3toheadmelo wrote:cgf wrote:3toheadmelo wrote:He needs to come off the bench. Him playing a bunch of minutes and chucking up shots isn’t doing him any good.
Not sure I agree that it's not doing him any good. He's still showing progress this season defensively, as a rebounder, as a midrange shooter and as a decision-maker with the ball (turnover rate down substantially & assist rate has also increased)...despite the huge minutes, which we've seen causing even Magic to make some tired-decisions...despite struggling with his outside shot & finishing at the rim. So I'm not sure I buy that he isn't gaining valuable experience, even with all of the bricks.
Sharing the court with Elf is a problem, but that's a problem that I think is better solved by sending Elf to the bench...so that Julius & RJ can run the offense with Burks & Rivers/Quickley in the backcourt to keep teams honest...and unfortunately, injuries have forced our hand on this front, else Elf may already be leading the 2nd unit with Quickley/Rivers, Knox, Obi & Noel/Bullock/Frank.
I mean literally every stat shows he’s killing our team on both ends. He’s just been awful.
I agree we should still bench Payton regardless, but I’m just saying I don’t think Payton is holding him back in some major way.
Sorry bro but that's not true.
RJ has been solid on defense. Nothing suggests that he's killing the team defensively. In fact, teams score exactly 10 more points per 100 possessions when he's off the floor.
Offensively, the Knicks are +4.2 in offensive net rating when RJ is on the court.