see him get better and better each month. so far, it looks like the knicks have found a guy who wants to get better.

randle and rj will help lead this team. hopefully mitch will follow in their footsteps.

When will Mitch come back? Randle/RJ/Quickley are all keepers! And we shouldn’t trade any of them because they fit holes in our team including three point shooting, defense, efficiency, plus minus,post play and more.
RJ has proven he’s not a bust! I voted no but I did have me trepidation’s considering how inconsistent he was, but RJ was smart enough to know, or be told by coach, that he was being inconsistent and to work on that.
I love his desire to improve himself including Randle as well. Quickley will become a better point guard as long as he gets those 30plus mpg.

not sure about mitch's timetable. maybe they'll discuss it on no blood, no foul

[thebuzzardman]

The bust is dead! Long live the new bust Obi!

[thebuzzardman]

Check the NBA Draft forum. Even worse takes on RJ in the RJ Barrett.

People comparing Barrett to Evan Turner.

Sad how much realgm hates RJ.

Everyone knows he's Tyreke Evans Turner.

Which people think is an insult but I think is a pretty awesome player.

[BugginOut]

https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=0&player_id1=barrerj01&p1yrfrom=2021&player_id2=tatumja01&p2yrfrom=2019

https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=0&player_id1=barrerj01&p1yrfrom=2021&player_id2=ingrabr01&p2yrfrom=2018

I'm just saying. He's not as good as Tatum, but it's a legitimate conversation. He's at least as good as Ingram was his 2nd year, and he's arguably closer to Tatum than people say.

He's better than Ingram was, Ingram wasn't contributing to winning on both sides of the floor like this. I also think he is better then Tatum was his 2nd year, but that's debatable. Tatum's second year was underwhelming compared to his rookie year and that might have to do a lot with his role and playing with Kyrie.

[robillionaire]

https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=0&player_id1=barrerj01&p1yrfrom=2021&player_id2=tatumja01&p2yrfrom=2019

https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=0&player_id1=barrerj01&p1yrfrom=2021&player_id2=ingrabr01&p2yrfrom=2018

I'm just saying. He's not as good as Tatum, but it's a legitimate conversation. He's at least as good as Ingram was his 2nd year, and he's arguably closer to Tatum than people say.

He's better than Ingram was, Ingram wasn't contributing to winning on both sides of the floor like this. I also think he is better then Tatum was his 2nd year, but that's debatable. Tatum's second year was underwhelming compared to his rookie year and that might have to do a lot with his role and playing with Kyrie.

just basing it off the link posted above Ingram's stats are slightly better. but RJ will surpass him by the time the season is over if he keeps playing like he has the past couple months

[Deeeez Knicks]

Paul Pierce is another one who had very similiar numbers to RJ at this point in their careers.

https://stathead.com/tiny/wzSfS

RJ will have his own style, but great to see him improving and the numbers stack up really well to other of those great wing players early in their careers.

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Paul Pierce is another one who had very similiar numbers to RJ at this point in their careers.

https://stathead.com/tiny/wzSfS

RJ will have his own style, but great to see him improving and the numbers stack up really well to other of those great wing players early in their careers.

Pierce was 22 in his 2nd season too.

[SelbyCobra]

As someone who was really skittish about RJ's career trajectory entering this season, his play of late has been comforting and inspiring. I hope it continues, and I hope he's a cornerstone stud for the next 15 years on this team, but I'm still a bit skittish. His depths were unusually low, so I personally don't feel like we're "out of the woods" yet with regards to him becoming an actively efficient player for the rest of his career in the NBA.

I'm actually really envious and happy for those of you who are completely and totally sold though. I'll live vicariously through you until I get there myself.

[cgmw]

As someone who was really skittish about RJ's career trajectory entering this season, his play of late has been comforting and inspiring. I hope it continues, and I hope he's a cornerstone stud for the next 15 years on this team, but I'm still a bit skittish. His depths were unusually low, so I personally don't feel like we're "out of the woods" yet with regards to him becoming an actively efficient player for the rest of his career in the NBA.

I'm actually really envious and happy for those of you who are completely and totally sold though. I'll live vicariously through you until I get there myself.

Honorable crow eating post. Solid hedge at the end there.

So silly how many people have a strong opinion one way or the other on a kid who still can’t legally buy beer.

I haven’t (and won’t) do the research, but I’d be pretty stunned if RJ’s numbers as a 20 year old aren’t as good or better than like 99% of 20 year olds in league history. Not saying he’ll end up top 1% all time, but pessimism at this point seems super odd to me.

[Jalen Bluntson]

This thread is a joke at this point. No way is the kid a bust. We could have had the top pick and picked third. This kid is playing like a pro year 2. Improved and still improving at 20 years old!! Kill this noise!

[robillionaire]

As someone who was really skittish about RJ's career trajectory entering this season, his play of late has been comforting and inspiring. I hope it continues, and I hope he's a cornerstone stud for the next 15 years on this team, but I'm still a bit skittish. His depths were unusually low, so I personally don't feel like we're "out of the woods" yet with regards to him becoming an actively efficient player for the rest of his career in the NBA.

I'm actually really envious and happy for those of you who are completely and totally sold though. I'll live vicariously through you until I get there myself.

seems like a fair assessment to me. I think as a rookie he was statistically a bad player, which is why he didn't make an all-rookie team. He's clearly had a developmental leap in year 2 and now seems like a solid rotation player. but we had superstar expectations for him, I'm still not sure if he's going to be an all-star yet, but that's the bar we've set for him with his pedigree and where he was drafted. He's just 20 and if he takes one more leap, he's going to meet or exceed those expectations. And that's possible because he's trending in the right direction.

[NoDopeOnSundays]

As someone who was really skittish about RJ's career trajectory entering this season, his play of late has been comforting and inspiring. I hope it continues, and I hope he's a cornerstone stud for the next 15 years on this team, but I'm still a bit skittish. His depths were unusually low, so I personally don't feel like we're "out of the woods" yet with regards to him becoming an actively efficient player for the rest of his career in the NBA.

I'm actually really envious and happy for those of you who are completely and totally sold though. I'll live vicariously through you until I get there myself.

Honorable crow eating post. Solid hedge at the end there.

So silly how many people have a strong opinion one way or the other on a kid who still can’t legally buy beer.

I haven’t (and won’t) do the research, but I’d be pretty stunned if RJ’s numbers as a 20 year old aren’t as good or better than like 99% of 20 year olds in league history. Not saying he’ll end up in the top 1% all time, but pessimism at this point seems super odd to me.

You would be right, his 2nd year numbers are on par or better than several all-star wings 2nd year numbers, and the season isn't over yet so he still has time to put more distance between himself and theirs.

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He's going to be a 25ppg scorer someday.

[Meat]

The next poll should be in what year does rj overtake Randle as the #1. 2022? 2023?

[BugginOut]

https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=0&player_id1=barrerj01&p1yrfrom=2021&player_id2=tatumja01&p2yrfrom=2019

https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=0&player_id1=barrerj01&p1yrfrom=2021&player_id2=ingrabr01&p2yrfrom=2018

I'm just saying. He's not as good as Tatum, but it's a legitimate conversation. He's at least as good as Ingram was his 2nd year, and he's arguably closer to Tatum than people say.

He's better than Ingram was, Ingram wasn't contributing to winning on both sides of the floor like this. I also think he is better then Tatum was his 2nd year, but that's debatable. Tatum's second year was underwhelming compared to his rookie year and that might have to do a lot with his role and playing with Kyrie.

just basing it off the link posted above Ingram's stats are slightly better. but RJ will surpass him by the time the season is over if he keeps playing like he has the past couple months

RJ and Ingram have the the same TS% with RJ having the slightly better PER. Considering how RJ is a plus defender and Ingram is/was a negative, I don't think its really close right now. But I do agree RJ's stats will get better.

[prophet_of_rage]

As someone who was really skittish about RJ's career trajectory entering this season, his play of late has been comforting and inspiring. I hope it continues, and I hope he's a cornerstone stud for the next 15 years on this team, but I'm still a bit skittish. His depths were unusually low, so I personally don't feel like we're "out of the woods" yet with regards to him becoming an actively efficient player for the rest of his career in the NBA.

I'm actually really envious and happy for those of you who are completely and totally sold though. I'll live vicariously through you until I get there myself.

Honorable crow eating post. Solid hedge at the end there.

So silly how many people have a strong opinion one way or the other on a kid who still can’t legally buy beer.

I haven’t (and won’t) do the research, but I’d be pretty stunned if RJ’s numbers as a 20 year old aren’t as good or better than like 99% of 20 year olds in league history. Not saying he’ll end up in the top 1% all time, but pessimism at this point seems super odd to me.

You would be right, his 2nd year numbers are on par or better than several all-star wings 2nd year numbers, and the season isn't over yet so he still has time to put more distance between himself and theirs.

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He's going to be a 25ppg scorer someday.

Next year.

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[putiger78]

RJ has started to figure out what a good shot is for him, when he should attack, and where his spots are to take the three ball. He can really grow his game now that he knows where he needs to be on the floor.