Will RJ Barrett shoot over 40% from the field this season?

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Will Barrett shoot over 40%?

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Re: Will RJ Barrett shoot over 40% from the field this season? 

Post#61 » by iLLmatic860 » Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:42 am

Lalouie wrote:rj will bust.
this guy is a true tweener in an age where tweeners aren't supposed to matter.
can't shoot anything from anywhere, can't shoot ft's, so-so assists which he's no big deal anyway 4:3 asst/to ratio IN COLLEGE,

and he was covered by a dominating duke team where zion simply ran away as the mvp of that team, leaving rj with all the others. he big but college big, not ben simmons big.

what is he supposed to be?

Lmao jfc
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Re: Will RJ Barrett shoot over 40% from the field this season? 

Post#62 » by Lalouie » Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:07 am

DaT WaVeY RiCaN wrote:
Lalouie wrote:rj will bust.
this guy is a true tweener in an age where tweeners aren't supposed to matter.
can't shoot anything from anywhere, can't shoot ft's, so-so assists which he's no big deal anyway 4:3 asst/to ratio IN COLLEGE,

and he was covered by a dominating duke team where zion simply ran away as the mvp of that team, leaving rj with all the others. he big but college big, not ben simmons big.

what is he supposed to be?

Lmao jfc


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Re: Will RJ Barrett shoot over 40% from the field this season? 

Post#63 » by tmorgan » Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:16 am

Hornet Mania wrote:He shot 45% at Duke, the pros will shave a few points off of that but he'll probably end up 40-42%. For comparisons sake Melo shot 42% on high volume as a rookie. I think Barrett can keep his raw shooting % at least slightly about 40.


Barrett does not have Melo's talent as a scorer at the same age.

He's on a lotto team with no real alpha dog and a lot to prove. He's gonna jack, and it's gonna be ugly. 38%.

I will say this, though. He's going to catch fire a few times and put up a few big games that get people excited for the future, deservedly or not. I say he gets to 40 twice at least.
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Re: Will RJ Barrett shoot over 40% from the field this season? 

Post#64 » by Clyde Frazier » Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:35 am

Weird thread. Maybe? Summer league and 1 preseason game is basically nothing to go by, though.
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Re: Will RJ Barrett shoot over 40% from the field this season? 

Post#65 » by Clyde Frazier » Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:42 am

tmorgan wrote:
Hornet Mania wrote:He shot 45% at Duke, the pros will shave a few points off of that but he'll probably end up 40-42%. For comparisons sake Melo shot 42% on high volume as a rookie. I think Barrett can keep his raw shooting % at least slightly about 40.


Barrett does not have Melo's talent as a scorer at the same age.

He's on a lotto team with no real alpha dog and a lot to prove. He's gonna jack, and it's gonna be ugly. 38%.

I will say this, though. He's going to catch fire a few times and put up a few big games that get people excited for the future, deservedly or not. I say he gets to 40 twice at least.


Randle is the clear #1 option.
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Post#66 » by GreatWhiteStiff » Fri Oct 11, 2019 6:03 am

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Post#67 » by MrGoat » Fri Oct 11, 2019 6:59 am

I actually say yes. This year's Knicks team somehow both had the most disappointing offseason yet are still clearly a better team than they were last season. It won't be as rough for RJ as it was for Knox or DSJ post trade
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Post#68 » by TimRobbins » Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:23 am

Depends o how many 3s he'll take.I'm guessing he'll shoot around 50% from 2pt rand and 30% from 3.
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Post#69 » by Message Boar » Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:58 am

I'm thinking 41 or 42 percent. It'll probably depend on how many threes he's shooting, relatively. My gut feeling says he'll attack the rim enough to stay just above 40%.
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Re: Will RJ Barrett shoot over 40% from the field this season? 

Post#70 » by coldfish » Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:31 am

bronxknicksfan1 wrote:Now the RJ hate will begin. GB really hates the Knicks :lol:


I'm a Bulls fan so as a fan of another crap team, we discussed RJ a lot. The kid was despised as a prospect by a large percentage of our fanbase because of the issues coming up in this thread. Maybe we were wrong but RJ hate has nothing to do with the Knicks . . . yet.
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Post#71 » by Ice Trae » Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:55 pm

Yes. 42-44 percent imo.
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Post#72 » by Ron Swanson » Fri Oct 11, 2019 1:22 pm

That's a pretty low bar to clear, and considering even a guy like Michael Carter-Williams shot over 40% from the field his rookie year (and he was arguably the worst player ever to win ROTY), I'm gonna say yes, pretty comfortably.
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Post#73 » by TGW » Wed Dec 4, 2019 2:01 pm

UP UP AND AWAY!

Officially under 40%. Let's see what happens from here.
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Post#74 » by DaGawd » Wed Dec 4, 2019 2:12 pm

TGW wrote:UP UP AND AWAY!

Officially under 40%. Let's see what happens from here.

Was this bump necessary?
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Post#75 » by NjtoBk201 » Wed Dec 4, 2019 2:33 pm

DaGawd wrote:
TGW wrote:UP UP AND AWAY!

Officially under 40%. Let's see what happens from here.

Was this bump necessary?


Well i'm entertained :P
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Post#76 » by TGW » Wed Dec 4, 2019 2:50 pm

DaGawd wrote:
TGW wrote:UP UP AND AWAY!

Officially under 40%. Let's see what happens from here.

Was this bump necessary?


No it wasn't. Just wanted to bump my own thread. 8-)
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Post#77 » by beeshma » Wed Dec 4, 2019 3:41 pm

DaGawd wrote:
TGW wrote:UP UP AND AWAY!

Officially under 40%. Let's see what happens from here.

Was this bump necessary?


With Luka-mania, and the retreat of Trae supporters, I haven’t even thought of RJ for weeks. So I am glad this thread was bumped and I get to check in on him.

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